Guided Instruction
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Teachers guide instruction as students participate. Teachers observe student engagement and use formative assessments to inform instruction and provided students with feedback on their learning.
Strategies for Guided Instruction:
- interrupted reading
- echo reading
- choral reading
- guided reading
- questions, prompts, and cues
Additional Reading:
- Educational Leadership, "Feed Up, Back, Forward" (Fisher & Frey)
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