Guided Comprehension

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Guided Comprehension

• Through Guided Reading

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Guided Comprehension Model
Teacher-Directed Whole Group Instruction
Student- Facilitated Routines
Student- Facilitated Centers
Teacher- Guided Small Group
Teacher-Facilitated Whole-Group Reflection and
Goal Setting
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Teacher-GuidedSmall Group Instruction

• Review
• Previous strategies
• Focus for day
• Guide
• Apply strategy
• Prompt meaning-making
• Scaffold as necessary
• Practice
• Work in pairs or individually
• Reflect and Extend
• Students share

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Getting Started

• Identify Strategy or Focus
• Examples
• Character Analysis
• Persuasive Facts
• Simplifying Numeric Expressions
• Migration Patterns
• Causes of the Civil War
• Types of Chemical Reactions
• Think Big Ideas

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Plan the Actual Instruction

• Post it Notes
• Graphic Organizer
• Two Column Notes
• Response Logs

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Break Up the Material Into Manageable Bits

• Start with small bits
• Increase length of passages
• Scaffold as necessary

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Model

• Think aloud
• Read and respond with the students
• Lead off the discussions
• Gradually withdraw support (scaffolds)

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Give Students Time to Work

• Monitor
• Participate as needed
• Scaffold

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Ending Discussion Questions

• Ask questions that will stimulate reflection
• Examples
• Compare 2 characters from the story
• Compare mountain men and gold rushers
• What economic advantages did the Union have over
  the Confederacy?
• Why is it important to be able to identify the
  GCF?
• What factors affect the fall of a sky diver?

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Advantages of the Small Group Instruction

• Student focus
• Opportunity to know students better
• As people
• As learners
• Catch misconceptions early
• Involve reluctant students
• Encourage risk taking
• Social interaction increases learning
• Focus on identified needs of particular students

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Now You Try It

• Form groups of 2-4
• Choose a textbook passage
• Plan a guided reading lesson
• Present to the group