On some occasions, they ask appropriate guiding questions of each other. Finally students are required to summarize the main message in the text without memorizing each word. The success of this kind of lesson is dependent on maintaining a risk-free environment for students. The main objective is for the students to become aware of what they need to be thinking while they read. A large part of guided reading is talking about reading.
Students work together with the overhead.
A large part of guided reading is talking about reading, and the teacher's role is to maintain the class conversation. Occasionally some modeling of the use of reading strategies is necessary, but most of the time the teacher's role is to invoke students' responses based on their own thoughts and opinions about the reading process. A passive learner will not benefit from an instructor's modeling as much as he or she will from active participation. Copyright 1999, All rights reserved Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Gallaudet University 800 Florida Ave.