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NEW expanded edition, with an additional guest chapter by Jo Payne on Whole Class Guided Reading. There are a multitude of problems with guided reading in its current state. From poor book choices, to lots of moving around in classroom, the key benefit or these sessions - to inspire a love of reading and understanding - has been eroded. What is unusual about many of these problems have evolved into their current awkward state. We are prone to do this in education, and less inclined to stop and consider why something might be broken. I think it's something we need to get more in the habit of doing if we are going to make real progress. This book sets out to correct this problem. Contained within is a blueprint for making your guided reading session really work, day after day, for any age group. More than that, it can be read in an hour, implemented in less than that and will save you hours over a teaching year.
Teaching English language arts at grades K-5 is both a science and an art. Educators must teach literacy skills and content with best practices, while also keeping focus on each student's individual needs. They are challenged to monitor students working independently while also conducting small group instruction. And they must focus on providing differentiated support with a rather complicated text. With increased attention to rigor, requirements, and personalized instruction, it can be a challenge to make sure all students are receiving instruction that is just right. Comprehensive Literacy Basics: An Anthology by Capstone Professional contains useful tips to support educators. Chapters focus on each part of the literacy and language arts block, including whole group, small group, writing, and differentiation. A collection of expert authors specializing in literacy and language arts instruction contributed chapters to the book. The quick tips and suggestions within will reinforce current practices while providing an invaluable go-to reference.
Reading provides the foundation allowing students to access and analyze information. However, it is not just a single skill. Students’ comprehension is impacted and supported by solid foundational skills in oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension. This book analyzes the skills needed in these areas and strategies and activities to support their development. It expands teachers’ skills and strategies to help them make a significant difference in their students’ lives.
A perfect addition to your language arts lesson plan, Guided Reading: Connect for first and second grades includes six sets of readers, two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The bold images and maps appeal to students as they learn about nocturnal animals, inventors, and more. Ready to Go Guided Reading: Connect offers the essentials for an effective reading program for first and second grades. This reading comprehension book includes: -discussion guides -leveled readers that cover high-interest topics -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -graphic organizers and an observation sheet The readers are separated into three readability levels and designed to keep students' attention. Callout boxes direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts, such as scanning for meaning or word work. Each reader concludes with a writing prompt. 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading resource book series for grades 1-6 includes everything you need for your guided reading group. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. The series features four books for each grade span to focus on the following comprehension strategies: -Infer -Connect -Question -Summarize The readers contain short nonfiction texts and text features such as callout boxes, photographs, charts, and maps.
A perfect addition to your language arts lesson plan, Guided Reading: Connect for first and second grades includes six sets of readers, two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The bold images and maps appeal to students as they learn about nocturnal animals, inventors, and more. Ready to Go Guided Reading: Connect offers the essentials for an effective reading program for first and second grades. This reading comprehension book includes: -discussion guides -leveled readers that cover high-interest topics -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -graphic organizers and an observation sheet The readers are separated into three readability levels and designed to keep students’ attention. Callout boxes direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts, such as scanning for meaning or word work. Each reader concludes with a writing prompt. 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading resource book series for grades 1–6 includes everything you need for your guided reading group. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. The series features four books for each grade span to focus on the following comprehension strategies: -Infer -Connect -Question -Summarize The readers contain short nonfiction texts and text features such as callout boxes, photographs, charts, and maps.
Help elementary students discover the solids, liquids, and gases that make up the world around them. Science Readers: A Closer Look: Basics of Matter: Complete Kit includes: Books (6 titles, 6 copies each, 32 pages per book); data analysis activities; audio recordings; digital resources; and a Teacher's Guide.
Discover a model for guided reading instruction that fits the 18-minute time frame and is purposeful, planned, and focused. This practical book introduces a range of specific reading strategies and processes that lead students to access increasingly sophisticated text. It includes collections of lessons for emergent, early, developing, and fluent readers, as well as struggling readers in the upper grades. Detailed and comprehensive, the book champions an integrated system of guiding readers that involvesboth fiction and nonfiction, as well as the texts that surround students in and out of school: websites, directions, instructions, schedules, signs, and more. New and experienced teachers will both find a wealth of valuable reproducibles, techniques, tips, and strategies that will help them put the tools for independent reading into the hands of every student.--Publ. desc.
