Guided+Reading+Reflection

Kelly Nolan Dr. McKool Guided Reading Reflection March 3rd, 2011 On March 3rd I taught a guided reading lesson. This lesson used a book //Baby Bear goes fishing // by Beverley Randell and was taught in a small group of 5 students. The group I worked with was the middle reading group. After the reading I also did a story sequencing activity using a worksheet and sentence strips. This lesson, after hearing about guided reading in class and reading about it in our textbooks seems more like a small group shared reading then a guided reading but this is the way my teacher structures it. I first had the children take a picture walk of the book and I think this was helpful in understanding because I pointed out different clues in the pictures. I also had them do some predicting which I now, would not have had them do. I also had the students each read a page aloud after everyone had a chance to read it silently. I would also not do this again because with this method you cannot be sure each child is reading. I also made sure to encourge children when I saw them using good reading stratagies. The lesson met the objective which was that students be able to recall details about the story // Baby Bear goes fishing // and put them in order the way they happened in the story. When the students were finished with their reading of the book they were asked to put 4 sentence strips in order. One comment from my teacher was that when I ask the students which is next if they get it incorrect ask them if this makes sense in order. There was one student who was nto paying attention and I did not notice it right away because I was too busy worrying about the student answering my questions. I need to work on my withitness. Also, the students in the other group were being disruptive and my teacher later told me I should have said something to the other groups. I was unsure if I should do this during the lesson because this is not my classroom. \Overall this lesson went decently but there is a lot of things that I will change when doing guided reading in my classroom.