Guided Reading - Teacher Resources

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Online Resources

• A Guided Reading Lesson Plan
• K-5 - balanced literacy links
• Middle Years - balanced literacy links
• Guided Reading in the Primary Classroom from Scholastic.com
• Get Started with Guided Reading from Scholastic.com
• Assessment (K-3) - This site has excellent information on assessing readers, including Quicktime movie clips of teachers in action so you know exactly how to implement these types of assessment activities in your classroom.
• Visit The ReadingLady.com to download valuable teacher resources (in WORD or PDF), including: chants for choral reading; assessment rubrics for informational reading, narrative reading, writing and spelling; and comprehension strategy posters and guides. Worth a visit!
• Learn More About ... - You have the option of learning more about guided reading or any of the other component of a balanced literacy program. Many suggestions for modifying guided reading for various classrooms and situations.
• Guided Reading Opportunities in Good Literature
• Making the Guided Reading Block Multilevel
• Making the Most of Guided Reading from Education World.com

Print Resources

• Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Heinemann Publishers, 1996.