Quick guided reading question

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Is the guided reading book one level higher or lower than a child's reading level? Can't remember. Thanks.

Have the text book description Periwinkle

The Structure of a Guided Reading session

Pupils are guided through ways of developing reading strategies and responding to the text. The children work in small groups reading their own copy of a text.

1. Book Introduction
   Set a purpose for the reading with reference to learning objectives. Talk about genre/text type. Make connections to prior reading or previous session. Skim over text to gain overview before reading.

2. Strategy Check
   Discuss strategies, making explicit reference to strategies children will use to help them decode and comprehend what they are reading. Encourage pupils to explain to each other how they will read new/unfamiliar words. Beginner readers will be prompted to use their developing phonic knowledge. Developing readers should be prompted to use comprehension skills; skimming, scanning, re-reading; checking for organisational features, etc. Also highlight any difficult vocabulary or choice of words by the author.

3. Independent Session
   Children read independently either in a "soft" voice or silently while the teacher moves round the group listening to individuals reading a short extract. Questions may be asked or focus given to particular teaching points to deepen understanding. Praise should be given for use of appropriate strategies.

4. Return to the Text
   Whole group consideration of text, reviewing the use of particular strategies, revisiting questions asked at the start of the session and encouraging the children to identify issues to be discussed or clarified.

5. Respond to the Text
   Allow children time to respond to the text, develop and justify their opinions and explore personal preferences. Follow up tasks may be set, to be completed before next reading session.

I use whole class reading on the IWB and ask individual children to read sentences of paragraphs depending on ability and we discuss the text as a class. I also hear readers 1-1.

When DD does guided reading all the kids have a copy of the book. They don't use the white board at all (quite often taken into another room without a whiteboard - she seems to enjoy it).

My ds2 (y2) is on one level above but some people in his group are 2 levels above him so they are reading one level below their home reading bands.

sorry I thought I replied to this earlier. Thanks Mrz, that is really helpful.