Name _____________________ Observation Date _______ Observation Time_______

Experience C-6
(C-6) Objective: To observe a teacher teaching a guided reading group.
Directions: Observe a teacher teaching a guided reading group.
# of Students ___________5_______

Reading Level __________B_______

System used to Level______________________________________________________

1. What does the teacher do at the beginning of the guided reading group?
Review jobs of author and illustrator. Have students look at pictures to form an opinion of
what they think the book might be about.
2. What does the teacher do during the guided reading session?
She listens to students read and gives feedback throughout. She also takes notes on how the
student did. She prompts students to try unfamiliar words. She helps them to sound out
words.
3. What does the teacher do to conclude the guided reading session?
She asks the students questions about the book they read.
4. How does the teacher handle new vocabulary students encounter during the guided
reading session?
She has a white board that she writes the entire new and old vocab on before they start
reading.
5. How does the teacher assess students comprehension during the guided reading session?
She asks them questions about the text. She also asks questions along the way and during
reading.
6. What resources/system/guides did the teacher use?
She is going by reading standards

7. What were the remaining students doing during the guided reading group?
The remaining students are in literature centers.
8. What was the instructional assistant (if present) doing while there?
Me, the TA also has a guided reading group!