Reading Instruction

Start with guided reading

The page lists two mind maps titled Guided Reading. One looks at routines and text choices, including difficulty, engaging subject matter and cultural relevance. It also notes the time needed to establish routines that support independence. Start there if you want an overview of decisions involved in guided reading.

The other Guided Reading map focuses on questions teachers might ask about meaning, sentence structure and how written words look. Read the maps together to compare the routines with the questions used during reading.

Use a quiz alongside the maps

The literacy quiz includes questions about sound cues associated with written symbols and how readers use background knowledge with text. After exploring the guided reading maps, try the quiz and consider how its questions relate to the cueing systems in the second map.

For another way to study the terms, look at the reading flashcards covering phonological awareness, phonemes, onset sounds and rime. The deck also includes the alphabetic principle, language development, and print and book awareness. Move between the cards and the quiz to compare terms with questions about reading.

Explore activities and the wider unit

Other mind maps cover reading aloud, expressive vocabulary, narrative development, rhyme and print awareness. A map of reading practices also lists shared reading, buddy reading and independent reading with a response. The investigation process map describes using prior knowledge of children's knowledge of Dr. Seuss when choosing books for a study.

Reading Instruction is a section of Literacy Development and Language Arts in Education and pedagogy. These resources offer a reading-focused way to explore that unit, from classroom activities to questions about how readers comprehend text. Choose an activity or concept from the page and explore it in a format that suits your study.