[MOSAIC] Guided Reading

[Susan Schultz]

In a guided reading lesson the text should be at their instructional  
level, which is between 90-95% accuracy on a running record. Their  
independent level is from 95-100% accuracy. They should not need  
instruction at this level unless you are working on some difficult   
comprehension strategy where you would need to take away the decoding  
so they can focus on the comprehension. As far as finding text for  
you 44 K word child and the others that need a lower level than the  
basal has to offer, you'll need to think out of the box a bit. I have  
created text for students that can be catered to their interest  
level. You can try to get multiple copies of text from the library.  
Fountas & Pinnell's book about guided reading tells you about each  
level's characteristics and has leveled some of the text in the back.  
There is also a sight that has leveled text that you can print  
callled   www.readinga-z.com .  There are benchmark books that have  
running records to print that go with each level of text. It costs  
some $ but it is a fabulous resource for many things.
I hope this helps! I have been a guided reading babe from way back so  
I would be happy to help if you have anymore ?'s. Good Luck
Sue Schultz
ILA Specialist
SGE

On Dec 28, 2006, at 9:29 AM, RR1981 at aol.com wrote:

> I have never been trained in Guided Reading and having been reading  
> up on
> it.  My question is this-Do the students need to be reading a text  
> that  they
> can read independently?  I teach third grade and am "required" to  
> use  the
> leveled readers that come with out basal series.  Only problem is  
> that  for about
> half my class the lowest level leveled reader is too difficult.   I  
> have one
> child who is capable of reading 44 kindergarten sight words and  
> that  is about
> it!
>
> Rosie
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