Guided Reading for Developing and Fluent Readers

What impressed me the most about these articles is their attention to the learning after the reading.

One of the "after reading" suggestions is metacognition. Helping kids to think about their learning, whether it be their strengths or weaknesses, is something that teachers should model. On a personal level self reflection is so important because it makes me revise how I do something. This is a skill which is not always easy as it tends to highlight on what we need to work; however, I find that when I do metacognition, I can better support my view points.

I also loved the extension ideas. This certainly hits higher level thinking where they take what they have read/learned and apply it to make something of their own. The author suggests writing sequels or alternate endings even for developing readers. How cool is that? If you take a book with a controversial ending, you could really illicit some interesting writing from your students! The ideas for developing readers I think are still very appropriate for fluent readers when graded and scaffolded differently.