We explore the potential of learning from reading discussions in social network settings. Undergraduates were asked to read an argumentive discussion between students of a closed, course-related. This post is the third in an 8 part series that I will write about implementing guided reading into your classroom. Today, for my third post in this guided reading series, I will share not only what materials you need to successfully implement guided reading into your classroom, but also how I organize those materials. Reading materials Guided Reading framework that involves explicit modeling of reading strategies by the teacher while students are actively engaged in reading trade books appropriate to their interest and reading levels. READING MATERIALS: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Below is a list of books that can be used to support discussions about personal aspirations and careers. The list begins with several fiction.
Journal Entry Component #1: Types of Reading Material
To Do
- Select an option from the reading anthology available in this course. Pick anything that initially sounds interesting to you. Don’t read it yet!
- Begin Reading Journal Entry for that source.
- In a word processing program, start a file that you can return to repeatedly throughout this module. Title it Reading Journal: “Name of Reading Selection.” (For example, Reading Journal: “Multiple Intelligences”)
- Identify the type of reading that this source illustrates.
- Write a short paragraph explaining how you made that identification of type.
Worked Example
This video demonstrates how to complete this step of the Reading Journal assignment. Note that you aren’t reading the piece yet–just scanning and getting a feel for what it contains overall.
At the end of this process, this student writes:
Reading Journal Component #1
Materialsguided Reading 101 Books
Reading Journal: “Multiple Intelligences”
This reading selection is from a textbook.
Guided Reading Workbook
I know this because its primary purpose seems to be to educate me. It is fact-based, uses research, and includes a table that I can refer to later to quickly remind myself about the different types of intelligences. The author of this writing seems to want to teach me about multiple intelligences, and doesn’t seem to expect that I know a lot about this topic already.