Guided Reading Lesson Plan
Text: Forests PM Reader
Level: 22/23
High Frequency
Word Review
Easy Reading
New book
New high
frequency words
Letter patterns
Other teaching
focus
Group/ Names of
students
Comments
grow, forests, world, large, build
Use the last book from the previous session.
 Help students to work out unknown words from meaning: “What would make
sense there? What would look right and sound right?”
 Get students to check any errors: “Did that make sense?” “You said
_________ . Does that look right?” “Can we say it that way?”
 Get students to reread parts for fluency and phrasing.
Orientation:
 The title of this book is Forests. When we think about the title and look at the
picture of the front cover what predictions do we have about what this book
might be about? What type of text is it likely to be? What do you expect to see
in one of these texts? What is the name of the author? What connections can
you make between all the photos and what might be in the text?
 Title Page: read the title again. What animals are these?
 Contents Page: Why has the author chosen to have a contents page? How
can this help a reader? What page would you find information about forest
fires?
 P4/5: This page has a heading “Introduction”. What does this mean? What
would you expect to find in an introduction about forests? The photos relate to
forests because…
 P6/7: The information in the photographs tell us …about forests?
 P8/9: What are the two types of photo on page 8 showing us? On page there is
an unusual shot – how has it been taken and why?
 P10/11: Why do you think these trees could be important?
 P12/13: In a book on forests, explain why the author has chosen to include
information on birds and animals.
 P14/15: The heading here is tree farms. What do you know about tree farms
from looking at the photographs?
 P16/17: What do these photos tell us about logging and how the trees are
used?
 P18/19: Describe what is happening in the photos and what effects this might
have.
 P20/21: How might bushfires change forests?
 P22/23: This section on Walking in the Forests would be interesting because.?
 What is the purpose of the glossary and the index?
Introduce new words and concepts: high frequency words; pack & communicate
Prompt children to practise strategies.
Each child reads the text independently.
 Reinforce where children used reading strategies & prompt for strategies as
needed.
Comprehension Questions: see attached sheet
introduction, contents, different, know, famous, special, nowhere
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Onset & rime: old: hold, bold, sold, cold, told
Silent k: knew, know
Long e: y, ee, ea: many, trees, seeds, evergreen, furry, eat, we, please, heat
Discuss headings: gives the focus for the information that is to follow
Discuss paragraphs: a collection of sentences about a topic that go together:
1st sentence explains topic; other sentences add more information.