Preventing Misguided Reading
New Strategies for Guided Reading Teachers
- Jan Miller Burkins - Literacy and Coaching Consultant, University of Georgia, USA
- Melody Croft - Reading Specialist and Reading Recovery Teacher
A Joint Publication With the International Reading Association
English/Language Arts (Middle/High School) | Literacy, K-12 | Teaching Methods & Learning Styles
"A fresh and mindful look at guided reading that is sure to help many teachers more fully understand guided reading by rethinking, reconsidering, and renewing their efforts to use it to help all children become proficient readers."
—From the Foreword by Michael Ford and Michael Opitz
"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
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
"There is a lot of confusion 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
Author, Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers, Grades 3-8
Confused about guided reading? There's help on the way!
Feeling exhausted after guided reading? Are you working tirelessly while your students aren't even breaking a sweat? Do you ever wonder if other teachers feel the same way you do about guided reading—that it's just not working the way you think it should?
With 50 years of collective experience, authors Jan Miller Burkins and Melody Croft can help you prevent guided reading from going astray in your classroom by providing clarifications, adaptations, and supports that have helped them work through their own tricky spots. The book is divided into six chapters, each one clarifying a misunderstanding about guided reading instruction in the following areas:
- The teacher's role and the gradual release of responsibility
- Instructional reading levels
- Text gradients
- Balanced instruction
- Integrated processing
- Assessment
With 27 strategies covered in this resource, you're sure to find the help and clarification you need as you guide groups of readers.
“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.”
“Burkins and 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.”
"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."
"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!"
"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."
"Jan Miller Burkins helps reestablish balance amidst the current focus on reading levels. Her emphasis on teaching for independence, and the need for more independence in guided reading, really struck a chord with me. I will tell my fellow literacy coordinators that they need to read this book!"
