July 24th, 2014 | Guided Reading

Guided Reading Part 2

Tara West

My absolute favorite time of the day. . . .Guided Reading! 🙂  In this post I will chit chat about a few more aspects to my Guided Reading, introduce the new packet and a few bundles!

Above is my guided reading caddy. I really love that thing!  When I pull it out from the bottom shelf it’s time to get started!  I purchased it from Walmart last year {Sterilite brand}.  It has just enough room for everything I need.  In this photo you can see I have a crayon/pencil box, sound boxes, misc cards {see below}, dry-erase markers, and erasers.

Above are my sound boxes and phoneme segmentation highways.  Learn more about those in  THIS blog post!

These are all my “Secret weapons” during guided reading…not really, but they all do work marvelous wonders!

1. High frequency cards
2. Punctuation cards for fluency
3. Alphafriend cards {Journeys}
4. Nonsense word cards & sliders
5. Phoneme segmentation cards {freebie}

This is a snap shot of the bookshelf behind my guided reading table.  I have leveled guided reading books galore: below level, on level, ELL, above level, and vocabulary readers.  These books come with our reading series, Journeys.

Additional guided reading books sorted by DRA level.  I keep these in my filing cabinet for easy access.

Now to my newest guided reading packet!

Guided Reading PART 2 {Kindergarten}

Inside the packet:
– Guided Reading Opener (page 2)
– Guided Reading Lesson Plans (pages 3-9)
– Guided Reading Structure (page 10)
– How to help struggling readers (pages 11-12)
– Guided Writing (pages 13-33)
– Quick Write (page 34)
– Guided Reading Vocabulary Strategy (page 35)
– Beginning Sound Sort (pages 36-43)
– Guess my word (page 44)
– Beginning, Middle, End & Five Finger Retell Strategy & Posters (pages 45-48)
Below are some snap shots from the packet!

Guided Writing paper for small group.


Beginning sound sort.


BME {beginning, middle, end} and 5-finger retell posters.

Click below to view the packet on TpT.  It sells for $6

Now for some money saving bundles!  Also, read to the bottom for an extra-extra saving!

Guided Reading PARTS 1 & 2 BUNDLE.  Click HERE to save $2.
I also have the Guided Reading DELUXE Bundle:

Guided Reading PARTS 1 & 2 and RTI & Guided Reading Nonsense Words/Phoneme Segmentation packets.  Click HERE to save $3.

** For the next 3 days 6/12-6/14 I will be offering an additional 10% off on the Guided Reading Parts 1 & 2 bundle and the deluxe bundle!

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Tara West Teacher & Author

Tara West is a dedicated educator and the founder of Little Minds at Work, an educational platform designed to provide teachers with creative and engaging resources for early childhood education. With a focus on developing innovative lesson plans, classroom strategies, and activities, Tara brings her passion for teaching to life, empowering teachers to foster meaningful learning experiences for their students.

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