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=Supports for DP Expected Practice in Literacy: Guided Reading/Practice= Guided Reading/Practice is one instructional approach within the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model. Its' focus on providing scaffolds for small groups of students with similar learning needs allows the teacher to support students in a timely way. Guided instruction can occur while the rest of the class is engaged in collaborative or independent work.

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The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model helps us "grow the rings of a tree" for students. Use of the different instructional approaches allows for the creation of new "rings;" taking students from where they are now (their zone of actual development) to comfort with new learning (a new zone of actual development). Different students will need different levels of support throughout the learning process. This responsive teaching happens in the zone of proximal development.



Videos of the GRR in Action in Intermediate Classrooms:
[] Check out Dr. Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey's youtube channel which has some teaching videos that show the different instructional approaches in the Gradual Release of Responsibility (modelled, shared, guided...) at work in intermediate classrooms.

The following templates were created to support intermediate teachers in DP as we explored the GRR and guided instruction in our Grade 7 and 8 Literacy Networks and our Grade 7 and 8 Science Literacy Networks.

Guided Reading Materials from half day session (Nov. 2012)
Anchor charts, the sample literacy block schedule as it is evolving to include guided reading, and the blank lesson planner template from the half day session on guided reading are included here for teacher use and reference.







Planner Template for Guided Instruction in the Intermediate Division (blank) May 2011
Our lesson planner template follows the format of a "3 part lesson" and highlights key characteristics of guided reading/practice. (i.e. small grouping, similar learning needs, text chosen specifically for the group based on reading ability, interest, connection to content/skill being worked on, offers 1 or 2 challenges, assessment "for"/"as"/"of" learning opportunities)



===‍**Sample Unit Plan for Grade 8 Water Systems (integration of science & literacy)**=== The following sample unit plan for the Grade 8 Water Systems Unit in science is offered as a working example of the integration of literacy and science. Points to note would be the integration of the components of a Teaching-Learning Cycle (TLC), the use of data to support selection of instructional foci, The Gradual Release of Responsibility Model as a framework for planning lessons, shaping of the unit plan around a big idea and essential questions, as well as the unit launch to spark students' own inquiry questions.



‍Unit Planner Template for the Intermediate Division (blank)
Our unit planner template below (used above in the Gr. 8 Water Systems unit) is provided here should you like to download it and use it in your own unit planning process.