Organization for
Guided Reading Plus:
Early Language and Literacy
Certificate, Course 1
Class 2
Guided Reading Plus
Housekeeping
O I’m teaching DP class – room at Howell if you want to
change
O Breaks/Snacks protocol
O Plan to live with uncertainty – can’t have the whole
picture up front!
O Norms
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Respect everyone’s learning—questions, table talk
Be fully present (technology)
Cell phones on vibrate
No side conversations
On time
Tangents – not a hill
ALWAYS bring all handouts in a binder to class
Housekeeping
O Reminder
O Begin teaching your GRP case study group by next class – Thurs
11/29
O Revisit materials handout
O Any last minute questions about materials?
O Electronic Reflection Journal
O separate reflections – 1 class, 1 reading
O keep going on same document
O will collect in Dec, March & May
O Homework
O Check it out before last minute!
O Early Language and Literacy Certificate = a lot of early work!
Homework Review
O Article: Active From the Start
O “Be careful not to establish a pattern where the child
waits for the teacher to do the work. This is the point
at which the child must learn that he must work at a
difficulty, take some initiative, make some links.
[This] is the general principle that needs to be
established at this time…” (Clay)
O What does this mean to you?
O Look for examples in the article – italics portion
Table Introductions
O Name
O School
O Grade Level
O Table talk: What is reading?
Foundational Understanding
O “…. reading [is] a
O message-getting,
O problem-solving activity
O which increases in power and
flexibility the more it is practiced.”
(Marie Clay).
Essential Questions
O How does Guided Reading Plus enhance
Guided Reading?
O How does Guided Reading Plus fit within the
Reading Workshop?
Foundational Ideas:
Balanced Literacy
O DPS Reading Curriculum
O Includes 4 interrelated components
O Read aloud
O Shared reading
O Guided reading
O Independent reading
Foundational Ideas:
Balanced Literacy
O The success of balanced literacy
depends on
1. including all the components in the
literacy block
2. how the teacher creates instructional
opportunities throughout the block in
order to
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activate background knowledge
integrate sources of information (M, S, V)
apply problem-solving strategies
Foundational Ideas
O GRP is one piece of the Reading
Workshop
O It replaces
O Guided Reading
O Includes individual conferences
Foundational Ideas
O Guided Reading Plus is a two-day format, ideally
back to back
O Case Study Group will meet daily, but other
groups could meet 2-4 days a week
O Case Study: M,T & W, Th & F, M…..
O Other groups:
O M,T & W,Th or
O M,T & Th, F etc.
O Suggestion: STOP thinking about it as M-F, but as
Day 1-5 – like specials
Lesson Planner
O Handout: GRP Lesson Planner, Look-fors,
Guidesheet
O Linda Dorn (creator of Guided Reading Plus)
O Basic Parts of lesson
What does Guided Reading
Plus look like?
O Video
O Fiction Reading Day (10 min)
O After each section – What are you noticing?
O Word Study
O Orientation to New Book
O During Reading
O After Reading New Book
What does Guided Reading
Plus look like?
O Video
O Fiction Writing Day (6 min)
O After each section – What are you noticing?
O Assessment – Running Record
O Writing About Reading & Discussion
What does Guided Reading
Plus look like?
O How does Guided Reading Plus compare to
Guided Reading?
O Look-fors in Guided Reading Plus
O Changes to Guided Reading Plus for DPS
O 1 Running Record (not 2)
O Option of new independent book (not just books
already read/familiar)
O Writing without checks (use if you want)
O Three types of writing (not just independent)
Foundational Ideas
O Pace is critical to effectiveness of
GRP, so we have to learn to fit
everything in to the lesson time frame
O use a timer for each section!
O when time is up, move on, finished or not
Foundational Ideas
O Establish routines for your GRP group
O Entry routine
O “Sit like a reader”
O Book bags/folders/baskets
O Use of whiteboards, markers, erasers
O Magnetic letters organization
Rituals & Routines
O Think about the video we just watched.
What rituals and routines had been
established in that group?
O Share at your table any rituals, routines or
organizational structures that you have
found to be effective with small groups
What does Guided Reading
Plus look like?
O Video
O Non-fiction Reading Day (10 min)
O After each section – What are you noticing?
O Word Study
O Orientation to New Book
O During Reading
O After Reading New Book
What does Guided Reading
Plus look like?
O Video
O Non-fiction Writing Day (6 min)
O After each section – What are you noticing?
O Assessment – Running Record
O Writing About Reading & Discussion
O Handout: Sample Lesson – English &
Spanish
Essential Question
O How does Guided Reading Plus enhance
Guided Reading?
O How does Guided Reading Plus fit within the
Reading Workshop?
Essential Connections
O LEAP
O MCD*: methods & pacing, academic language
O HIIM**: check for understanding, feedback
O English Language Learners
O Oral Language Development
O Academic Language
O Common Core Shifts
O Nonfiction
O Evidence
O Increasing text complexity
*MCD = Masterful Content Delivery
**HIIM = High Impact Instructional Moves
Homework
O READ
O Guidesheet, Look-fors, Lesson Planner &
Sample Lesson (quiz next class)
O DO
O Reflect on class
O Reflect on reading
O Begin teaching GRP Case Study group – Nov 29
O BRING to next class
O Days & time you will teach your GRP group
O Next class powerpoint (for notes)
O ALL handouts received thus far