4th grade guided reading

4th Grade Guided Reading Lesson Plan

Text Title: Rocks and Minerals

Level: Lexile Level 780L, Guided Reading Level T

Nonfiction

Book Introduction: (5 Minutes)

The students will be in groups depending on what level they are at. The groups will be by animal name. I will call the students to the guided reading table one group at a time.

• Example: "I need the frogs group at the table with me please."

I will tell the students that we are going to be working on roots today. I will introduce it to the students and ask them if they know what it is.

• Example: "Today we are going to be learning about roots." 
• Explanation of root word: "A root word is a word that has affixes (prefixes and suffixes) added to it."
• "Can anyone tell me what a root is?" "Can you give me an example?" "Good, the root to spectacular is spectacle."

We will play the game "Root Hoot" to practice roots.

• "We are going to play Root Hoot today to practice recognizing some of these roots."

Phonics Focus: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.3.A

Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.

Word Work Activity: Root Hoot
Root Word Examples: walking, located, returned, sparkly.

Vocabulary Focus: Minerals, Fossils, Luster, Crystals, Deposited, Fracture, Hardness

Word Work Activity: Quizlet

Before Reading: (2 Minutes)

I will handout a copy of the book Rocks and Minerals to each student.

I will introduce the book.

• Example: "This book is called Rocks and Minerals and it is about comparing the rocks to the minerals. It will talk about the different characteristics of the rocks and the minerals."

I will tell the students to be watching for vocabulary words and root words.

• Example: "I want you all to be looking for the vocabulary words from quizlet, and for root words you might see while reading. Write them down so we can talk about them at the end."

If you turn to page 4, some of the examples of root words are: walking, sparkly, chunky, flicking.

During Reading: (10 Minutes)

I will call on the students to read 1 paragraph at a time (They usually only have around 4 sentences each).

• Example: "Tony will you read the first paragraph on page 4. Don't forget to be looking for vocabulary and root words to write down." 

For comprehension I will ask the students questions about the book:

• What kind of book is Rocks and Minerals?
• What did you learn about rocks?
• What did you learn about minerals?
• What is the difference between rocks and minerals?
• The students can look back on page 6 for help 

For fluency and phrasing I would remind the students to read with expression.

• Example: "Remember that we need to read with expression so that we can better understand what is going on."

For word decoding I would ask the students what they think we should do to learn the words.

• Example: "It is okay that you do not know that word, it is a really hard word. What do you think we should do to learn these words?" "Looking at the picture is a great idea"
• "Let's look at the picture on page 7 to see if we can figure out what 'core' means."

• "We can review quizlet again to get a better understanding of these hard words."

Vocabulary Focus: Minerals, Fossils, Luster, Crystals, Deposited, Fracture, Hardness

Word Work Activity: Quizlet

After Reading: (10 Minutes)

We will discuss some words we found and some things we learned.

• Example: "What are some words you all found that were vocabulary or roots?"
• Example: "What is something you learned about a rock or a mineral?"

For the writing activity I would have the students write in their journal comparing rocks and minerals. 

• Example: "I want you all to go back to your seats and get your journals out. I want you to write at least one page comparing rocks and minerals based on what you learned from the book." 

 Materials:

Journal

Rocks and Minerals by Jenny Karpelenia

Student and teacher copies

Smart Board

Quizlet

Root Hoot

Pencils