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Guided Reading: Beyond the Basics ActivityGuided Reading: Beyond the Basics Activity
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1st - 5th
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English Language Arts
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2005
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Guided Reading: Beyond the Basics

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Elevate children's reading comprehension skills with this collection of guided reading resources. From paper dice with basic comprehension questions printed on them to a system for using sticky notes to identify key parts of a story, these activities are bound to increase children's understanding of both fiction and non-fiction texts.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

reading comprehension, plot, setting, literary elements, characters, summarizing, guided reading

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the Comprehension Question Cards and/or Question Cube to facilitate discussions during small group reading lessons
  • Implement the Text Coding activity from the start of the year, adding additional codes as students' reading comprehension improves
  • Provide the Features of Informational Text document as a reference for children to keep with their reading materials

Pros

  • Each activity comes with a clear set of instructions
  • All supporting materials are provided for each guided reading activity
  • Activities can be adapted for use across the elementary grade levels

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.1.1 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.4.1 RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RI.1.1 RI.1.2 RI.1.5 RI.2.1 RI.2.2 RI.2.5 RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.5 RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.5 RI.5.1 RI.5.2

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