Here are three guided reading lesson plan templates; each designed to meet the needs of a specific level of readers. Levels in focus are emergent, early, and transitional readers. Additionally, prompts to support your small group instruction include topics such as self-monitoring and decoding, fluency and phrasing, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Concepts

guided reading, reading, emergent reading, leveled reading, reading stories

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

english language arts

Show More Show Less

Instructional Ideas

• Share the guided reading lesson plans with fellow teachers at a staff meeting or professional learning community (PLC)
• Copy, laminate, and write with washable marker to reuse a plan without making more copies

Classroom Considerations

• The daily plans follow the Scholastic® alphabet version of leveled readers

Pros

• The plans are clearly outlined and provide a detailed path to guided reading instruction 

Cons

• Some teaching strategies are presented as abbreviations but are not explained

Common Core

RL.K.10 RL.1.10 RL.2.10 RI.K.10 RI.1.10 RI.2.10 RF.K.1.a RF.K.2.a RF.K.3.a RF.K.3.c RF.K.4 RF.1.1.a RF.1.2.a RF.1.3.a RF.1.4.a RF.2.3.a RF.2.4.a