Modified Guided Reading: Gateway to English as a Second Language and Literacy Learning by Mary A. Avalos, Alina Plasencia, Celina Chavez, and Josefa Rascon.
Guided readings are extremely helpful to struggling readers as well as English-language learners (ELLs). The figure below shows the benefits of guided reading:
- Analyze the text: teachers should carefully read to text to see if it is appropriate for students.
- Set the scene or introduce the text: the introduction to the text is essential. teachers should make the introduction should be as long as necessary. Visual should be included if they will help ELLs understand.
- Shared reading: Students are given the opportunity to discuss to create understanding. Teachers can model fluent reading.
- Reading the text: Students read text on their own. The teacher takes notes and carefully observes.
- Returning to the text: Once the book is read, the teacher engages the group in a conversation. They must accept answers without giving criticism.
- Responding to the text: Engage in other activities that are related to reading. It further develops understand of the text.
- Word work: This helps students learn new words mentioned in the text.
Through this article I learned that guided reading exercises take time and a lot of practice. Finding books that are appropriate for each reading level has to be difficult. I believe this is a one time process though. Once a teacher finds all the books they find appropriate, they can make simple modifications for each new group. Helping ELLs is a difficult task, but this article shows that you only need a few modifications to maximize learning.
Can you think of other modifications that can help ELLs?
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