Guided Reading Lesson Plan – Levels 3-4
Day 2
Familiar Reading: Day 1 book
Interactive Writing
(1-2
(5-6 minutes)
minutes)
Observations:
Include the following:
Fluent writing
(≤1 minute):
Generate Sentence:
Think about:
• The text
Word Work
(2 – 3 minutes):
• Sight words to reinforce
Select one focus:
• What students are able to write (initial
Phonics/Letter-sound Correspondence:
consonant sounds, phonograms, sight
• Learn letter sounds
words)
• Initial sounds
• What teacher needs to write
• Learn & use initial consonant sounds to
decode a word
• Begin to use final consonant sounds
• Add & substitute initial consonants to
Elkonin Boxes:
• Stretch word
phonograms
• Sound boxes/letter boxes
Sight Words:
• Identify known letters corresponding
New word or reinforce previously taught
to sounds
words:
•
Magnetic letters
•
White boards
•
Cut up sentence:
Air writing
•
Rainbow writing
•
Sand/salt box
•
Locate the word in print
Day 3 OPTIONAL: Utilize Phonics Lessons or the MCPS R/LA Kindergarten Small Group Instructional Guide for skill lessons that support student’s reading of
text. The skill lesson may take the place of a guided reading lesson.
Small group skill lessons can be taught at other times during the day.
Provide opportunities throughout the day for students to reread books from his/her browsing box of familiar reading books.
The times for each lesson component represent suggested times.