It is week #3 of the #GuidedReadingGals book study on The Next Steps in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson!!!
This week, Marie over at The Literacy Spot and Julie from Big Ideas for Little Hands are blogging about Chapter 3: Pre-A and Emergent Guided Reading! Marie is blogging about the Pre-A Lesson, while Julie will tell you all about Emergent Guided Reading! Go check out their blogs for more in depth posts about this chapter!
I love this chapter for all the activity ideas she gives for Pre-A readers. Here are my three favorites!
(Unfortunately, all my materials for these are at school and the floors are being cleaned so I'm having to create the pictures...but hopefully you still get the idea!)
Name Puzzles (p.64)
I love this idea because you can tailor it to the students' ability levels. You start easy- write their name on cardstock and cut it into two puzzle pieces.
Then, once students have mastered putting two pieces together, you cut another letter apart. Jan Richardson also suggests you ask them questions about their name: How many O's are in your name? What is this letter?
What a great, easy to make and do activity!
Picture Sorts (p.68)
Do you have this book?
(Sorry for the terrible picture- my copy is at school!!)
There are so many new and updated versions of Words Their Way but I still have this one from college...let's not discuss how long ago that was, please ;) Anyway, if you don't have a copy of this book or a newer version of this book, I highly suggest you go get one. One thing Jan Richardson mentions in her book is the use of picture sorts (p.68) and these Words Their Way books have pages of pictures and words for sorts. Copy the pictures, cut them out, put them in baggies, give students a piece of construction paper and the letters/pictures you want them to sort, and have them sort away!
I also liked to use the pictures to make this beginning sound activity. Students either write the letter on the blank or drag a letter cube to the correct spot. Then, they see what word it spells!
Cut Up Sentences (p.71)
Cut up sentences are another one of my favorite easy to make and do activities. Write a sentence with your students. After the sentence is finished, cut the sentence apart. Then, have them work together or independently to put the sentence back together.
There is so much more in this chapter regarding Pre-A Level students. I highly suggest you head over and read Marie's blog post on it!!
Once students have mastered the Pre-A Level, they are ready to begin Emergent Guided Reading Lessons. Jan Richardson gives in depth descriptions of what an Emergent Guided Reading Lesson looks like on pages 86-97. Julie did a great job discussing text selection, sound boxes, and guided writing in her post so head on over there, too!
One thing that I have used a lot with my emergent guided readers is my Reading Strategies Smartboard Lessons. These are great whole group activities to introduce and practice using guided reading lessons.
Check out each week of the book study by clicking the links below!
Week 1: Guided Reading- Center Rotations
Week 4: Early Guided Reading
Week 5: Transitional Guided Reading
Week 6: Fluent Guided Reading
Week 7: Helping Struggling Readers
How do we follow you starting from Chapter 1? I would love to go back and start from the very beginning. Thakns!
ReplyDeleteHi Paula! Thank you so much for asking this question! I have now attached links to each chapter at the end of this blog post (and each chapter's post). Thank you for checking it out!!
DeleteHow do we follow you starting from Chapter 1? I would love to go back and start from the very beginning. Thakns!
ReplyDeleteHi Paula! Thank you so much for asking this question! I have now attached links to each chapter at the end of this blog post (and each chapter's post). Thank you for checking it out!!
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