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Welcome to Literacy Voices, where our experts share instructional strategies with teachers. You'll find practical classroom tips from real educators, personal stories and innovative approaches to improving your teaching practice, and tools you can use immediately.

  1. Session 2 with the Fiction Text Salamander Surprise

    Session 2 with the Fiction Text Salamander Surprise

    Join literacy consultant Debra Crouch as she and her Guided Reading group of 3rd-grade students return to Salamander Surprise, a Level N title from the FLYING S...
  2. Managing Guided Reading Groups with “Warm” Running Records

    Managing Guided Reading Groups with “Warm” Running Records

    Managing guided reading groups often generates a multitude of questions about flexibility: How do I know which children go in which group? Which books do I use...
  3. Guided Reading and Reading Strategies

    Guided Reading and Reading Strategies

    Guided reading is a small group opportunity to support readers as they apply known reading strategies. David Hornsby, in A Closer Look at Guided Reading (2000)...
  4. Close Reading and Guided Reading

    Close Reading and Guided Reading

    Close reading and guided reading can exist in the same instructional environment.  By reading closely in guided reading, a reader is encouraged to apply all t...
  5. Shared Reading and Guided Reading: Learning in Context

    Shared Reading and Guided Reading: Learning in Context

    In Shared Reading, Students Learn What They Later Apply in Guided Reading Shared reading and guided reading lie alongside each other within a gradual releas...
  6. High-Frequency Words in Guided Reading: Words by Sight

    High-Frequency Words in Guided Reading: Words by Sight

    When It Comes to High Frequency Words, Context Is Key in Guided Reading Texts! The use of high-frequency words in guided reading texts offers young readers m...
  7. Guided Reading and Academic Vocabulary: Words to Learn By

    Guided Reading and Academic Vocabulary: Words to Learn By

    Guided reading presents a unique opportunity for students to learn academic vocabulary if the guided reading books are written about engaging topics in ways th...
  8. Building Fluency During Guided Reading

    Building Fluency During Guided Reading

    What Guided Reading Practices Contribute to Fluency?
    Building fluency during guided reading is essential for developing readers. Fluency is often defined...
  9. Raising Achievement Among English Language Learners with Guided Reading

    Raising Achievement Among English Language Learners with Guided Reading

    Working with English Language learners in guided reading presents one of the best opportunities for raising achievement among these students. Keep these three ...

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