ED451503 CS217319
Title: Guiding Readers and Writers, Grades 3-6: Teaching Comprehension,
Genre, and Content Literacy.
Author(s): Fountas, Irene C.; Pinnell, Gay Su
Pages: 648
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0-325-00310-6
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Heinemann, 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007,
Westport, CT 06881 ($35). Tel: 800-793-2154 (Toll Free); Web site:
http://www.heinemann.com.
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Guides--Classroom--Teacher (052);
Reference materials--Bibliographies (131)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New Hampshire
Journal Announcement: RIESEP2001
Target Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Exploring
all the essential components of a quality upper elementary literacy
program, this book is a resource for fostering success that will
enable students to enjoy a future filled with literacy journeys.
Sections of the book address: special help for struggling readers
and writers; a basic structure of the literacy program within a
framework that encompasses the building of community; independent
reading; guided reading; literature study; teaching for comprehension
and word analysis; and the reading and writing connection. Chapters
in the book are: (1) Becoming Lifelong Readers and Writers: The
Goal of the Intermediate Literacy Program; (2) Achieving Literacy
with a Three-Block Framework: Language and Word Study, Reading,
and Writing; (3) Investigating and Using Language: The Language
and Word Study Block; (4) Becoming Joyful Readers: The Reading Workshop;
(5) Developing Accomplished Writers: The Writing Workshop; (6) Making
It Work: Organizing and Managing Time, Space, and Resources; (7)
Encouraging Independent Reading; (8) Planning Effective Mini lessons
and Conferences; (9) Getting Started: The First Twenty Days of Independent
Reading; (10) Writing to Explore Meaning: Response Journals; (11)
Understanding Guided Reading; (12) Planning for Guided Reading;
(13) Dynamic Grouping for Effective Teaching in Guided Reading;
(14) Selecting, Introducing, and Using Leveled Texts; (15) Discovering
Literature Study: The Essential Elements; (16) Putting Literature
Study in Action; (17) Responding to Literature: Multiple Paths to
Meaning; (18) Understanding the Reading Process; (19) Teaching for
Comprehending Written Text: Across the Language and Literacy Framework;
(20) Teaching for Sustaining Strategies in Guided Reading; (21)
Teaching for Connecting and Expanding Strategies in Guided Reading;
(22) Teaching for Word-Solving: Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary;
(23) Teaching Genre and Content Literacy: Explore Fiction and Nonfiction
Texts; (24) Creating the Poetry Workshop: Reading, Writing, and
the Arts; (25) Exploring the Writing Terrain: Writer Talks, Writer's
Notebooks, and Investigations; (26) Supporting Readers and Writers:
Tools That Make a Difference in Comprehending and Constructing Texts;
(27) Understanding the "Testing Genre": Preparing Students
for High Quality Performance; and (28) Making Teaching Decisions
Using Continuous Assessment. The book concludes with a comprehensive
book list containing 1,000 books organized by title and level. Appendixes
contain reading and writing workshop forms; graphic organizers;
a list of the 500 most frequently used words and spelling demons,
writer Web sites, and magazines for kids; bibliographies of picture
books for use with intermediate students; a bibliography of poetry
anthologies; and other practical tools. (RS)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques; Elementary Education;
*Independent Reading; Literature Appreciation; *Reading Comprehension;
*Reading Instruction; *Reading Writing Relationship; Word Recognition;
*Writing Instruction
Identifiers: *Guided Reading Procedur
