Weave word study instruction throughout your guided reading lesson. This helps your students develop efficient word solving strategies to construct meaning. A short but critical component of the Next Steps Guided Reading framework is word study where students learn about letters, sounds and words. - Many districts recommend phonics be taught to the whole-class, but not all children are ready to learn the same thing. - By including word study in your guided reading lesson, you can provide developmentally-appropriate phonics instruction based on your students’ needs. - Additionally, teaching the word study during guided reading gives students opportunity to transfer the phonics skills they have learned into authentic reading and writing. |
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