Before, During and After Guided Reading

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Before, During and After Guided Reading

• Created by
• Jacqueline Lampley
• Reading Interventionist

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Before

• Set the context and purpose for the reading.
• Highlight main ideas and key points.
• Activate prior knowledge.
• Discuss the title, cover, pictures, author, and
  illustrator.
• Make connections (to self, text, world).
• Predict what the story might be about.

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During

• Demonstrate key reading strategies including
• look at the pictures
• use your finger detective
• look at the first letter
• get your mouth ready
• sound out the letters in the word
• break down larger words into smaller chunks
• skip the word if you have difficulty, and read
  the rest of the sentence
• reread the sentence
• Stop at intervals and discuss key points,
  vocabulary, meaning and details.
• Make connections (to self, text, world)
• Ask and answer questions.
• Predict what will happen next, infer, determine
  importance.

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After

• Identify the key concepts or the main idea.
• Summarize or sequence the events.
• Point out details or describe significant parts.
• Ask specific questions.
• Make connections (to self, text, world).
• Compare/contrast/analyse
• Make inferences
• State opinions/point of view.
• Draw conclusions
• Share insights and understandings