Guided Reading Skills List

Direconality Skills
Frontandbackofbook
Turnpagesfrombeginningoneata
me
Locatethe tle
Locatethefirstword,secondword,
thirdword
Turnthepagea erthelastwordon
thepage
Answerques ons:whereisthe tle?
Whereisthefirstpageweread?
Whereisthelastpage?Whatdowe
dowhenwegettothelastwordona
page?
Picture Clues/Cues Skills
Iden fythepicture.
Usethepicturestohelpreadthetext
Makepredic onsbasedonthe
pictures
Readfaciallanguageinthecharacters
Inferwhatishappeninginthe
pictures
Makesenseofwhatishappeningin
thepicture
Explainhowthepicturerelatestothe
text
Comprehension Skills

MainIdea
UnderstandingCauseandEect

Summarizing
Determiningauthorspurpose
Makinginferences
Dis nguishingfactsfromopinions
Dis nguishingfantasyfromreality
Usecontextualclues
Makeinferences
Drawconclusions
Understandfigura veandliteral
language
Understandcharacters
Determinethese ngandplot
Makeconnec ons
Determinethemainidea
Understandsequence
Determinepointofview

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Comprehension Connued

Fluency

Usesuppor ngfacts
Visualizing
Determiningrelevanceandimportance
Ques oning
One to One Poinng
Earlyreadersfollowwordbywordas
eachwordissaid
Knowstoholdfingeronwordslonger
whentheyaremul syllables
Pointtorequestedwords
Pointtorequestedpictures
Pointstoallwordsnoomissions
Decoding Skills
Knowsini alsounds
Knowsendingsounds
Knowspartsofword
Knowsprefixesandsuxes
Soundsoutunknownwords
appropriately
Knowswordswithblendsanddigraphs
atbeginningandendingofwords(ch,
sh,th,pl,sl,ch)
Whensoundingoutdoesntwork,uses
contextorthepicturetodeterminethe
word
Knowshighfrequencywords(and,the,
it,a,go,to,see)
Knowssimilarsoundingwords(atmat,
sat,fat,Iknowatsothismustbesat)
Context Clues
Knowingwhenawordmakessenseor
not
Rereadingaphrasetocatchapossible
error
Knowingifawordsoundswrong
Selfcorrec ngwhensomethingdoesnt
soundright
Backingup,rereadingtomakesureit
isright
Makinglogicalsubs tu onsforun
knownwords
Usesguessandcheck
Readsaheadtodeterminewhatanun
knownwordmaybe
Usesthepicturecluestomakesenseof
text

Readsatasteadypacevsaword
bywordfashion
Pausesatcommas
Endsataperiodatstartsatthe
newsentence
Paysa en ontoallpunctua on
markswhilereading
Readsphrasessmoothlyandquick
ly
Repeatsphrasestoimprovespeed
Readswithconfidence
Readsaccuratelywithouthesita
on
Readingspeedisappropriatefor
thedevelopmentallevel
Usesaccuratedecodingand
pronuncia on
Responding to Text
Makelogicalpredic ons
Usepersonalbackgroundinfor
ma ontorelatetotext
Relatetotextwithpersonal
experiencesandbackground
informa on
Reflectontextread(Iwon
der...thismakesmethink
of.remindsmeof)
Wonderaboutcertainaspects
Makeconnec ons
Predict
Retellpartsofthetext
Determinewhattheyliked,what
theydidntlikeandwhy
Discussvocabulary
Describefavoriteparts,characters