Guided Reading for Kinders

by Nerida
(Coffs Harbour)

My Kinder class love Guided Reading sessions. I have 4 groups on a rotation, with no aid. I work with one group on a guided reading book and word study. This group then moves onto an activity to follow up on the GR session, including reading games (I explain what they have to do when they are with me).

After this the group then has a more relaxing activity that encourages finger dexterity, such as playdough, alphabet dot to dot, mazes, jigsaws or block patterns. The group then goes to the computer to do interactive reading activities from 'starfall.com' which caters for all abilities from level 1 upwards. I start with the bottom group doing GR first while they are fresh.

Nerida