The Ultimate Guided Reading How-To Book: Building Literacy Through Small-Group Instruction

By Gail S. Saunders-Smith

Book Overview

"A solid resource to help teachers understand the basic foundation for literacy development through guided reading in the primary grades."
--Patti Ulshafer, First-Grade Teacher
Wilson Borough Elementary School, Easton, PA

"The author provides an easy-to-follow guide that reinforces the need for teachers to adjust degrees of difficulty so that all learners advance through a balance of instructional challenges and supports."
--Mary Ann Poparad, Reading Faculty
National-Louis University

Teach students how to use specific strategies for reading success

Children develop reading skills at different rates. Guided reading allows teachers to work with children in small groups and target instruction to their specific needs and strengths. Literacy expert Gail Saunders-Smith provides the latest research on how children learn to read and offers detailed information on how to create an optimal literacy environment.

Ideal for teachers of pre-readers and emergent readers, The Ultimate Guided Reading How-To Book demonstrates how to develop successful readers through step-by-step, small-group reading instruction that focuses on vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. The second edition provides updated strategies for students and teachers, covers note-taking and study skills, and demonstrates how to introduce a new book to a group, encourage group dialogue, and help students apply new learning to other academic activities. Teachers will discover critical techniques for:

Getting to know students as readers Making the most of group instruction time Organizing groups by readiness levels Selecting texts appropriate for the abilities of the students in each group

Help students become independent readers with these strategies for use before, during, and after guided reading

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412970563
• ISBN13: 9781412970563
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

shipped in excellent condition

This title has earned a deserved excellent reputation. However, the publishers dropped the ball on the proofreading. The introductory section is rife with typographical errors, which is inexcusable in any professionally published work. That this is a book about literacy presents a sad irony to the reader/user. Nevertheless I would recommend this title to all language arts teachers at all levels.

Complete, concise -- a great resource!.

This is a great resource for any teacher. It covers all the basics of reading in a complete and concise manner. It condenses tons of information into an easy-to-read text. If you only have time to read one book on reading, this is definitely one to read.

Created especially for classroom teachers

Expertly written by experienced reading teacher and educational consultant Gail Saunders-Smith, The Ultimate Guided Reading How-To Book: Building Literacy Through Small-Group Instruction is an impressive and "user friendly" resource created especially for classroom teachers and offering them practical, effective strategies for coordinating their efforts to guide different levels of readers to higher literacy levels, implement a five-step guided reading process, coordinate literature workshops and literature circles, and more. An excellent supplementary resource for grade-school educators, The Ultimate Guided Reading How-To Book is an invaluable addition to reading skill development curriculum reference and resource collections.