So the only thing I feel I can talk about is guided reading in the 4-block model. Instruction can be done with a variety of materials, basal readers, trade books, chapter books, poetry, newspapers, weekly readers, science texts. In prereading you build background, introduce voc., preview, predict, and set the purpose for reading. In the reading section the students read in a variety of settings, with a partner, with the teacher, with an aide, independently. In post reading, students are bought back together to share the treasure.
SOme teachers teach a mini lesson in the pre reading section.
Some teach it in the post reading. I have found it very important to vary between grade level and below grade level material. Susan - Jeanne, in my class my word block goes like this, we do word wall words daily. What looks right. Tues - Friday we still work with 5 word wall words every day mixing up the new words for the week with words already on the wall.