The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson

By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).

BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books.

these notebooks are time consuming to read and respond to. Click here for one of my favorite places to get pages for creating reading notebooks. The main purpose for a reading notebook, in my opinion, is to deepen our students ability to think, talk and write about what they are reading. CCSS has a big focus on written response to reading and this is one way that you can fit that it without always doing a prompted response. I also liked them to use a section of the book for responding to prompted questions from our read alouds and for jotting thinking about the books they were reading for literature circles and book clubs. writing a letter to me which shared their thinking about the text they were reading. They would write their responses in letter format. When I taught third and fourth grade I loved using these notebooks with my students. In intermediate classrooms, daily independent reading and responding to reading should be encouraged! I was so happy to see that Richardson thoroughly explained how to set up and use a reading notebook for independent reading. Reading Notebooks (for intermediate students)

students at the stations clean up rotate on their own while you call your next group! use a timer and make every minute in your daily schedule count! Set your timer for 20 minutes for each guided reading group. Another question that teachers ask about managing Guided Reading time is how do I get it all done? Jan Richardson clearly says. On pages 18-22 Richardson lays out a few ideas for how to manage your students at while they are working independently. Students in second grade on up can use individual choice boards or learning contracts to manage their time.

this ensures that there is at least one or two students that they can ask questions or seek help from. You must also have routines set in your classroom so that students will know what it means to work independently for an extended amount of time !! It is best to have students work in workstation groups that are a range of leaners. ready to use, right there in your guided reading area. You will need to have all of your teaching materials, including leveled text, magnetic letters, dry erase board and markers, paper, lesson plans and notebooks, and any other materials that you use on a daily basis. In order to have success teaching at the guided reading table, two things need to be in place. Teach Routines, Independence and Build Stamina

The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson