Guided Reading in Grades 3-6: Everything You Need to Make Small-Group Reading Instruction Work in Your Classroom (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) [Paperback]

Mary Browning Schulman (Author), Mary Schulman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2006 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Scholastic Teaching Strategies

In this practical resource, veteran teacher Mary Schulman provides a step-by-step guide to guided reading in the intermediate grades. She demonstrates how to plan lessons, manage flexible groups, match students to texts, and use assessment to inform instruction. Transcripts of guided reading sessions show what this effective teaching practice looks like in action. More than 30 reproducible short texts, selected for their appeal to intermediate students, are included for teachers to use in their own guided reading lessons. For use with Grades 3-6.

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About the Author

Mary Browning Schulman is the coauthor of the best-selling Guided Reading: Making It Work and Getting the Most Our of Morning Message and Other Shared Writing Activities, with Carleen Payne. She currently teaches in Virginia.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Strategies; 1 edition (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439443970
• ISBN-13: 978-0439443975
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As usual, practical!, February 24, 2007

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This review is from: Guided Reading in Grades 3-6: Everything You Need to Make Small-Group Reading Instruction Work in Your Classroom (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

The Scholastic Teaching Strategies series has been a reliable, easy-to-use and implement set of books for new and experienced teachers wanting to make changes in their classrooms. As an upper elementary Title I teacher, I'm always on the lookout for making my teaching of reading for struggling readers more effective. There doesn't seem to be much new information out there working with this population. Research seems to suggest that if a child hasn't hooked into reading by third grade, it's lost forever. It seems that the lack of books to help these readers seems to promote that fact.

This book, however, attempts to shed some light on the concept, of bringing Guided Reading groups into the upper elementary classroom. I found the book to be very helpful in examining the role of the teacher and of the students in teaching reading. The author, Mary Schulman, draws on her years of experience, with chapters on setting up the classroom for effective literacy instruction, guidelines for forming the groups, and sample lessons scripted out.

There isn't much missing from the books, possibly other than how to tackle chapter books in these groups, which much of the kids seem to want. I found this book to offer practical ideas that I could easily bring into my classroom. I highly recommend this for anyone wondering about guided reading in the upper elementary grades!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, has everything you need, October 30, 2008

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This review is from: Guided Reading in Grades 3-6: Everything You Need to Make Small-Group Reading Instruction Work in Your Classroom (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

I am so impressed by this book. It truly has it all. When teaching the 2nd grade, I used her book "Guided Reading, Making it Work." It was great too. Now, as a fourth grade teacher I am glad I found this book. It has background knowledge, implementation strategies and plenty of real-life examples that illustrate how to use the guided reading program in your intermediate classroom. Thank you for this book!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, January 22, 2009

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Jenna Morgan "Jenna" (VA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Guided Reading in Grades 3-6: Everything You Need to Make Small-Group Reading Instruction Work in Your Classroom (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

This is a terrific resource for new and experienced teachers! It gives practical advice for teaching guided reading in the upper grades. This is a book that every teacher can use to create groups, plan instruction and manage the classroom for literacy instruction.