Mary-- I have found Pinnell and Fountas' new book The Continuum of Literacy Learning grade 3-8 (also one for K-2 and one for K-8) to be really helpful to think about guided reading for the intermediate grades and beyond. The Guided Reading section has a few pages for each guided reading level (L-Z) which includes bulleted list of "goals" teachers can select from to help students think "within the text, beyond the text, and about the text". For each level, it also includes suggestions for word study and a description of text characteristics.
Other sections of the book are organized by grade level and list goals for different aspects of Reading/Writing Workshop: Interactive Read Aloud, Word Study, Writing, Writing about Reading, etc. and all have goals for "within, beyond, and about the text". Megan Reilly Padilla Reading Specialist K-4 Message: 15 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:06:26 -0600 From: "Mary Manges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Guided Reading in Intermediate? To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm wondering if anyone is using guided reading in upper elementary. It was written into our strategic plan, yet no one seems to know how it works in 4th and 5th grade. I 've been able to find a few resources to purchase, but haven't yet. One is from Fountas and Pinnell, and the other was from Four Blocks (Big Blocks model). Basically I'd like to know which resource would be better to buy, and also if anyone can tell me what guided reading looks like and involves at this level. Is it effective? Do you it like or dislike? Pros/cons? Thanks, Mary _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
