Watch this simple 3-part guided reading lesson as I work with a rising 1st grader.
With this simplified structure, you don't have to create new activities each lesson. AND yet, you still get a balanced lesson.
Here is the 3-part guided reading lesson format that I used with the 1st grader (and I recommend for all beginners or those struggling):
- Re-Reading for Fluency
- Word Work
- Guided Reading of a new text
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Finally, what do you think of this guided reading format? Questions? Doubts? Successes?
Please share your thoughts in the comments below! ?
How old is She?
a young 6 year-old
Hi from the U.K. We tend to use a point under each sound and a swipe to ‘pull’ the word together, this helps when changing vowels. Well done. ?
Victoria, thanks for the tip! Get the student to do the work, too! 😉
How long do you spend on each activity within word work…
I’d spend 5-15 minutes in Word Work with K students. Vary the time based on his interest. Switch quickly between activities and use apps for variety, too.
Here’s one of my fav apps:
ReadingSimplified.com/montessori-crosswords
Your strategies are pretty similar to the Lively Letters program I just got trained in? have you heard of it?
Katie, no I haven’t heard of that! I’ll check it out, though. Thanks!!
it’s written by an SLP and early childhood teacher
It’s in its 27th year
Pretty cool program
Training is cheap 25.00 for 6 hours . For live webinar..
Katie, SLPs often understand how to teach reading best. That’s a long webinar; were there breaks, I guess?
Reading Simplified I am an SLP and that’s how I found it
It’s split 3 hours one day 3 hours the next
yep I am an SLP and that’s how i found it..
Very interesting
My son learned all simple phonemes in two weeks
Teach the sound not the lettter
Multisensory approach
It’s pretty amazing
Neat rules for syllable segmentation
Neat rules for letter C
All phonemes have their own story
great outcome for your son!
By the way, Montessori has been teaching letter sounds first for over a hundred years but it still seems like an anomaly.
Reading Simplified I know
You’d think it would be inundated within public prek
Kinder and first by now instead of learning a letter a week. Zach with the Lively Letters program knows all sounds AND knows lowercase (there argument is present lowercase first as it makes up a huge percentage of print) in two weeks..
And he’s delayed . – globally Apraxic and SLI
Katie, I agree that lowercase first is the fastest way to make readers.
Homeschool?
Sorry, to clarify I get the child to point under each sound with her finger and swipe when blending.
My son is in kindergarten and just started with decoding CVC
He knows letter sounds but is struggling with blending cv
In case you didn’t find my tips on how to help with blending, here’s a link:
ReadingSimplified.com/one-and-done-nearly
So you said don’t spend too much time on CVC words and start to include digraphs/diphthongs
Katie, thanks for the good comments and questions! Yes, keep moving them along, learning more and more about the code as soon as possible.
Hi Marnie, thanks for sharing these lessons with us.
😛 Thanks for being here, Stephanie!
Thank you so much for the reading plan. I love the structured format and have learnt so much from your videos.
That is such an encouragement, Heather. 🙂
Prettyhair Too
I see her removing the end of the word and then rebuilding from the vowel. Looks like something either developmental in nature or something to do with working memory that she’s working toward substitution of just the medial vowel sounds in isolation without other disruptions in the word.
would also do some visual matching with this young student as she may have a stronger visual than auditory memory. When I do this visual matching, the student has a copy of words or sentences. I read one, give student my card and they have to match it with theirs. We start with objects, then pictures, symbols, words, sentences, stories. This method can even be used with nonverbal children. It’s great for teaching personal info as well, phone #s, address, name recognition, etc.
Sounds like fun, too, Elaine!
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good idea. i will try this out
Great! Glad to hear that, Susan. Please let me know how it goes…. –Marnie
Amanda maybe we could play with those word switch up mystery book?
Thanks for sharing Megan! ?
It was a great lesson and simple enough that makes it actually doable!
Megan, awww, that’s great to hear. That’s my mission! -Marnie
Thank y ou, I am going to try this with a little friend who is having the same struggles as this girl.
You’re welcome, Beverly. I love that you’re inspired! Please come back and share with us how it goes…
If you only get a total of 9, 20 minute sessions with a student, where would you begin?
It would depend on their current reading level. But a common lesson plan for a new Reading Simplified student would be something like:
Re-Reading for Fluency 2-3 min.
Word Work (Switch It, Read It/Sort It, and Write It) 7-10 min
Guided Oral Reading of a new text 7-10 min.