The first few weeks are always a whirlwind but this year has been especially windy! Trying out new things always involves a learning curve and, for “older” teachers like me, that curve can sometimes seem insurmountable! Yet, I forge on!
I’ve been struggling with how to include all of the details in my Guided
Reading lesson plans necessary for a substitute teacher to be able to pick them
up and teach from them! (I have two
beautiful daughters who have seemingly been sick more than they’ve been well so
sub plans are ALWAYS at the forefront of my mind!) Who wants to teach from lesson plans with a
font that is the size of a gnat? Not
this girl! So, I’m trying something
new.
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Notice that the grayed areas are two groups at the same
time. For sake of time, I had to have two groups at the same time.
They are both above grade level so I split my time between the two. One
group works more independently than the other.
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The remaining group is getting a "double dip" of
reading with me, as they also meet with our Reading Specialist in an attempt to
get them to grade level. I also included my "Read Aloud" time
and I actually split my kids into writing groups rather than writing on their
own during Daily 5.
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I am going to attempt a week-long lesson plan. It will include the details I couldn’t
include previously and will be much more “user friendly” for both myself and
any substitute in my room.
Here’s the plan: as I
complete something on my plan, I will cross it off. Anyone coming into my classroom will simply
look at this plan, teach a few things that aren’t crossed off, and call it good! Our principal has asked us to include
objectives in our plans this year and this is the ONLY way I’ve managed to
include them! So, I’m killing more than
one proverbial bird with one stone!
How do you plan for Guided Reading? What do your lesson plans look like and how do you get all of the details where they need to be? I'm always eager to see other ideas, so shoot me a quick comment and fill me in! :)
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