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The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading
In this resource-rich book, you’ll
- All the planning and instructional tools you need to teach guided reading well, from pre-A to fluent, organized around Richardson’s proven Assess-Decide-Guide framework.
- Prompts, discussion starters, teaching points, word lists, intervention suggestions, and more to support all students, including dual language learners and struggling readers.
- 29 comprehension modules that cover essential strategies―monitoring, retelling, inferring, summarizing, and many others.
- Plus an online resource bank with dozens of downloadable assessment and record-keeping forms, Richardson’s all-new, stage-specific lesson plan templates.
- More than 50 videos showing Jan modeling key parts of guided reading lessons for every stage. K-8
- All the planning and instructional tools you need to teach guided reading well, from pre-A to fluent, organized around Richardson’s proven Assess-Decide-Guide framework.
- Prompts, discussion starters, teaching points, word lists, intervention suggestions, and more to support all students, including dual language learners and struggling readers.
- 29 comprehension modules that cover essential strategies―monitoring, retelling, inferring, summarizing, and many others.
- Plus an online resource bank with dozens of downloadable assessment and record-keeping forms, Richardson’s all-new, stage-specific lesson plan templates.
- More than 50 videos showing Jan modeling key parts of guided reading lessons for every stage. K-8
336 pages, Spiral-bound
Published November 3, 2016
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December 3, 2018
Jan Richardson is a very good writer about Guided Reading and makes it accessible for the education professional. She provides clear instructions, charts and guides to copy and use. Richardson's book is great for professional development, classroom use and any educational setting. I definitely learned more from Jan's book. I highly recommend it. Students with disabilities and Dual Language Learners are included also.
March 9, 2019
Looking for how to make your guided reading lessons more effective? Jan Richardson's latest book supports teacher planning for each stage of reading. There is a chapter devoted to each stage which clearly describes how to complete each step of a guided reading lesson. Each step of the lesson for each stage of reading is supported by videos of Jan teaching and adaptations for DLL and Students with IEPS. She provides "next steps" for struggling readers at each stage. The book ends with 29 modules (lessons) to support the top 12 comprehension strategies. I found this updated version much clearer and more descriptive. Must read for anyone who teaches guided reading!
June 26, 2017
This is a "must-have" if you are teaching students to read at the Pre-A, Emergent, Early and Transitional stages of reading. When I work with school districts that want to help students at these stages, this text is our anchor. Richardson's approach is theoretically based in what we know about how children acquire concepts about print, alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, decoding/encoding and comprehension. Her lesson plans are easy to follow and engaging--children will want to come back to your guided reading table again and again.
July 5, 2019
(Note: Book review was written after reading the book, not after implementing what was read. If I remember I may update this review in the fall/ winter after I've had a chance to try/ test it out.)
This book is a FANTASTIC resource for any elementary ELA teacher. There's a brief introduction at the beginning explaining what guided reading is and why it's so important, but the bulk of the book dives into the details of the different lesson components and materials that make up the lesson based on the student's reading level. Some of the information overlaps from chapter to chapter, but aside from slightly tedious it didn't bother me (ex when I first purchased this book I was planning on teaching Kindergarten, and was going to focus on the Pre A and Emergent Reader chapter. In the middle of reading this book I got a call from my principal saying I was moving to first grade, so I also read the Early Reader chapter once I found that out. Since the principles build on each other, I found a lot of repeated text, but clearly that text I still felt was relevant because I gave the book 5/5 stars).
There is an appendix in the back that contains copies of lesson plan formats and assessment guides to use. There's also the code to access the website containing videos so you can see some of these practices done in real time with real students. The last chapter of the book contains comprehension strategies that can be used in the lesson portion of the guided reading time.
I'm excited to implement this new researched based strategy as I believe it will really help the students at my school grow and succeed.
This book is a FANTASTIC resource for any elementary ELA teacher. There's a brief introduction at the beginning explaining what guided reading is and why it's so important, but the bulk of the book dives into the details of the different lesson components and materials that make up the lesson based on the student's reading level. Some of the information overlaps from chapter to chapter, but aside from slightly tedious it didn't bother me (ex when I first purchased this book I was planning on teaching Kindergarten, and was going to focus on the Pre A and Emergent Reader chapter. In the middle of reading this book I got a call from my principal saying I was moving to first grade, so I also read the Early Reader chapter once I found that out. Since the principles build on each other, I found a lot of repeated text, but clearly that text I still felt was relevant because I gave the book 5/5 stars).
There is an appendix in the back that contains copies of lesson plan formats and assessment guides to use. There's also the code to access the website containing videos so you can see some of these practices done in real time with real students. The last chapter of the book contains comprehension strategies that can be used in the lesson portion of the guided reading time.
I'm excited to implement this new researched based strategy as I believe it will really help the students at my school grow and succeed.
December 22, 2019
This book provides a practical structure for guided reading at various reading levels, and decent comprehension teaching points to focus on. I would be giving more stars if the book just did structure of lessons + comprehension. The book loses all its stars for screwing up instruction on decoding.
Most of the word solving strategies encouraged by this book are junk. Lots of "meaning, syntax and visual" cue strategy teaching, "does it match the picture?" "what would make sense and look right?" -- we should know better than that by now. Jan Richardson especially should know better than that.
What's more - The pre-a plan for teaching letters and sounds is not systematic phonics - and it's far too little explicit instruction. Just a bad idea to locate phonics instruction in guided reading and expect it to be enough for most students. Please don't do this. Get Fundations or Reading Mastery or 95% Group Lessons and teach it whole class every day. Reinforce in small groups.
Most of the word solving strategies encouraged by this book are junk. Lots of "meaning, syntax and visual" cue strategy teaching, "does it match the picture?" "what would make sense and look right?" -- we should know better than that by now. Jan Richardson especially should know better than that.
What's more - The pre-a plan for teaching letters and sounds is not systematic phonics - and it's far too little explicit instruction. Just a bad idea to locate phonics instruction in guided reading and expect it to be enough for most students. Please don't do this. Get Fundations or Reading Mastery or 95% Group Lessons and teach it whole class every day. Reinforce in small groups.
July 27, 2020
This book is my guided reading bible! I have found that guided reading can be the most impactful instructional time with students; however, it can be extremely difficult navigating the precious minutes at the kidney table. In comes Jan Richardson! I cannot say enough good things about her approach to guided reading. I love her lesson plan templates, and I will forever use them!! If you have not looked into this resource, and you are searching for how to better make use of the precious minutes during guided reading, look no further!
October 16, 2017
Love, love, love this book! I borrowed a copy and I definitely need to own it. If my district doesn't buy us copies, I will be buying it myself. Everything in this book is so logical and practical. No silly fluency strategies that are not authentic. This book is a must-have for all K-8 reading classrooms!
January 12, 2019
This book is amazing! I have searched the web and and still struggle to organize my guided reading groups and know specific instruction for every level. This book has provided me with so many resources and thorough examples. I now feel confident to teach guided reading groups. Highly recommend! Even if you do have solid reading groups, this book may give you additional ideas.
March 25, 2017
Guided reading: What? How? Why ?
The book does a great job breaking down what you should do and not do in guided reading. Helps you structure and integrate word work and writing into the guided reading process.
The book does a great job breaking down what you should do and not do in guided reading. Helps you structure and integrate word work and writing into the guided reading process.
June 25, 2018
There were some interesting suggestions to help out pre-readers and emergent readers that I am looking forward to implementing in my classroom. However, I felt that as the book went on many of the strategies were repetitive.
May 11, 2019
This is a great resource to use in order to plan lesson plans for guided reading. There are many activities in each lesson plan that correlates to a range of reading levels. It is very easy to follow and easy to read.
March 1, 2022
i’m giving it 2 stars because it has no application to me YET because i’m not teaching. this book has good strategies, but i can’t apply them until i am in a classroom so this might be more applicable in my first year teaching.
August 14, 2017
A lot of information here, but once I really get a chance to implement it in my classroom, it will be a great help.
November 22, 2017
A must read for teachers!
June 13, 2018
I’ve never found a resource as practical and concise as this book. If you think you know Guided Reading already, think again. So many resources that I plan to implement on a daily basis!
October 1, 2018
So great for guided reading groups! I will be using this weekly for planning groups.
March 28, 2019
Love this book as a resource for all educators.
May 17, 2019
Super teacher resource!
June 18, 2019
Good stuff if you happen to be a teacher.
November 19, 2019
Excellent practical resource providing helpful ideas in moving thinking and practices related to guided reading forward.
March 4, 2020
A great resource for anyone trying to really understand how reading is taught from the ground up! Precise, specific, and practical.
January 2, 2022
The How To of small group literacy instruction. The accompanying website contains further resources in English, Spanish, and some French.
April 25, 2021
“The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading,” by Jan Richardson. When it comes to struggling readers, look no further than this essential resource. Each chapter is a lesson showing how to help different levels of readers. This book is full of lesson templates, word lists, reading question cards, and more. If you are a teacher looking for a way to improve your guided reading experience, this book might be for you.
(Book 97 of 100) When I was going through college, one of the major buzz words was “Jan Richardson.” This book was talked about in EVERY class I had related to reading. I was required to read it for one of my classes, but I never quite finished it then… oops! Now, as a first-year teacher, I wanted my students to excel at reading. I finished reading the book, but alas, we weren’t able to incorporate guided reading this year. I give this book a 5/5-star rating. I would recommend this book for teachers interested in reading and guided reading groups.
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(Book 97 of 100) When I was going through college, one of the major buzz words was “Jan Richardson.” This book was talked about in EVERY class I had related to reading. I was required to read it for one of my classes, but I never quite finished it then… oops! Now, as a first-year teacher, I wanted my students to excel at reading. I finished reading the book, but alas, we weren’t able to incorporate guided reading this year. I give this book a 5/5-star rating. I would recommend this book for teachers interested in reading and guided reading groups.
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November 30, 2019
This book has completely changed the way that I run my guided reading groups. I would recommend this book to all teachers. I think this is perfect for new teachers so that they have a starting place and know what to do, they don't have to guess. I also recommend this is veteran teachers, because maybe you aren't seeing the growth that you would like in your students. By following this framework, my students have been moving and quickly... mind you it is common for most of our students to come in below grade level in reading. Now my students aren't stagnant, they are making progress and I definitely feel more confident in my teaching.
For those that are skeptical, I think you should just try it and see what you notice. I have been consistently following the lesson plans and have seen huge growth. It is a LOT of work, but now that I know the outlines and what my students need, I feel more confident in creating the lesson and they do not take as long to prep or as long to complete :)
For those that are skeptical, I think you should just try it and see what you notice. I have been consistently following the lesson plans and have seen huge growth. It is a LOT of work, but now that I know the outlines and what my students need, I feel more confident in creating the lesson and they do not take as long to prep or as long to complete :)
April 13, 2019
If you are new to guided reading instruction, if you are in college pursuing an Early Childhood degree, or if your school does not provide guided reading resources, this is the book for you. It clearly defines expectations for guided reading, how to initiate, and what to implement with each group at each level. It includes resources and references worth checking out as well!
April 12, 2019
One of the best PD books I’ve ever read. I’ll wear this one out. So many great tools and resources included. I’ve tabbed and highlighted through the whole thing.
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