Guided Reading Running Records Project L.I.F.T.

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Guided Reading Running Records Project L.I.F.T.
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Objectives

• Participants will
• Explain what guided reading is and its purpose.
• Explain why running records are important.
• Administer a running record and reflect on their
  performance.
• Analyze a running record and determine next
  instructional steps

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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the
body. Joseph Addison 
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Building Background
What is Guided Reading?
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Building Background

• The ultimate goal in guided reading is to help
  children learn how to use independent reading
  strategies successfully.
• The overall purpose is to enable children to
  read for meaning at all times.

What is the purpose of guided reading?
This reminds me of the time when I went fishing.
I wonder what will happened next.
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Choosing the Right Text
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This book is just right!
Frustration
Instructional
Independent
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Choosing the Right Text
Independent Level Instructional Level Frustration Level
Relatively easy text for the reader 95 of passage is read with accuracy Misread only 2 of every 20 words Challenging but manageable text for the reader 90 of passage read with accuracy Misread only 1 of every 10 words. Difficult text for the reader Less than 90 read with Accuracy Misread more than 1 of every 10 words
This book is just right!
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Guided Reading Level by Grades K-6
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Making Meaning of Text Children use sources of
information to read texts. Marie Clay
M-S-V.. Mother Day Saint Patricks
Day Valentines Day
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Making Meaning of Text
Three Categories of Information
Visual Information Cues
Meaning Cues
Structure Cues
Does it sound right?
Does it make sense?
Does it look right?

• Natural Language
• Knowledge of English Language
• Grammatical Patterns

• Prior Knowledge
• Story Sense
• Illustrations

Sounds and Symbols Print Conventions Look at the
lion (tiger).
The tiger were orange and black
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   The more that you read, the more things you
will know. The more that you learn, the more
places you'll go.   Dr. Seuss
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Running Records

• When a student reads aloud, a teacher can observe
  reading behaviors and make note of what the
  student is thinking and doing.
• Oral reading miscues reveal a students
  reading strategies.
• Miscues can be analyzed to make instructional
  decisions that are tailored to
  the students needs.

On your mark, get set Go!!!
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Running Records Symbols and Markings
Symbols and Markings
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The Animal Picnic

• The animals had a picnic
• To celebrate the fair.
• They all brought something tasty
• For everyone to share.
• The lambs brought yams.
• The bees brought peas.
• The poodles brought noodles
• All sprinkled with cheese.
• The cheetahs brought pitas.
• The mice brought rice.
• The moose brought juice
• And a bucket of ice.
• The pigs brought figs.
• The bears brought pears.
• The apes brought grapes
• And some picnic chairs.

Look and Listen.
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My Goldfish

• See my new pet?
• This is my goldfish.
• I will name my goldfish Goldie.
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• My goldfish has gills.
• Gills help fish breathe in water.
• My goldfish has fins.
• Fins help fish swim.
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• I have a tank for Goldie.
• The tank is her home.
• I put rocks at the bottom of the tank.
• I put a plant in the tank, too.
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• Goldie swims in her new home.
• Sometimes Goldie hides behind the plant.
• I feed Goldie goldfish food.
• Goldie swims up to eat the food.
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Practice makes perfect!
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Objectives

• Participants will
• Explain what guided reading is and its purpose.
• Explain why running records are important.
• Administer a running record and reflect on their
  performance.
• Analyze a running record and determine next
  instructional steps
• Resource
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/curriculum/lan
  guagearts/elementary/k2literacy/2009k2-literacy.pd
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I've traveled the world twice over, Met the
famous saints and sinners, Poets and artists,
kings and queens, Old stars and hopeful
beginners, I've been where no-one's been
before, Learned secrets from writers and cooks
All with one library ticket To the wonderful
world of books.      Unknown  
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Backdrops - These are full sized backdrops, just
scale them up! - Can be Copy-Pasted out of
Templates for use anywhere!
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