Maggie, Of course you plan in advance! But your plans should be flexible and subject to change based on your observations of the students. You may change your plans, you may change your groups, you may decide to form a temporary group of students who need more instruction in a particular aspect of reading.
This site will give you a basic idea of what you are doing: http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/guided_reading_block.htm This site has lessons that might give you an idea of how a lesson would go (although you might have to adjust for your age group) http://www.debfourblocks.com/lessonspage/lessons_guidedreading.html This site was created by a fourth grade teacher, her lessons may also be helpful: http://home.att.net/~teaching/balancedlit.htm For gifted students, consider doing Literature Circles. http://home.att.net/~teaching/litcircles.htm Joy/NC/4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
