1. To meet the varying instructional needs of all the students in the classroom, enabling them to
greatly expand their reading powers.
2. To teach students to read increasingly difficult texts with understanding and fluency
3. To construct meaning while using problem-solving strategies to figure out unfamiliar words that
deal with complex sentence structures, and understand concepts or ideas not previously
encountered.
Guided reading has been proven to be one of the most effective instructional strategies in teaching and improving reading. According to Anita Iaquinta's Guided Reading: A Research-Based Response to the Challenges of Early Reading Instruction, "It is estimated that one in three children experience significant difficulties in learning to read." It is also said that "a child who is a poor reading in first grade is 88% more likely to remain a poor reading in fourth grade." In order to establish a good foundation in reading, it is important to have effective teaching strategies, which is where guided reading comes in. Guided reading is a beneficial tool for children at all ages and reading levels. It can be used by teachers at various difficulties so that it is geared towards a children's level and they are not struggling to keep up or too knowledgeable for the material. The goal of guided reading is to teach readers to self-monitor, search for cues, discover new things about the text, check sources against each other, learn new words and develop a more thorough thought process with reading. Guided reading provides the necessary opportunity for teachers to teach reading strategies at the students; individual levels, which is a key competent for successful reading learning and comprehension.
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