One huge component of preparing for Guided Reading is selecting books to use with your groups, and this requires some quality thinking ahead of time! It is not enough to just choose an “M” book or an “average book” from the book adoption. When choosing a book, you must take into consideration why the students […]
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Readers’ Workshop: Independent Reading Ideas
** Contact us if you would like Rogers Education Consulting to bring an engaging, hands-on Readers’ Workshop or Guided Reading session to your campus ** One thing we all know as reading teachers is that students need time to read. Students must be practicing the act of reading consistently, with things they want to read, […]
Student Reading Ability is More than a Level
** Contact us if you would like Rogers Education Consulting to come to your campus with engaging, evidence-based, and practical professional development ** Disclaimer before you begin reading this post: I am not anti-leveling students. Assessing students, with any program, and getting a ballpark idea of their reading level is a great starting point. I do firmly believe, however, […]
Instructional Coaching: Guided Reading
** Contact us if you would like to have Guided Reading modeled or a workshop-style session come to your campus! ** Last month I was asked to model a Guided Reading lesson in second grade. I was told the students’ instructional level was L, mostly because of comprehension. For the model lesson I wanted to highlight four […]
Encouraging Readers
As a mom of three boys, a teacher to many students, and an educator of educators, I am constantly battling questions about students’ reading levels. Teachers also frequently ask questions like how many times students should read the same book, and if it matters what students are reading (magazines, graphic novels, etc.). Truthfully, I haven’t seen any research that proves a […]