8 Reasons to Encourage Students to Read Book Series

Getting students hooked on a series means that there is a built-in next book that they are already excited to read. When the series ends they will be looking for a similar one to fly through during independent reading time! Discover eight reasons that encouraging students to read more series will help them in and […]

By |July 7th, 2022|Guided Reading, Independent Reading|0 Comments

How to “Jump” Into Guided Reading

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Guided Reading helps teachers meet students’ varying needs. Through this framework, students are provided with supportive literacy experiences to help them […]

By |November 20th, 2017|Guided Reading|3 Comments

Top 10 Reasons to Love Booksource’s NEW Interactive Reading Level Chart

At Booksource, we know that reading levels can serve as a helpful tool for educators. Reading levels—including Guided Reading Level, Lexile Level, DRA Level and Reading Recovery Level—can make it easy to identify characteristics of reading proficiency at each grade level and match students to texts that can be read with success.
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By |March 13th, 2017|Guided Reading|0 Comments

A Shared Understanding of the Process of Reading (An Excerpt from Guided Reading: The Romance and the Reality)

By Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

Some teachers have learned to be satisfied with their students simply reading accurately. This practice has led to pushing students up levels without evidence of their control of the competencies that enable them to think within, beyond, and about texts at each level. The goal of the guided […]

By |May 21st, 2014|Guided Reading|0 Comments