Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Section One: Using Guided Reading to Help Individual Readers Construct
an Effective Literacy Processing System 7
1 What is Guided Reading? 8
2 Guided Reading Within a Multitext Approach Levels of Support for Literacy Learning 34
3 From Shared to Guided Reading in the Early Years 52
4 Shared and Performance Reading Across the Grades 82
5 Planning for Effective Guided Reading Lessons Building a Strong Early Reading Process 100
6 Planning for Effective Guided Reading Lessons Lifting the Competencies of Every Reader 126
7 Using Guided Reading for Effective Teaching of English Language Learners 156
Section Two: Using Systematic Observation and Assessment to Form Groups and Guide Teaching 187
8 Understanding Reading as a Complex Process 188
9 Observing and Assessing Readers to Inform Teaching Decisions 208
10 Using Assessment to Form Dynamic Groups and Document Reading Progress 238
11 Using Running Records and The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum to Guide Teaching 256
Section Three: Using High-Quality Texts to Support Responsive Teaching 277
12 Creating a Collection of Texts to Support Literacy Learning 278
13 The F&P Text Gradient™ A Tool for Teaching 292
14 Selecting and Introducing Texts for Guided Reading 328
Section Four: Effective Decision Making Within the Guided Reading Lesson 359
15 Teaching for Systems of Strategic Actions in Guided Reading 360
16 Teaching for Monitoring, Searching, and Self-Correction Behaviors 376
17 Teaching for Visual Processing Over Time Solving Words 396
18 Teaching for Phrased, Fluent Reading in Guided Reading Lessons 422
19 The Role of Facilitative Talk in Supporting Change Over Time in Processing Systems 446
20 Teaching for Comprehending Helping Students Think Within, Beyond, and About the Text 468
Section Five: Thinking, Talking, Reading, and Writing in a Classroom Community 499
21 Building a Community of Readers Across the Grades 500
22 Managed Independent Learning in the Early Grades 524
23 Managing Literacy in the Intermediate/Middle Grades 554
24 A Design for Language and Literacy Instruction 576
References 597
Index 605