There are many benefits for both the student and teacher in conducting Guided Reading. Students develop as individual readers while being involved in a supported activity. Individual readers have the opportunity to develop and use reading strategies so they can read progressively difficult texts independently. Students experience success in reading for meaning. Students learn how to problem solve with new text independently.
Teachers observe individual students as they problem solve new texts.
Teachers assess individual students using running records before or after the group. Good First Teaching for All Children . The teacher supports children in reading materials they cannot read totally independently. The Guided Reading is to help students learn reading strategies to apply to other reading situations. The teacher makes Guided Reading decisions based on observations of what the child can or cannot do to construct meaning.