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Ready to Go Guided Reading Lesson Plans and Activities

By thisreadingmama 4 Comments

*I received a free online access from SNAP! Learning and was compensated for my time. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.

As a classroom teacher years ago, one of my biggest chunks of planning time was mapping out my guided reading lesson plans and activities. Getting my guided reading lesson plans ready involved finding appropriate reading texts for each of my reading groups, reading the books beforehand {or at least skimming them if they were longer}, planning different phonics or comprehension mini-lessons to go with the books, and organizing activities that the students could do with the book after they had read {or re-read} the books to practice skills.

Whew. Just thinking about it again makes my brain spin.

 

Ready to Go Guided Reading Lesson Plans and Activities ~ a review of Snap! Learning's Guided Reading Materials | This Reading Mama

 

Ready to Go Reading Lesson Plans and Activities

Now that I’m homeschooling, I don’t have to keep close track of and turn in any guided reading lesson plans {thank goodness}, but I still like to follow the guided reading model at home. This involves before, during and after reading support while my kids are reading developmentally appropriate texts.

One thing that I’ve been very thankful to discover this past school year was Snap! Learning. The ready to go guided reading lesson plans and activities are such a time saver. And they are a great fit for classroom teachers or homeschooling parents!

 


If you’ve hung around long enough, you know that I’ve mentioned Snap! Learning before, as their lesson plans and reading activities are great for improving comprehension and supporting struggling readers. But did you know that Snap! Learning also has printable ready to go guided reading lesson plans and activities? Talk about a time saver!

 

Printable Student Books-Lesson Plans-Activities for K-6th grade levels from Snap! Learning

For each grade level (K-6), you’ll find ready to go printable resources that are top notch. Not only can you print off the books, but you can print off lightly scripted lesson plans and reading activities {not busy work} for before, during, and after reading.

 

Printable Lesson Plan Guides for Teaching Reading from Snap! Learning

The lesson plans for books include things like picture walks, phonics and phonemic awareness activities for younger children to vocabulary, text features and text structures for older students. With longer books, three days of lesson plans are included to help support readers.

 

examples of guided reading activities for first grade leveled readers

 

examples of guided reading activities for third grade

The activities include writing, answering questions {many of which are higher order thinking questions}, phonics activities, vocabulary work, projects to extend learning, cloze activities, summarizing, retelling, and use of graphic organizers to organize information.

 

How do I use Snap! Learning in my reading instruction at home? We use it as a supplement. Since there are not enough stories to last us all year, I use the resources as a supplement to what we’re already doing. But what an amazing supplement it is!

 

 

You can give Snap! Learning a try for FREE!
Sign up for your trial HERE.

 

You can also connect with Snap! Learning via Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, or LinkedIn.

 

Ready to Go Guided Reading Lesson Plans and Activities from Snap! Learning - This Reading Mama

 

 

~Becky

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Comments

  1. Lauren says

    July 20, 2015 at 2:58 pm

    Thanks for sharing these wonderful lesson plans!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      July 21, 2015 at 5:34 am

      You are welcome. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Juanita says

    July 28, 2015 at 8:45 am

    Thank you for sharing with us! How can I access the lesson plans?

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      July 28, 2015 at 10:20 am

      Sign up for their free trial to try them out–> http://homeschool.snaplearning.co/buy_trial?utm_source=This%20Reading%20Mama&utm_medium=RMBanner&utm_campaign=RMAd

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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