Guided Reading: The top three reading prompts for emergent readers

Are you teaching emergent readers the very basics of reading, and overwhelmed by the number of reading prompts to choose from?

The following top three prompts form the basis of what good readers naturally do.  The founder and creator of the Reading Recovery program, Marie Clay, studied the strategies proficient readers used.  To put it simply, her research showed that children have the most success reading when they use meaning as their primary source of information (ensuring the story made sense),  language structure (how the words sound together, ordered properly in the manner we would use them in speaking the language) and the 'visual information' (the 'looking' at the words, letters, punctuation, etc. part of reading). 

  Here is a brief summary of the three top reading prompts:

    

Why only three prompts? 

  These three prompts are the foundation of what good readers do. Good readers make sure that what they read makes sense, sounds right and looks right.  Other strategies fall under these, and do have their place. It can get complicated for kids to have to memorize a long list of strategies. My students have had most success when they know the top three prompts initially, then additional strategies (i.e. Chunky Monkey) for something that they truly need prompting for. Every child does not need to learn every prompt out there!

The three top prompts bookmarks - free!

Click the image below to download!

Just a few hours left of the #TpTBeMine sale...happy shopping... 

  

and Happy Valentine's Day! ;) Ida Mae aka That Fun Reading Teacher

  

St. Patrick's Day Literacy Activities

St. Patrick's Day Literacy Activities

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Educating-Everyone-4-Life

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-1727658

Language Arts- "23 Guided Reading Checklists (8 Most Important Things at Each Level)"

By Teacher Features
Grades K-6

GET YOUR CHECKLISTS HERE

These Guided Reading Checklists are adapted from Fountas’ and Pinnell’s Continuum of Literacy Learning. They are designed to provide information about each reading level 

so that teachers can make informed decisions about what to teach students 

during guided reading and what to observe and assess. 

**A continuum of reading behaviors, not specific steps, can be found on these checklists.

 

Suggestions for using each Guided Reading Checklist

Lesson Planning Tool: Teachers can use the checklists to identify objectives for each Guided Reading leveled group. During the lesson, teachers should model the reading behavior they want students to try and students should receive timely feedback regarding their reading efforts.
 
Observation and Assessment Tool: Teachers can use the checklists during guided reading lessons as a tool on which to record the behaviors each child is demonstrating. This enables teachers to monitor student progress and provide more targeted instruction. 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-Features

https://www.facebook.com/TeacherFeaturesFun

http://www.pinterest.com/RFC9124

Language Arts Lesson - "Making Connections"

There they are…..sweet little attentive listeners.  You are talking about something that is happening in the story and you ask a question.  So many hands go up.  You pick an eager hand-raiser. And that sweet little attentive listener gives you the most off-topic, random comment that you can imagine. 

Did that little one make a text-to-self connection? 

In my opinion, the reading strategy of ‘Making Connections’ needs to be taught. True connections are not the same as random thoughts that pop into our heads.  I have created a simple set of pictured task cards to intentionally model and ‘think-aloud’ the process of making a true connection.

Writing pages are included for those students who are ready to write down their connections.  Take a look at the complete product here.

Do you have any special ways to teach our little ones how to make connections with the story?

Thanks for stopping by.

 My Made For Learning TpT store is here. 

My Pinterest boards are here. 

And my Facebook page is here.