Reading Instruction Review

A form of literacy instruction in which small groups of students who read at about the same level are matched to texts at their appropriate instructional level, and the teacher provides support as the students attempt to read the texts on their own.

• Shared Reading

• Guided Reading

• Narrow Reading

• Reader's Workshop

A form of independent recreational reading that entails reading several books on the same subject, by the same author, or in the same genre.

• Guided Reading

• Shared Reading

• Narrow Reading

• Close Reading

Reading instruction in which the teacher reads a big book or other source of enlarged text with the students, modeling a variety of reading strategies and using the text (once the students are familiar with it) to teach reading skills.

• Shared Reading

• Guided Reading

• Narrow Reading

• Reader's Workshop

Sessions during which a teacher, parent, or other proficient reader reads aloud from a book or other text to one or more students.

• Silent Reading

• Close Reading

• Narrow Reading

• Read Alouds

A structure for reading instruction often used in secondary schools that enables teachers to tailor instruction to students’ strengths, interests, and needs.

• Guided Reading

• Shared Reading

• Reader's Workshop

• Narrow Reading

A reading assessment tool that provides a visual record of a student’s reading performance word by word on a specific text.

• Running Record

• Walking Record

• Reading Record

• Literacy Record

Reading students are able to do on their own with little or no support.

• Independent Reading

• Guided Reading

• Close Reading

• Shared Reading

A component of reading instruction in which students learn the phonetic value (i.e., sounds) of individual letters and combinations of letters.

• whole language

• top down

• phonics

• word study