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Observation with Team Leader (Rowena Barker): Guided Reading 25.11.16

By Anonymous
I was interested to learn from Rowena's expertise in reading instruction for shared reading (whole class) and a guided session with a level 18 reading group.

The group’s current focuses: read-on and re-read; prediction; chunking/blending unfamiliar words.

I asked Rowena to give feedback on how I could improve my use of prompting, modelling and questioning in the guided session.

Notes from Rowena:
* I linked to students' prior knowledge by scanning pictures and discussing the story with the group before reading.
* We discussed the text features, and made predictions through-out reading.
* Factual and inferential questions were asked.
* Reading on and re-reading was modelled as a strategy for unfamiliar words.
Full notes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxdNc5F9bYO1ek1CeG1DR19BUXc

Suggestions (my next steps):
* Use a modelling board / book with cloze exercises to help children choose the best word, e.g. Dad picked up a brush/broom/bucket. Draw on meaning, structure and visual cues in text, and then back it up with letter-sound knowledge.
* Scan book prior, and go over challenge words with children. Use a whiteboard, letter tiles or have children spell this on paper.
* Model and prompt as much as possible.
Rowe also gave me a Guided Reading - Coming in Close template that I will use to guide my planning in future.
Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxdNc5F9bYO1ek1CeG1DR19BUXc


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