The Next Step in Guided Reading: Focused Assessments and Targeted Lessons for Helping Every Student Become a Better Reader

Richardson, Jan

ISBN 10: 0545133610 / ISBN 13: 9780545133616

Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory an, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Next Step in Guided Reading: Focused Assessments and Targeted Lessons for Helping Every Student Become a Better Reader
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory an
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0545133610
• ISBN 13: 9780545133616
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 24 ounces

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Synopsis

Teachers facing the challenge of meeting the diverse reading needs of students will find the structure and tools they need in Jan Richardson's powerful approach to guided reading. Richardson has identified the essential components of an effective guided reading lesson: targeted assessments, data analysis that pinpoints specific strategies students need, and the use of guided writing to support the reading process.

• Each chapter contains planning sheets to help teachers analyze assessments in order to group students and select a teaching focus
• Includes detailed, ready-to-go lesson plans for all stages of reading: emergent, early, transitional, and fluent

About the Author

Jan Richardson, Ph.D., is an educational consultant who travels throughout the United States training teachers and doing classroom demonstrations on guided reading. A former classroom teacher (she has taught in every grade, K-12), reading specialist, Reading RecoveryÆ teacher leader, and staff developer, Richardson is well-known for her hands-on, engaging presentations. Her passion is motivating, engaging, and accelerating all readers from emergent to fluent. Jan and her husband, Cecil, have seven sons-three wonderful and four “grand”!