Shared Reading
Recording my Lessons in Order to Reflect
Today was the second day I modeled Barnhouse strategies in both shared and guided reading. I was a little disappointed in the guided reading lesson from Monday. I found it very helpful when I taped the whole group reading lesson on Monday so I made sure to video tape the small groups I met with today (Tuesday).
I made sure to complete running records with the text to make sure that the students were reading at their instructional reading level during guided reading. I was a little concerned about the conversation in the two groups I met with in the morning. I met with the reading specialists in the building to brainstorm ways to get the kids to "Notice" details about the text without directing them to details.
I was very happy with how the small groups went today. It went so much better than Monday. On my Monday I went against my instincts for teaching guided reading and spent too much time on vocabulary instead of jumping right into the text; which is what I normally would do.
I will continue to note what worked well with the students and recording my lessons. I was able to keep track of how long I gave for wait time, calling on a variety of students, and techniques used for behavior management. I also recorded some of the students' responses so I could share that information easily with resource teachers and the classroom teacher.
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