Demystifying Small Group Instruction

How to Deliver the Core and More!

Meaning

VisualStructure

Does it make sense?

Does it look right?Does it sound right? Can you say it that way?

Sources of Information-Cueing SystemsPrior Knowledge

Sense of story

Illustrations

Oral language

Knowledge of English Language

Grammar patterns and language structure

Concepts of print

Sounds and symbols (Phonics)

Link Symbol to Sound - Check Against Meaning - Confirm

What Does Small Group Look Like Across A Cycle?

3 Day Cycle

Part 1NBO and First Read w/ Prompting Comprehension

Part 2Rereading for practice strategies and reading for more fluent reading and Word Work

Part 3Reread with Comprehension and Writing (Interactive, Guided or Independent)

Part 4Restart the cycle *Some components may stretch over two days

Recording Small Group Teaching

Effective Teaching Practices Within the Components

Comprehensive Literacy Across the Lesson Exposes Students to:

PhonicsFluency

VocabularyComprehension

Phonemic Awareness

Video Segments to Watch (Teacher Resource Guide -Literacy Wings DVD)

•New Book Introduction “Jasper the Fat Cat”

(What do we notice/ What is being emphasized?)

•Word Work “Learning the letter u” -different examples of letter work

“Breaking a large word apart” (look-ing, go-ing)(What do you notice/ What is being emphasized?)

•Writing “All About Spiders”“Revisiting the story (reassemble cut up sentence)

(What do you notice/ What is being emphasized?)

Assessing on the RunProgress Monitoring

When do I veer from the sequence or accelerate the lessons?

What are signs to move levels or reteach and stay on the level or drop back?

Brainstorm

Running Record Clip Lit Wings DVDGeorgie the Giraffe- Discuss what was seen

Practicing Running Records(Optional)

See more:

http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/core.cfm?p=main&modColour=1&modID=2&m=121&L=1

Next Steps…

Parking Lot- Post It On Easel Things I Want To Try Things I Would Like To Work On

Fluency & Comprehension

Phonics Phonemic Awareness

Phonics Phonemic Awareness

Vocabulary and Comprehension

Quality Reading Time

• Reader/text match

• Access and choice

• Volume of deliberate practice

• Literate conversation v. interrogation

• Useful, explicit strategy instruction

• Coherence/coordinationAllington

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Reading is a Process Not A Procedure!

You process information not check off a procedure.

How Does a Classroom Support SRBI

The concert of the class and the intervention

Six Steps in a

Guided Reading Lesson

1) Introducing the Text

2) Supporting Effective Reading

3) Discussing and Revisiting the Text

4) Teaching for Processing Strategies

5) Extending the Meaning of the Text (optional)

6) Word Work (optional)

In Guided Reading, students read the text for themselves with the support of your strong introduction, which is the key to students understanding and successful problem solving on a challenging new text.

The most important decisions in Guided Reading center on selecting and introducing the texts to readers.For the reader to use processing strategies to construct meaning, the text must be accessible, comprehensible, and offer the student opportunities to problem-solve and learn.

PLAN THE INTRODUCTION

Jot down the important ideas that you want to be sure to mention. Notes might include:

1-2 sentences - main idea of the book

vocabulary to introduce and define

info about author, illustrator or genre

processing strategies to reinforce

text features or layout

unusual language structures

length of reading assignment

after-reading assignment

Plan for the Appropriate Level of Support

The length of the introduction will depend on:

• complexity of text

• readers’ background knowledge

• readers’ experience with text features

• readers’ understanding of genre

• reading skills

Task: Book Introduction

1. Choose one of the books you brought to today’s session.

2. Applying the information you have just learned, plan a book introduction for your book.

3. Write down some possible ideas and main points for your introduction on the handout.

(You may also want to refer to the Guiding Reading Teaching Card that accompanies your book.)