GUIDED READING

I keep all the Guided Reading supplies in this area, located next to my teaching table.  The 7-drawer cart is from Wal-Mart.  It was $19.97.  The gray hardware drawer containers are from Wal-Mart.  Each was less than $10.00.  

 

 

The top three drawers house miscellaneous teaching supplies such as magnetic white boards, expo markers, an eraser, magnetic cake tins, highlighters, highlighter tape, and cut-apart sentence supplies (glue, sentence strip paper, scissors).  We have our reading strategies student posters (to help us remember what strategies we can use when we come to a tricky part or word.  We also have our ABC chart, for the low level group for a shared reading experience.   The bottom four drawers are used by each of the four reading groups.  One drawer per reading group.  I house the week's reading books in there along with their reading response notebooks. 
Strategies Chart & Posters

This index card box (5x7) is where I store all my GR lesson plans.  I print them, trim them down, and then laminate.  At the start of each day, I gather all the needed materials for each group, and make sure each group's drawer is ready to go!

Other Resources:

A Parent's Guide to the Reading Levels 

Sample Guided Reading Lesson Plans

Blank Guided Reading Lesson Plan Template

Guided Reading Lesson Plans Timing and Content Explanation