The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics

by Jan Richardson

Guided reading experts, Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne, provide teachers with clear, concise, and practical instructions and resources for planning and teaching developmentally appropriate word study and phonics lessons. Learn how students solve words, how to assess what students know and need to learn next, and what sequence, materials and activities to use to help students become proficient word solvers and independent readers. 
Works with the familiar Next Step Forward lesson plan framework from Richardson's best-selling Next Step Forward in Guided Reading. 
Uses a gradual release of responsibility approach that guides students to independent word solving.
Introduces readers to not just one approach to phonics and word study—but six.
Includes more than 250 ready-to-use word study lessons, leveled from pre-A–Z. 

Genres: Education, Teaching

292 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 16, 2020

Reviews

[Lisa Gusewelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is primarily geared towards grades K-2, but I found it to be enormously useful in learning about phonics, activities to be done with words, and how to teach students of all levels while utilizing fun and challenging skill building.

I was surprised at how little I had known about phonics as I had taken a rigorous course in college on linguistics that dealt heavily with phonics. However, when phonics is viewed in relationship with word study, there is an entirely different vocabulary to be used.

I have not completed this practice in my classroom yet, but I will be starting this coming Monday. I am thankful that I am taking this as a course with other elementary teachers so that I can receive support while I practice these new moves, so I won't know how wholly useful this is for the 6th grade level until I have put it into practice. I hope to update my analysis on using the "Jan Richardson" model in a month to see if I am still finding it to be of great use of increasing reading fluency, comprehension, and love for words.

[Lupe Monteon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will be going to a lower grade level next year and I just finished this book. It is an amazing resource with tons of appropriate activities and ideas for each reading level. It includes assessments, sight word lists, word work ideas and more. I highly recommend this resource to educators looking for an appropriate and meaningful way to integrate word study and phonics work into their guided reading group instruction. It is a must have if you are a primary teacher focusing on guided reading and also a Jan Richardson fan.

[jennyreadit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phonics lessons and word study lessons based on reading levels. For teachers of reading, this is a wonderful resource for phonics and word study lessons that can be differentiated based on students' needs. For teachers that have the Literacy Footprints Guided Reading collection, these word study lessons are built into the lessons and this book is a great companion.

[Caitlyn Cann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This guide taught me more than my entire teacher's college experience!! I used some of the phonics assessments on my students and they all respondex very well. Looking forward to getting into the guided reading lessons!

[Jamie Ferrone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent professional read.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the ready made lessons and prefer the lesson plan templates in this book to those in The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading.