Yellow Brick Roads: Shared and Guided Paths to Independent Reading 4-12

by Janet Allen, Philippa Stratton (Editor)

Do you spend your days working with students who struggle to comprehend reading in literacy and content classes? Are you looking for a way to establish comprehensive literacy instruction in your school or classroom so all students receive support in becoming competent and confident readers? In Yellow Brick Shared and Guided Paths to Independent Reading, 4-12 , Janet Allen offers research-based methods for helping teachers move toward these goals. This book provides research, practical methods, detailed strategies, and resources for read-aloud, shared, guided, and independent reading. In addition, Janet outlines solutions for many of the literacy dilemmas that teachers face every The appendixes include graphic organizers to support strategy lessons, suggestions of titles for building classroom libraries, as well as web sites and professional resources that support the teaching of reading. Yellow Brick Roads will give you rich ideas, detailed strategies, and literature support for implementing those strategies. At a time when many are looking for that elusive wizard to solve students' reading problems, this book helps you create your own paths to effective literacy environments.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Professional Development, Nonfiction, School

330 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Anne Burton]

Yellow Brick Roads shared best practices on creating a curriculum that is student-focused. A plethora of strategies and outside resources are offered. Numerous examples of student learning are given. All reading and writing teachers should own a copy of this book.

[Rikki]

Full of great ideas I think I might actually use. Well written until the last few chapters.

[Jennifer]

LOVE THIS BOOK! It is packed with effective, practiced strategies for working with reluctant and struggling adolescent readers. Highly recommend this for any teacher teaching middle or high school level reading.

[Sara]

More valuable for assessment tools than the ideas inside-- however, my opinion may be jaded because some of these reading books are so similar! The book is still helpful- it just has some overlap to other literacy/reading tomes.

[Nadine Voth]

A plethora of ideas and strategies for teaching reading to older, struggling students.

[maria]

professional reading

[Jeanne]

I just read Chapter 8 today. Many of these are good ideas, but without a separate reading class, I just don't see where I could find the time.

[Kathy]

Excellent book with practical ideas for setting up a reading/writing workshop.

[LB]

I was hoping for a fresh infusion of guided reading ideas. Didn't happen, but I did get a good list of short story collections.

[Lex Nimz]

I was hoping this would give me new ideas for guided reading, but it didn't. I think it's too old. But, I did get some good short story recommendations from it.

[Stephanie]

SO GREAT! Holy cow - food for thought. I'm stuffed.

[Joe Wood]

A nice look at literacy in the classroom. For those who are new to the concept of balanced literacy in a secondary English-Language Arts class, this book is a great introduction.

[Jennifer Drury]

Excellent resource.

[Alie Stumpf]

Amazing ideas about expanding independent reading into independent literacy exploration.

[Erin Hitzfield]

I liked this, but didn't get as much from it as I had hoped I would. Could be because I have binged on so many literacy/teaching books this summer...

[Janie]

ILLing the title to get a copy to read; got the book, got to read first portion, but returned it without completing

[Alise]

Wonderful book...good for any teacher old or new...

[Ryan Saunders]

Excellent guide for reading teachers. Lots of great info.

[Elisa]

This book was an essential text in my school library in my first year as a high school literacy coach years ago. I heard Janet Allen speak and bought the book. I'm no longer a coach, but still use and adapt the resources that she has in the back of the book in schools with whom I consult.