Preventing Misguided Reading: New Strategies for Guided Reading Teachers
Burkins andÂ Croft offer a refreshingly honest and insightful accounting of working through their 'tricky parts, while providing practical ideas that teachers everywhere can carry into their own guided reading instruction. (Tina Favors, Second-Grade Teacher )Rather than being a prescriptive how-to, this book encourages teachers to thoughtfully examine their guided reading instruction. Burkins and Croft strike the perfect balance between the theoretical and the practical, providing teachers with useful strategies that support students growth as readers while challenging teachers to examine their beliefs about guided reading. (Allison Niedzwiecki, Kindergarten Teacher )A practical, accessible, and concise resource for teachers and literacy coaches. The concrete, thoroughly explained examples are presented with clear and specific directives for implementation. It's refreshing to see the book's emphasis on including comprehension instruction in early literacy programs. Preventing Misguided Reading fills a valuable need by providing K-2 teachers with a strong, yet concise overview of useful instructional strategies for small-group literacy instruction. (Maryann Mraz, Author of The Literacy Coach's Companion, PreK-3 )There are a lot of confusions about how much should be included in a guided reading lesson and where it fits in with other elements of literacy instruction. Many teachers are working hard to refine their practice, and will appreciate this easy-to-access resource. (Lois A. Lanning, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Pomperaug Regional School District, CT )This is a very empowering book, helping open teachers eyes to the research-supported fact that they are indeed the most important factor in student learning. I LOVE that it focuses on the teacher as a professional! --(Amy Broemmel, Associate Professor)