MTTC Upper Elementary (3–6) Education – Literacy (122) Practice Test

Guided reading relies on ongoing interaction with the text, with the teacher pausing during reading to pose purposeful questions. These moments of questioning help students monitor their understanding, apply strategies (like predicting, clarifying, and making inferences), and cite evidence from the text to support his or her thinking. By stopping at key points, the teacher can scaffold comprehension, model how to think aloud while reading, and guide discussion so students become more independent readers. Reading aloud with students is more about modeling fluency and listening, separate from the during-reading support. Silent reading reduces the teacher’s opportunities to guide comprehension in real time. Summarizing after finishing is a post-reading activity, not the during-reading focus that guided reading emphasizes.