This is a visual for how students work their way up the Reading Ladder. Kindergarten is working within the levels 1 and 2 throughout the year. When working with your child, please focus on these skills so that they have a solid reading foundation. Success is earned and needs to be worked for. Thank you to Katelyn's Learning Studio for this amazing resource.
Follow these five steps to teach a child to read. Helpful for parents, homeschoolers, and teachers that are teaching beginning readers.
Reading Comprehension Passages for Kindergarten - I created this reading resource to give my kindergarten students more reading comprehension practice. This set includes 15 printables that each have a small reading passage. Students read the paragraph and then draw a picture to match what they read. (What kindergarten student doesn't love to draw?) I will use this during my guided reading groups, but this could also be used whole group. In my classroom, I pull up the original on the smartboard, and we review the passages together after my kindergarten students have read and drawn on their own. Use this reading comprehension set during: Guided Reading Science of Reading Small Reading Groups Reading Homework Kindergarten Reading
Guided reading with non-readers can seem pointless, but it is a must-do! See how this teacher structures her guided reading lessons with her non-readers.
Planning your guided literacy time is bout to get so much easier. I get asked a lot about how to tie reading and writing together, while focusing on fluency, comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, writing, etc. I create this resource to get kids excited about reading and writing, and to make planning
This is a fun game to play with a pair of dice. Read a story and help recall the various features of the story with this creative activity.
Decoding drills for building fluency helps students apply phonics skills when reading. Perfect warm ups and a great tracking tool, too.
Learn how to use decodable passages in guided reading in kindergarten and first grade. Then, use the FREE decodable passages to get started.
Do you know how to engage your students during guided reading instruction? Learn about 3 resources to add to your guided reading table to teach decoding strategies, reading comprehension and phonemic awareness all while keeping your students engaged during your guided reading instruction.
Looking for children's books sorted by Guided Reading Levels (Fontas & Pinnell)? Compiled by teachers, this site lists the best books for each level.
Guided reading with non-readers can seem pointless, but it is a must-do! See how this teacher structures her guided reading lessons with her non-readers.
Are you looking for tips and strategies to organize guided reading materials?
Are you wondering if guided reading can align with the science of reading? Let me show you 4 quick changes you can make to make it work!
Four effective approaches for teaching reading comprehension strategies to 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students.
This blog post discusses tools for guided reading for student engagement at guided reading, strategy groups, or close reading in the classroom. Fun ideas!
Asking questions before, during, and after reading comes very naturally to skilled readers, but for struggling readers, this skill can be just the opposite. Asking questions of varying depths is arguably the most important reading
Guided reading is an excellent instructional tool, but guided reading for ELLs is equally as effective--and maybe even more important!
Hey there! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKARMA.com Teachers, can you believe that you actually have to tell your students to THINK WHILE THEY READ? Reading is Thinking Resource has the perfect anchor chart for working on: predict infer visualize make connections question the text summarize Grab your FREEBIE over at Teacher KARMA. Best wishes! Jen Bradshaw You Might ... Read More about READing is THINKing – Comprehension Anchor Chart
Hi everyone, My little learners have been working SO hard on their reading these past few months and I am VERY excited to show what what they have been up to!
These free phonics reading passages have it all: phonics skills, fluency practice and comprehension questions. Plus, students love them!
The Beanie Baby Reading Strategies are an extremely effective and engaging tool to help students improve their decoding skills. Elementary teachers can use these strategies with guided reading groups.
Structuring a guided reading lesson can seem overwhelming. This 20 minute guided reading lesson breaks down the details and makes it manageable for you!
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Learn how to use decodable passages in guided reading in kindergarten and first grade. Then, use the FREE decodable passages to get started.
In today's post, I'll share 10 quick, meaningful “follow-up” activities that you can use in your guided reading lessons - all materials are FREE!
Like most teachers, you want your students to be successful readers. But what do you do if they struggle with reading fluency? Reading fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with
I have a fun reading resource for you! Book Talk is loaded with ideas to use for retelling stories, comprehending reading, and using books and tools to share some good conversations. Click here for a preview. Students will have plenty to do during reading time. Plus, there are some great homework ideas too! I recently updated this cover and added more graphic organizers and activities to this resource. Here are just a few examples of what's included: Questions to ask partners or questions for parents to ask their child about the book they are reading. It helps start and guide the conversation about books. If you ONLY want the Book Talk Questions, scroll to the bottom of this post. The questions come in a variety of ways. You can get them all on one sheet or on small papers like below. I put a ring on these and students have a ton of questions to ask themselves or with their partner. These are handy and ready to go on a moments notice. You can use these questions for any genre you are reading. This pack includes 5 book reports with directions and rubrics! Just copy and send home for homework projects. This pack has graphic organizers to keep the conversation going through writing. Over 40 graphic organizers included! Also some reading activities for students that finish early or need some more enrichment. One sheet is for partners to do together and one sheet is for the individual learner who can work at their own pace. You will be sure to find some reading logs in this pack too. There is even one for the entire class to keep track of the books you read together as a class. Plus so much more!!! All activities can be used with any book or any reading program you use in the classroom. You can find Book Talk here on my blog for a discounted price: Discounted Price:Sell ebooks If you ONLY want the Book Talk Questions, click the picture on the left. This pack has 10 pages full of questions students should be answering while reading their story. You can only purchase these questions here on my blog. Click to read more about it. If you ONLY want the book reports, Click on the picture below. Book Reports have 4 book reports with directions and a grading rubric. There are also 3 extra reports to use at anytime! You can ONLY buy this on my blog right now. Thanks for stopping by! See you soon,
It's hard to fit it all into your schedule! Here's my 3-step process that makes it easier to create your K-2 structured literacy schedule.
We know fluency is important. We know fluent reading is the bridge to comprehension. But.... what can we do to help disfluent readers? To best help a disfluent reader, we must first determine what stage the student is at. This will help us find the best strategy for the reader. Is the student a beginning reader (kindergarten or first grade)? Is the reader one who is making adequate progress? Or, is the reader one who is struggling? Lets look at a beginning reader first. A beginning reader is someone in kindergarten and first grade who is attaching letters to their sounds and blending them into simple words. To improve reading fluency for these students a teacher should: Spend a significant amount of time on accurate text reading Implement a systematic daily practice for learning to read words accurately Model fluent reading. Give students lots of opportunity to read and re-read decodable text Encourage students to read "like they are talking." Now, lets look at a reader who is on-level or making adequate progress. These are students in grades two or higher who are average and making adequate gains. How do we keep the momentum going? How do we maintain their progress? To do this a teacher should use: Choral reading Echo Reading Cloze reading Partner reading Readers' theater Poetry readings Finally, lets look at struggling readers. Disfluent readers need a mixture of what beginning readers and on level students need. The best way for disfluent readers to become more fluent is by reading! These students need: Focus on ACCURATE text reading. Use decodable text Repeated readings Systemic daily practice of reading words accurately Modeled fluent reading Encourage students to read like they are talking LOTS of opportunities to read text (at their level) using choral, cloze, echo and partner reading. If you would like to know how to define fluency and why being a fluent reader important, check out the first post in the series by clicking here. There are a ton of great articles written by reading gurus on the topic of fluency. Check them out by clicking below. Everything You Wanted to Know about Repeated Reading by Timothy Shanahan via Reading Rockets Using Poetry to Teach Reading via Reading Rockets Developing Fluent Readers by Jan Hasbrouck via Reading Rockets I hope you will join us next time to discover ways you can fit daily fluency practice into your schedule!
Managing guided reading groups can be tough! Read these tips for keeping your Guided Reading lessons short and effective, so you can meet with more groups!
In this post, I use simple charts to show the differences between these important literacy routines!
Learn how to use decodable passages in guided reading in kindergarten and first grade. Then, use the FREE decodable passages to get started.
A look at what's inside my guided reading tub for reading groups with my Prep class. Download my free reading comprehension story wand prompts.
Adding some fun games for reading in the classroom schedule will instantly get your kids excited to read! These 5 fun reading games are...
Grab these FREE fluency passages for your kindergarten and first grade students. They are printable and low-prep! Students will love practicing decoding, comprehension, and fluency skills with these fun and engaging passages. Get 10 activities in this free download! Grab them now
Discover my favorite activities that are aligned with the science of reading curriculum to help your young learns master reading fast.
Teaching reading strategies in kindergarten that follow the Science of Reading research and a free printable to help support students
Learn all about the guided reading levels chart and what each level means to help boost readers in fluency, accuracy, and comprehension.
This guided reading toolkit is the perfect resource for reviewing skills and strategies during your small group reading lessons.
In today's post, I'll share how I track what I teach students during guided reading. I'll also share how I figure out what to teach during guided reading!
