How Do You Teach Guided Reading In First Grade?
If you are a primary teacher, you will have to know how to teach Guided Reading. If you are a first grade teacher, then you know that this grade level is one of the pivotal years in learning to read. It is highly important that your students develop a firm basis for reading this year. Here’s how to teach Guided Reading and make it fun. Assess your students. Every elementary school will have its own ways of assessing student reading ability. Use these assessments and then analyze your data. Divide your students into small groups of about 5 or 6 according to reading level. Gather materials. Your media center or reading specialist should have developmentally appropriate books for you to use for your Guided Reading groups. Be sure you have one copy for each child, and one for yourself. Find several stories for each of your Guided Reading groups. Organize them according to reading level. Have a plan. While you are working with your Guided Reading groups, the other students in your classroom
