| To help your child improve his or her reading skills, | | | | the patterns. A young child's guided reading lesson |
| teachers use what is known as reading levels to help | | | | plans has the primary goal of providing the building |
| create guided reading lesson plans. | | | | blocks of language. |
| Each reading level has a set of books that are | | | | First Grade |
| specifically geared towards improving different reading | | | | As first graders begin to progress, the guided reading |
| skills and comprehension, depending in part on the | | | | curriculum will begin to introduce slightly more |
| child's age. | | | | advanced skills. |
| If you would like to use summer vacation to help your | | | | It often begins with learning the difference between |
| child get a head start, his or her teacher should be able | | | | nouns and verbs, and builds upon the skills learned in |
| to provide you with the list ahead of time. This can help | | | | kindergarten. |
| you create your own guided reading lesson plans. | | | | These stories may also be more advanced, containing |
| The guided reading lesson plans become slightly more | | | | longer sentences and plots where the characters |
| advanced with each passing school year. The hope is | | | | interact more frequently. |
| that when the child graduates from the sixth grade, | | | | Second Grade |
| they will have acquired a large set of reading | | | | The more advanced second grade reading lesson |
| comprehension skills. | | | | plans finds children more able to answer questions |
| These skills will help them succeed in middle school, | | | | about the stories they have read. |
| high school, and beyond. Here are a few examples of | | | | Their reading comprehension has advanced, as well as |
| what a good guided reading levels should strive to | | | | their retention of the material. Many children this age |
| teach. | | | | even begin to read short chapter books. |
| Kindergarten | | | | While a reading lesson plans is generally created for a |
| As the child begins learning to read and enters school | | | | specific age group, it is important to assess where a |
| for the first time, they begin with a guided lesson plan | | | | particular student is and find appropriate material for |
| that is meant to impart the basics of reading. | | | | their level. |
| The books use sentences that may be only two or | | | | Students with a lower comprehension should be |
| three words, and each of these words tends to be | | | | approached with material to help meet their needs, |
| four or fewer letters. | | | | without making them feel inadequate. |
| Such examples as "See Spot Run" may be memories | | | | This is also important for students with learning |
| from your childhood, and are still popular favourites in a | | | | disabilities. It may be helpful to use a guided reading |
| kindergarten guided reading levels. | | | | curriculum that has advanced stories told in a simple, |
| The goal of these books is to teach children the | | | | building block format in cases like these. |
| sounds that the different letters make, and to help | | | | If you understand your child's reading level and guided |
| them understand how these sounds change as the | | | | reading levels, you can help them meet their |
| letters are strung together. | | | | educational goals and spend quality time with them. |
| Often they employ rhyming words to help reinforce | | | | |