Guided Reading Professional Development Outline

1. Introduce yourself and the topic of the professional development

Guided Reading
2. By a show of hands, who here is comfortable with guided reading? If I
asked you to give a demonstration of guided reading right now, would
you be comfortable coming up to the front?
3. Today’s goal is to become comfortable with Guided Reading and
leave with a plan in place for your own students
4. Begin PowerPoint presentation
a. What is Guided Reading
b. Why Guided Reading
c. Ultimate Goal
d. Tools and Strategies for Students – Give handout and quickly
explain each strategy for reminder
e. Before Reading
f. During Reading
g. After Reading
5. At the end of the presentation ask participants what are some large
reading issues they see in their classrooms? Call out answers
6. Give examples of how these issues can be resolved with Guided
Reading