A question that seems to pop up a lot with regards to Reading lessons is: Where do you locate high quality extracts for guided reading? In this post, I’ll list 5 places in which I go to to source high quality extracts for guided reading, to ensure I cover a range of genres, while challenging… Read More 5 Places to Locate High Quality Extracts for Guided Reading
I have taught whole class guided reading in my class for two weeks now. If you’re new to my site, check this post and this post to find out more about how and why I have decided to use this strategy. I’ve used this strategy for well over a year now and seen some great success,… Read More Whole Class Guided Reading: Structure and Differentiation
The hard part of making the switch to Whole Class Guided Reading is deciding to do it. Once you have committed to diving into it whole heartedly, the teaching, resourcing and assessment comes easily. In this post, I offer 5 steps for covering to whole class guided reading. Click here to see why and how I made the switch… Read More 5 Steps for Converting to Whole Class Guided Reading
As mentioned in previous posts, Whole Class Guided Reading: Scratching the Surface and Making a Start and Teaching Essential Reading Skills Beyond the Words, teaching inference skills to children is very complex and takes a lot of patience and guidance. To “infer” information from a text requires an awful lot of higher-order thinking, to which a lot of… Read More Teaching Inference through Pictures