Preventing Misguided Reading: Next Generation Guided Reading Strategies

by Jan Burkins, Melody M Croft

Feeling exhausted after guided reading? Are you working tirelessly while your students aren’t even breaking a sweat? Do you ever wonder if other teachers feels the same way you do about guided reading—that it’s not working the way you think it should? You are not alone. There seems to be much confusion surrounding guided reading—the term even means something different from school to school. Now you can turn to the 50 years of collective experience of authors Jan Burkins and Melody Croft to prevent guided reading from going astray in your classroom. Jan and Melody present personal clarifications, adaptations, and supports that have helped them work through their own tricky parts as they guide readers. The book’s six chapters each clarify a misunderstanding about guided reading instruction in the following teacher’s role and the gradual release of responsibilityInstructional reading levelText gradientsBalanced instructionIntegrated processingAssessmentWith 27 strategies, you’re sure to find the help you need to work through your own challenges as you guide groups of readers.

130 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 5, 2017

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

For the overwhelmed teacher conducting traditional guided reading groups, this book provides useful information to help the reader see that not all literacy instruction needs to be taught during guided reading. Yet, perhaps even more importantly, the authors explain and demonstrate how teachers can become familiar with their students’ reading processes. The authors give insight on why some students who appear to be good readers are actually struggling with fluency and/or comprehension issues. Useful strategies are suggested to help teachers analyze student reading errors in order to make valuable instructional decisions. Instructional strategies are also provided. Though the strategies are for use in small groups they can be useful for any size group, including whole group. This book enables teachers to gain a deeper understanding of reading processes and therefore become stronger teachers of reading.