Ms. M's Tales of a Teacher: My Personal Teacher Blog

 Welcome back to my mini-series on Guided Reading! I am excited to share some insight here on how to implement effective guided reading lessons, techniques for success, and share my personal experiences.  In my previous post (part 1) I shared a re-cap of a PD workshop my KDP chapter held on guided reading, with a focus on running records. One of the most popular questions is "now that I have the running record, what's next?" In my first post I focused on getting organized. Once you feel organized, have selected the text, and know the students in your groups, you're ready for your first lesson!  You might say to yourself, I have my small group in front of me, the book, my notepad, but how do I get started? One of the strongest suggestions I can give is to simply think like a reader. What questions would. you ask yourself even before you begin the book? Very often we look at the front and back covers, any notes or prefaces, and think about what the book will be about. S

 Recently my chapter of KDP hosted a great PD workshop on Guided Reading. A trusted colleague of mine who is an expert in this area shared her knowledge, experiences, and resources with the initiates and members on how to implement running records to determine a student's guided reading level. This informative session included discussions on how to mark miscues, analyze a student's errors, and scoring for comprehension questions.  At the end of the session, where a meeting of the minds led us all on the same path, it was suggested to have a follow-up session to learn about what happens after a running record is taken? This sparked my ideas for this blog. So what do we do now that we have taken our running record and have a guided reading level for our students? Here are some "next steps" to start off with:  A key to a successful Guided Reading session is planning. Once you have your data and organize it, planning a lesson (like others) will help you to head in the rig