Guided Reading Plan Student Teacher___Kirstyn Howard____________________Date_4/1/14-4/2/14______ Supervisor___Dr.

Hawmi _______ Grade Level ___First_________________ Cooperating Teacher ____Kendall Babiarz______________ PA Core Standards
CC.1.1.1.B: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence. CC.1.1.1.D: Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Identify common consonant diagraphs, final-e, and common vowel teams. Decode one and two-syllable words with common patterns. Read grade level words with inflectional endings. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. CC.1.1.1.E: Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension: Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. CC.1.3.1.A: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. CC.1.3.1.B: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. CC.1.3.1.C: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Text The Biggest Land Animal Text Level 18 Group Members Orange Group Nate Katie Fox Hayley (may need reminders to focus)

Author Jo Windsor Meeting Time 10:00-10:20 a.m. Objectives SW use beginning letters and pictures clues to identify words. SW read left to right, using 1:1 matching. SW locate the front and back of the book. SW read with greater fluency. SW use strategies more efficiently (rereading, questioning, and so on) to comprehend. SW create an acrostic poem about elephants using information from the text.

Warm-up Book Boxes and Centers

Book Orientation

Picture Walk- The students will look at the images from the story and talk about each Each student will receive a book and have a picture with the children and allow them to chance to look through the book and look discuss what they see. The students will at the front cover to make a prediction. also find and frame a caption on the first page to explain the picture. So what do you think this story is going to be about based on the front cover? Point to Together, we will clarify the vocabulary the title. Lets read the title together. The words such as trunk, leaves, squirt, noise, students will also examine the and danger. characteristics of an elephant before reading the text. The students will stretch out the words, isolate the beginning sounds, name the beginning letters, and frame the word in the text that begins with that letter, especially for bigger words.

Teaching Points Looks at the beginning of the word and get your mouth ready? Look at the picture? What do you see happening in the pictures? What strategies could you use to figure out that word? Can you find the index? Where is the index located, and what can it be used for? What are headings used for in the book? Can you find one of the headings in the book? Reading: The teacher observes the students as they read the text softly or silently to themselves. The teacher provides guidance and coaching to individuals based on her/his observations by providing prompts, asking questions, and encouraging attempts at reading strategy application.

After Reading Discussion The teacher asks questions to ensure that the text has been comprehended by the readers and praises their efforts. Further, the teacher may observe gaps in strategy application and address these gaps following the reading in a mini-lesson format. Look the index. The students will practice using the index. The students will discuss the use of the captions and arrows to explain the characteristics of an elephant. The students will explain the purpose and use of the elephants body parts beginning with the ears, then the trunk, mouth, skin, and tusks. The students will complete the yes or no labels in the back of the book together.

Word Work Trunk Leaves Squirt Noise Danger

Extension The students will discuss an acrostic poem and its characteristics. The students will create an acrostic poem about an elephant using the printable from enchantedlearning.com. The students will receive a copy of the printable, draw an elephant, create the acrostic poem, and label their elephant if time allows.

Rereading The students will discuss the thought bubbles, picture clues throughout the story, and the use of changing the color of the font or changing the font to help decode words.