Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Guided Reading




Hey friends! I am very excited to be returning to the classroom to teach third grade after two FABULOUS years as an instructional coach. I have big plans to do some major overhauling of my classroom, schedule, reading program, EVERYTHING!!! I can't wait to dive in with some of the great things I have learned during my coaching days.




I have big plans to delve into my two feet tall stack of professional books this summer. I know I am biting off more than I can chew- especially since our summers seem to shrink more and more each year like a wool sweater that we just keep tossing into the dryer!! I have so much to do now that I will be teaching in the fall. I feel like I am starting over again. I will have to drag my classroom out of the garage and basement and set up shop all one more time!! It almost feels like I am a first year teacher again- the butterflies are already starting to flutter!!


Currently I am reading Guided Reading in Grades 3-6 by Mary Schulman. I am almost finished!! It has some great information in it and resources to use with my groups but I am looking for more! Do you have any book suggestions for me? How do you do Guided Reading in your classroom?

3 comments:

  1. I've always used Fountas and Pinnell's guided reading model, and I'm a big fan. I have tweaked it a little to make it work for me. I also use a lot of ideas from Beth Newingham's website.

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  2. Thanks, Ashleigh. I love Beth's ideas too! I will have to look at the Fountas & Pinnell's guided reading model. Lots to do this summer!!

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  3. Head over to ericashep.blogspot.com to see what my plans are for Reader's workshop? I am working on planning for my first two weeks now. Will post those soon. I have found a lot of information from Beth Newingham, Angela Bunyi and mandygregory.com.

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