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Teaching Guided Reading

What is guided reading?the sea. I would then ask a series of
What are some guided reading activities?questions: Is the family happy or sad?
How about guided reading demonstrationsWhy are they standing next to a
or guided reading lesson plans?monument? What are monuments for? Why is
Using guided reading as a teachingthe mother holding flowers? By
strategy has become more and moreanswering these questions, the students
popular as the emphasis in educationconclude that the Iwasaki family has
continues to focus on how to increasingbrought flowers to some solemn place,
reading comprehension As a teacherand at least one reason they are sad is
mentor, I often have teachers ask methat they are ?so far from the sea?.
questions about guided reading similarStudents can then predict where they
to those above. However, as with anythink the Iwasaki family is on the cover
other reading strategy, increasingand the goal of the guided reading can
reading comprehension depends highly onthen be to discover if their predictions
what the teacher does ?before? theare correct.
reading assignment.However, I would not start the guided
First, though, what is guided reading?reading just yet. First, I would take
Simply put, in guided reading studentsthe students on a "picture walk" through
are placed in small groups with similarthe book. The pictures in a book can go
reading levels. Children read eithera long way towards increasing
silently or aloud to themselves, butcomprehension. In this particular book,
they do not read in unison. In earlythe father often reflects back to his
guided reading groups books are chosenyouth when he and his father were
based on a 90% accuracy level. Booksinterned in the prison camp. This
should also match a child's interestsreflecting, however, can create problems
and knowledge base.for some readers. Fortunately, the
Of course, two problems exist. First,illustrator, Chris K. Soentpiet, has
to do all that guided reading suggestsdrawn pictures in both color and black
can be quite challenging and maybe evenand white. The color pictures are
impossible since kids with similarpresent day (1972) at the abandoned
reading levels do not necessarily haveprison camp. The black and white
similar interests or knowledge bases.pictures are during World War II when
And second, the teacher still needs to10,000 Japanese-Americans were interned
tap into and build upon the student?sat the Manzanar War Relocation Center in
prior knowledge of the subject mattereastern California. The "picture walk"
(before reading) if the teacher trulyalso provides a great opportunity to
wants to increase reading comprehension.point out any words that the students
A great teaching strategy to overcomemay have trouble with. For example, I
these obstacles and improve guidedwould certainly point out "Manzanar War
reading instruction is to do a three toRelocation Center" written on a sign in
five minute book introduction as aan early illustration in the book.
scaffold for the first reading of aThese words come up often and the
text.pictures provide a great opportunity to
Here is an example from an historicalexplain their meaning.
fiction guided reading lesson I did withBy "walking" through the pictures to
8th graders during our unit on World Warintroduce the book, a teacher can tap
II. Eve Bunting's book, ?So Far Frominto students' prior knowledge and also
the Sea?, is a beautiful story about thehave students predict what the text is
Iwasakis, a Japanese-American familyabout. Furthermore, teachers can clear
that goes back to visit the "relocation"up any comprehension concerns they may
camp where the father was interned forhave about the book, such as "jumping"
three and a half years during World Warback and forth between 1943 to 1972.
II. While the content is serious, theThe "picture walk" will, in turn,
book is actually a picture book writtenincrease students' interest in the book
on a second grade level. Nevertheless,and therefore increase students'
an introduction to the book is necessarymotivation to learn. This is all done
to scaffold learning, clear up anyprior to the actual guided reading.
comprehension concerns, and ultimatelyRemember, guided reading is a great
make the guided reading instruction morereading strategy, however, teachers must
successful. I would start with thestill activate prior knowledge and clear
cover, both the title and theup any comprehension concerns if they
illustration. I would point out thereally want to increase reading
mountains in the background and explaincomprehension and get the most success
that the family is clearly very far fromfrom their the guided reading.



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