Serravallo Reading Study Guide

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Hierarchy of Possible Goals, Goals-Skills-Strategies, Six-Week Schedule, Prompting

Readers, Gradual Release, Plot vs. Theme, and Mistakes Can Lead to Lessons from The
Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo. Copyright © 2015 by Jennifer Serravallo.
Published by Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH. All rights reserved.
Screenshot from the Heinemann Digital Campus course Teaching Reading in Small
Groups by Jennifer Serravallo. Copyright © 2013 by Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH. All
rights reserved.
Planning Your Week, Class Profile, and Independent Reading Assessment forms from
Independent Reading Assessment: Fiction by Jennifer Serravallo. Copyright © 2012 by
Jennifer Serravallo. Published by Scholastic Inc. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
Previously reprinted with permission in Serravallo’s The Literacy Teacher’s Playbook,
Grades K–2, and The Literacy Teacher’s Playbook, Grades 3–6, published by Heinemann.
Contents
32 Appendices
Links to student work samples 29

Planning Your Week form 30
Class Profile form 31
A Curriculum of Talk form 32
A Curriculum of Writing About Reading form 33
1 Welcome
Guided Reading Planning Sheet 34
1. How Do I Know What to Teach? 5 Bibliography 36

2. Revise Your Curriculum to be More
Specific 7
3. Imagine the Course 8
4. Visualize It 10
5. From Page to Practice 12
6. Create a Toolkit 13
7. Mark Up a Demo Text 14
8. Revise Your Guided Reading
Lessons to be More Explicit 15
9. Planning Prompts 16
10. Author New Strategies 18
11. Balancing Whole-Class
and Individual Goals 19
12. Moving to a New Level 21
13. One Strategy, Many Twists 22
14. Plan a Curriculum of Talk 23
15. Plan a Curriculum of Writing
About Reading 24
16. What Does “Got It” Look Like? 25
17. Studying Support 26
18. Teach, Review, Respond 28
Welcome
An Introduction to the Study Guide

I’m so happy you’ve chosen to study The Reading Strategies Book with colleagues! Taking
the opportunity to try out material in the book alongside other teachers and leaders in a
school has the potential to help your practice grow exponentially. I’ve put together this
guide to jump-start collaboration by including ideas for how I might guide your practice
if I were there with you.
I’ve included ideas in this guide that will work well in discussion groups or meetings,
and others that will work well when you practice inside a classroom with students. If your
schedule doesn’t allow you to teach alongside another teacher while school is in session,
you may also consider filming your teaching and sharing it during after-school hours.
One note about this: opening up your classroom (literally or with transcripts and videos)
might seem a little nerve-wracking at first, but doing so will provide endless opportuni-
ties for thoughtful reflection and revision of best practices. I highly recommend trying!
For fun and easy reference, I decided to format this study guide like I do the strategies
in The Reading Strategies Book. Each collaboration suggestion has:
• A Title
• A Procedure: a clear, step-by-step process for the activity
• A Level: a marginal denotation as a “beginner,” “intermediate,” or “advanced”
activity. Some are marked acceptable for “any” and there are notes within the
page to understand how to adapt for teachers of differing experience levels.
• Book to Book: cross-references to my other books, for those of you who have
them, to help you understand how my books fit together
1
• Setting: a suggestion for whether this works best at a teacher meeting (such as
a PLC or faculty meeting) or while working in classrooms with children (such
as a lab site)
• Coaching Tips: a more in-depth discussion of how to do the activity with
colleagues, as well as some sidebar notes I’d likely tell you if I were there with
you as you practice.
Below, you’ll find an overview table of all eighteen suggestions at a glance.

I hope you find this to be an easy-to-follow guide that offers ideas for conversations,
activities, and practices that will not only strengthen your strategic reading instruction,
but will also strengthen collaboration with your colleagues.
Title Level Book to Book Setting
1 How Do I Know What to Teach? Any Either of the Playbooks Meeting room
2 Revise Your Curriculum to be More Specific Any Either of the Playbooks Meeting room
Conferring with Readers or Teaching Reading

3 Imagine the Course Any Meeting room
in Small Groups
4 Visualize It Any The Reading Strategies Book Meeting room
Conferring with Readers or Teaching Reading

5 From Page to Practice Any Classroom
in Small Groups
6 Create a Toolkit Any The Reading Strategies Book Meeting room
7 Mark Up a Demo Text Any Teaching Reading in Small Groups Meeting room
Beginner or Either of the Playbooks and Teaching Reading

8 Revise Your Guided Reading Lessons to be More Explicit Meeting room
Intermediate in Small Groups
Beginner or Teaching Reading in Small Groups and The Reading

9 Planning Prompts Meeting room
Intermediate Strategies Book
10 Author New Strategies Intermediate Teaching Reading in Small Groups Meeting room
Teaching Reading to Small Groups, either of the

11 Balancing Whole-Class and Individual Goals Intermediate Meeting room
Playbooks, and Conferring with Readers
Intermediate or Either of the Playbooks and Teaching Reading

12 Moving to a New Level Meeting room
Advanced in Small Groups
Intermediate or Conferring with Readers and Teaching Reading

13 One Strategy, Many Twists Classroom
Advanced in Small Groups
Intermediate or Teaching Reading in Small Groups, either of the

14 Plan a Curriculum of Talk Meeting room
Advanced Playbooks, and Conferring with Readers
Intermediate or Teaching Reading in Small Groups, either of the

15 Plan a Curriculum of Writing About Reading Meeting room
Advanced Playbooks, and Conferring with Readers
Intermediate or
16 What Does “Got It” Look Like? Either of the Playbooks Meeting room
Advanced
Teaching Reading in Small Groups or Conferring

17 Studying Support Advanced Classroom
with Readers
18 Teach, Review, Respond Advanced Either of the Playbooks Meeting room
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Procedure: For quick
reference, the procedure
summarizes the steps
7. Mark Up a Demo Text involved in the professional
learning activity.
Choose this when . . . Procedure Find a rich text that you plan to read aloud to your class. One strategy at
a time, mark up the text with possible places to demonstrate. You may want to include
LEVELS notes about the strategy on the sticky note you use.
any
Coaching Tips I learned from Carl Anderson many years ago that it’s helpful to
confer with a “text under your arm” (2000) so that when you need to give a quick
example or demonstrate a strategy, the text is right there at your fingertips. This will save
Coaching Tips: These are notes,
BOOK TO BOOK
coach to coach, that include helpfulSee Teaching Reading time since you won’t need to run back to your desk or easel ledge to retrieve the book you
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in Small Groups wanted to use.
tips and more elaborated advice on how
Decoding,
to engage in the professional learning 117–121
pages usingfor To make this text easy to use, I recommend reading the text aloud to the class during
Structure
more as a Source
discussion an interactive read-aloud so the children are very familiar with it. That way, when you’re
activity. At times, there is also advice forwhen to choose
of Information
about
making the activity more simple ordemonstration
more in the midst of a conference or small group you’ll be able to quickly turn to a page to ref-
as a
sophisticated depending on the group of and pages
method, erence a small part, saving time in your teaching.
teachers who are practicing. 114–116 to learn
more about how to
make demonstrations
powerful.
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meeting room

Margins: The margins will guide you to find
activities for novice to more advance levels
of experience with strategies, references from
other books you may have by Jennifer Serravallo,
and the optimal setting (meeting or classroom)
16. What Does “Got It” Look Like?
for this activity.
Choose this when . . . Procedure Find one strategy that would work for at least one student in each teacher’s
classroom in the study group. Go back to your respective classrooms and teach the strat-
LEVELS egy. Bring back something—a transcript, a sticky note, a recording, or a photo—to show
intermediate or the student’s learning or response to the strategy. Discuss which of the students seemed to
advanced “get it.”
BOOK TO BOOK Coaching Tips In The Reading Strategies Book, you’ll find strategies and prompts to
For more information help nudge readers along as they practice. Looks simple, right? But here’s the thing— you
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on what to expect of need to know when to use which prompt, when to decide to stop prompting, and even
Decoding,
students atusing
different when to move on to a new strategy. What will help you with this in-the-moment deci-
Structure
levels (andashow
a Source
to sion-making is doing some norming of expectations with you and your colleagues.
of Information
interpret artifacts of
You could practice this together as a group. Go into a classroom, teach a strategy to the
student learning) see
either of the Literacy whole class or a group of kids, bring all of their responses back, and sort them into piles:
Teacher’s Playbooks. “got it,” “kind of got it,” “didn’t get it.” Alternatively, you can each collect information from
your own classes and bring the students’ work to a meeting to share and sort together.
SETTING Beyond just sorting into piles, you’ll then want to discuss why you put the work in the
meeting room only, category you did, and what it means to “get it.”
or classroom plus When you have a clear sense of what you’re looking for as the result of your strategy,
meeting room you’ll be better able to guide readers in the midst of practicing, and support readers with
next steps as needed.
Visuals: The visuals will help you to

imagine what materials you’ll need
in order to engage in the activity, will
reference a visual from the book, and/
or will show you a photograph of some
teachers who are in the midst of trying
the activity.

1. How Do I Know What to Teach?
Choose this when . . . Procedure Read across the opening 2–3 pages of each of the thirteen goal chap-
ters. Choose a student to study. Find assessment examples that will help you to under-
LEVELS stand that student across the thirteen different categories. With colleagues, discuss what
any strengths the child has and what an appropriate goal might be. Then, select appropriate
strategies that are tied to the student’s goal and reading level.
BOOK TO BOOK Coaching Tips All the beautiful strategy instruction in the world will do little if it’s
See either book not grounded in what a child can already do, and what an appropriate next step for that
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in The Literacy child might be. Those who have read my Literacy Teacher’s Playbooks know that I value
Decoding, using
Teacher’s Playbook the stuff inside a child’s desk; informal assessments and everyday student work help me
Structure
series for aasmore
a Source know what to do. Artifacts such as book logs, reading notebook entries, stop-and-jots on
of Information
in-depth discussion
sticky notes, and self-reflections count as data! Running records are invaluable for kin-
of formative
assessments. dergarten and first-grade teachers. Other assessments you’ve created or purchased may
also give you an idea of what students might need.
SETTING The initial pages of each goal chapter in The Reading Strategies Book (see sections titled,
meeting room “How do I know if this goal is right for my student?”) offer a very brief introduction to
the sorts of data you may collect that can be tied to each goal. If you consider yourself a
beginner with this sort of thinking, I’d recommend collecting information for one goal,
discussing the results with colleagues, and finding some strategies to teach children who
would benefit from the goal. Intermediate and advanced readers who may have read and
practiced the assessment protocols described in my Playbooks may choose to bring several
examples of student work from across lenses to choose specific, individual goals.
If you’re just getting started and want to try this activity without collecting materials
from students in your class, or if you’re a coach who is doing some professional learn-
ing with teachers outside of the normal school year without access to student work, I’d
recommend downloading the work samples from the Playbooks. Two first-grade samples
can be found at www.heinemann.com/products/E05300.aspx. Two fourth-grade samples
can be found at www.heinemann.com/products/E04353.aspx.

Determining Where to Start:
A Hierarchy of Possible Reading Goals
Emergent Reading
Engagement
Accuracy
Fluency
Comprehension
Fiction/Literature Nonfiction/Information
Plot & Setting Main Idea
Character Key Details
Vocabulary & Figurative Language Vocabulary
Themes & Ideas Text Features
Conversation
Writing About Reading

2.3
2. Revise
Purposes
Your
for
Curriculum
Reading Start/Stop
to be MoreMat
Specific
Choose this when . . . Procedure Focus on one unit. Review the expected outcomes, goals, objectives, and/
or enduring understandings. Think about your students’ reading levels and about which
LEVELS of the thirteen goals apply to the current unit. Using the overview tables within each unit,
any find the appropriate lessons. Compare your current lessons to the lessons in the book.
Coaching Tips For many of the districts I work with, teachers are clear on the unit of
BOOK TO BOOK study topics, or if they are working with a basal reader series, the units that occur within
Historical
For more information
Fiction, it. But sometimes the actual “how to teach this skill” aspect of the lesson is left to the
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fantasy
on how especially
to assess and teacher to figure out.
Decoding,
evaluate whatusing
your This activity will allow a grade-level team of teachers to plan for the nitty-gritty, day-
Structure
students areas already
a Source to-day teaching. You may choose to use the strategies as they are written or revise into
of Information
doing, which will
language that’s more comfortable for you. What’s most important to keep in mind is that
help you guide your
planning, see either you’re equipping children with a strategy in every single lesson.
book in The Literacy One extension possibility is to brainstorm some of your own “lesson language” to fit
Teacher’s Playbook with your class read-aloud (feel free to use what’s in The Reading Strategies Book as a
series, Chapters 1
model, but you’ll probably want to make it your own.) Another extension possibility is
and 2.
to work together to create anchor charts that will work for you and your students within
SETTING each unit.
SETTING
meeting room
meeting room

3. Imagine the Course
Choose this when . . . Procedure Think of one student and that student’s one goal. Look through the entire
chapter that connects to that student’s goal. Choose a series of strategies that seem to
LEVELS build from simple to more complex.
any
Coaching Tips It’s unlikely that you’re going to plan out a 6-week course for each and
every reader in your classroom, and I wouldn’t recommend it! What’s most authentic is
BOOK TO BOOK that you teach a strategy, see how the student does, and then decide whether to move on
to a new strategy or re-teach the same one. However, as an exercise in understanding and
To imagine different
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structures and navigating the book, you could work alone, or with your colleagues, to take an imaginary
Decoding,
methods tousing
match the reader—perhaps one you studied from the first exercise in this study guide—and find
Structure
strategies as
youa choose,
Source strategies in the book that align to both the reader’s goal, as well as the level of text the
seeInformation
of either Conferring
student is reading. You could even invent some of your own strategies!
with Readers or
Teaching Reading in The table on the following page (that’s been copied from page 10 of Strategies) is
Small Groups. how one reader’s 6-week journey went. Notice that all the strategies connect to the goal
and the reading level.
SETTING
meeting room
Goal:
(6 weeks)
Themes
and Ideas
Strategy:
Strategy: Character
Feelings Help Change Can
Us Learn Skill: Skill: Reveal
Inference Synthesis Lessons
Strategy: Strategy:
Actions, Titles Can Be
Outcomes, Telling
Response
From The Reading Strategies Book, page 9

Teacher (T) taught “Feelings Help Us Learn” in a conference. Student (S)
week 1 practiced in Stone Fox and The Report Card, her self-selected books for the
week. T checked in at end of week in a small-group strategy lesson.
T taught “Actions, Outcomes, Response” in a small group. S practiced in Circle

of Gold, her new self-selected book. S Seemed to struggle. T met with S on
week 2 Thursday in a conference to repeat lesson, offered a new example. S continued
reading The Whipping Boy, and practiced some more. T asked student to keep
track of thinking in reader’s notebook.
T revisited “Actions, Outcomes, Response” in the first conference of the week.

week 3 T decided S is doing well. Introduced “Character Change Can Reveal Lessons.”
S chose Family Under the Bridge and Indian in the Cupboard this week.
S practiced last week’s strategy in Rules and Hatchet. At the end of the week,
T reviewed the S’s work during a conference. T determined she could be more
week 4 universal in her language and coached the S to rephrase the statements she had
recorded.
T met with S during two strategy lessons this week and helped her to
week 5 incorporate all three new strategies, when appropriate, in her new books for the
week: Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little.
T introduced “Titles Can Be Telling” in a conference and student seems able to

week 6 use the strategy right away. S continued practicing all four strategies during the
week in two new books. At end of week, T decided to move to new goal.
From The Reading Strategies Book, page 10

4. Visualize It
Choose this when . . . Procedure Read through all of the information about one strategy. Think of a student
you want to teach this strategy to. Keeping in mind the age, stage of language acquisition,
LEVELS learning style, reading level, etc. of this student, create a visual that will work with this
any lesson, and for the student.
Coaching Tips I included visuals for every lesson in the book for a few reasons.
BOOK TO BOOK Inspired by the work of Marjorie Martinelli and Kristine Mraz (of chartchums [https://
For more support chartchums.wordpress.com/] and Smarter Charts fame [2012, 2014]) I wanted to chal-
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with creating charts, lenge myself to imagine the language of the strategy and lessons as a visual for students.
Decoding,
please visitusing
the Martinelli and Mraz have convinced me that visuals help learning to stick—so I did it for
Structure as of
introduction a Source
The you, the teacher, in the hopes that seeing these visuals will help you commit these strate-
of Information
Reading Strategies
gies to memory.
Book, pages 15–18.
You may find that some of the visuals in the book will work great as is with your own
kids. Fabulous! Feel free to copy. However, you may find that there are some visuals that
SETTING
are intended for a different learner than the one in front of you. In this case, I hope you
meeting room
feel comfortable enough to make your own! For example, take a quick look at Lesson
7.2: “The Difference Between Plot and Theme” (page 195). I chose a book at level G and
From The Reading Strategies Book, Lesson 7.2: “The Difference Between Plot
and Theme”

another at level K to give examples of this strategy. What if you teach middle school?
They will run you out of the room with those examples! You’ll need to re-create the chart
with some examples that are more relevant to your class. Take a look at Lesson 7.7: “Mis-
takes Can Lead to Lessons” (page 200). I love the chart, but it’s really wordy. What if you
have an ELL, a younger student, or a child at a lower reading level, for whom that much
print would be overwhelming? Can you reimagine the chart as a more picture- or icon-
heavy version?
From The Reading Strategies Book, Lesson 7.7: “Mistakes Can Lead to Lessons”

5. From Page to Practice
Choose this when . . . Procedure Choose a strategy that will benefit one student (conference) or a group of
students (strategy lesson). Read through the strategy, prompts, lesson language, and chart
LEVELS so you feel comfortable with what you plan to teach. Teach in front of your colleagues
any and receive feedback.
Coaching Tips When I was a first-year teacher, fresh out of college, I tried very hard
BOOK TO BOOK to conduct a reading workshop as described in Lucy Calkins’ brilliant The Art of Teaching
For more support Reading (2000). But try as I might, I couldn’t get it to work. I’ll spare you the details of all
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with conferences, the ways it failed (mostly to save myself from embarrassment). The good news is that it
Decoding, using
see Conferring all changed for me the moment I had someone show me what it all could look like. I can
Structure as aFor
with Readers. Source still remember the moment that Amanda Hartman from Teachers College Reading and
of Information
more support with
Writing Project modeled an entire workshop for me. Seeing what was on the page come
small-group strategy
lessons, see Teaching to life made it “click” for me. It transformed my practice immediately and immensely.
Reading in Small As you read the strategies, lesson language, and prompts in the book, I hope you can
Groups. start to visualize how you’ll teach it to your own students. I recommend that you then do
for one another what Amanda did for me. Help your colleagues by bringing the page to
SETTING life with students. Be brave!
classroom (or with
video in a meeting)
Watch the video of me teaching Dean Lesson 4.11, “Make Your Voice Match the Feeling,” for an
image of how a strategy from the book came to life with one reader!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6M4pR7iZdE

6. Create a Toolkit
Choose this when . . . Procedure Think about the strategies you anticipate will be most used in your class-
room. Create a toolkit of mini-mini-charts, student tools, and other materials to leave
LEVELS with students after a lesson.
any
Coaching Tips There are many ways this idea may help you in the classroom. One is
that in creating other tools that you plan to leave with students, you’ll make the strategy
BOOK TO BOOK stick in your head more effectively. Another is that you’ve done careful thinking about
To learn more about how you’ll support students’ independence so you’re more likely to have their indepen-
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creating tools to dence in mind as you’re teaching. Third, by having tools at the ready, your lessons will
Decoding, using
support student be swifter than if you were to make the tools on the spot. This means you can work with
Structure as a Source
independence, please more readers in the same time period!
of Information
revisit the introduction
Christine Rogers Hopkins recently shared her “anchor helper” reference book with
of The Reading
Strategies Book, The Reading Strategies Book Facebook community. She credits Becky Koesel, her coach,
pages 15–18. with the idea. She explains, “Each tab will have mini anchor charts from the reading strat-
egy book that I will use with my fourth graders along with mini-mini-charts for student
SETTING souvenirs to leave with them as I conference.”
meeting room

7. Mark Up a Demo Text
Choose this when . . . Procedure Find a rich text that you plan to read aloud to your class. One strategy at
a time, mark up the text with possible places to demonstrate. You may want to include
LEVELS notes about the strategy on the sticky note you use.
any
Coaching Tips I learned from Carl Anderson many years ago that it’s helpful to
confer with a “text under your arm” (2000) so that when you need to give a quick
BOOK TO BOOK example or demonstrate a strategy, the text is right there at your fingertips. This will save
See Teaching Reading time since you won’t need to run back to your desk or easel ledge to retrieve the book you
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in Small Groups wanted to use.
Decoding, usingfor
pages 117–121 To make this text easy to use, I recommend reading the text aloud to the class during
more discussion an interactive read-aloud so the children are very familiar with it. That way, when you’re
of Information
about when to choose
in the midst of a conference or small group you’ll be able to quickly turn to a page to ref-
demonstration as a
method, and pages erence a small part, saving time in your teaching.
114–116 to learn
more about how to
make demonstrations
powerful.
SETTING
meeting room

8. Revise Your Guided Reading Lessons
to be More Explicit
Choose this when . . . Procedure Take out a guided reading plan you have. Think about what strategy you’d
incorporate into the lesson given the level of the book the student will be reading and the
LEVELS student’s goal. Plan for how you’ll introduce the strategy in the text/book introduction,
beginner or how you’ll prompt the reader during the reading, and how you’ll review the strategy at
intermediate the end of the lesson.
BOOK TO BOOK Coaching Tips Guided reading, when done well, can be extremely powerful. I think
For more information the most effective use of guided reading is when I’m trying to support students’ move-
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on how to assess ment to a new reading level, especially those readers in the early primary grades.
Decoding,
and evaluateusing
what One important caution with guided reading is to make sure the lesson isn’t simply a
Structure as aare
your students Source discussion about the content of the book, but rather a lesson in understanding the book.
of Information
already doing, which
We have to be sure to always teach the reader. If too much of the conversation before and
will help you guide
your planning, see after reading, and the coaching during the lesson, is about the content of the book, it’s
either of the Literacy unlikely that the student will be able to transfer the learning to another book. And it’s
Teacher’s Playbooks, repeated practice that they’ll need to be able to feel independent with the new level!
Chapters 1 and 2. For
When planning guided reading, of course you should continue to preview the book
more information on
teaching strategies in before using it in a lesson—planning to highlight certain assumed challenges such as
lessons, see Chapter vocabulary or text structure. For kids who need the support, it makes sense to do a
4 of Teaching Reading picture walk or somehow activate prior knowledge. This activity is about making sure
in Small Groups.
you really are teaching a strategy within the lesson. I recommend planning for how you’ll
incorporate it into the text introduction, the coaching during reading, and the wrap-up/
SETTING conclusion of the lesson.
meeting room
Guided Reading Planning Sheet Notes
Book Title _____

______________________________________________________________
_ Level _________________ Child’s Name: Child’s Name:
Students:
Coaching during this lesson: Coaching during this lesson:
___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
How did the student do with the strategy? How did the student do with the strategy?
***REMEMBER that the best guided reading plans are based on student assessment and knowledge of text
difficulties and behaviors of the level.
Book Introduction (introduce some/all in any order) Ideas for next time: Ideas for next time:
Introduce the gist

of the book (i.e.
basics of plot or
overarching topics
covered in NF).
Introduce any
difficulties that you
don’t want to leave
for the children
to problem-solve
themselves (i.e.
vocabulary, text Child’s Name: Child’s Name:
structures).

Activate prior
knowledge.
Remind them of
a strategy they
should use in the
reading of the text. Ideas for next time: Ideas for next time:
Give a question
or purpose for
reading.
A full-size version of this guided NEXT Coach children as they read. Take notes.
reading template is included in 34

FINALLY Based on your assessment, pick a teaching point and have children practice it quickly.
May be photocopied for classroom use. © 2015 by Jennifer Serravallo from The Reading Strategies Book Study Guide. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 35 May be photocopied for classroom use. © 2015 by Jennifer Serravallo from The Reading Strategies Book Study Guide. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
the Appendices.

9. Planning Prompts
Choose this when . . . Procedure Choose a strategy from the book or one you’ve created yourself. Plan out
a list of prompts, trying to push yourself to come up with at least one example of each
LEVELS type (compliment, directive, redirection, question, or sentence starter). Make sure all the
beginner or prompts match the strategy! Then, mark each prompt according to how much support it
intermediate gives readers.
BOOK TO BOOK Coaching Tips Teachers who consider themselves beginner prompters may just try
For more support to generate some—or any—prompts that connect to the strategy. Remember, the prompts
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with understanding will be used while students practice the strategy you just highlighted, so it’s crucial that
Decoding,
prompting, using
see the prompts support the child with that specific strategy.
Structure
Teaching as a Source
Reading Those who consider themselves intermediate prompters may try to consider different
in Information
of Small Groups,
prompt types, using the explanation on this page, or the discussion in The Reading
pages 116–120. Also,
re-read The Reading Strategies Book, pages 11–12.
Strategies Book pages Those who are in the practice of coaching readers and are looking for a way to refine
11–12. those skills may try to think about how different prompts offer differing levels of support
for readers. By sorting them into categories like the table on this page, or by marking
SETTING each prompt in a list you’ve created with “more” or “less,” you can start to reflect on how
meeting room much support you give readers and how to become mindful of giving over that support to
students to become independent.
The feedback that teachers give to students can take

many forms. I often find that my prompts fall into one
of the following categories:
• compliment (names something the student does
well, e.g., “Yes, that’s a trait because it describes the
character!”)
• directive (directs or commands the child to try
something, e.g., “Check the picture.”)
• redirection (names what the child is currently doing,
and redirects the child in a different direction, “That’s
one way that vowel can sound. Let’s try another.”)
• question (“What can you try to fix that?”)
• sentence starter (gives the child language one might use to respond to a question
or prompt, e.g., “In the beginning . . . In the middle . . .”).
Prompt types from The Reading Strategies Book, page 11

Try to generate prompts that fall into all five categories explained in this graphic. The
point here is not that you’d try to use every type of prompt every time you teach, but
rather to help you become aware of how different prompt types support readers in differ-
ent ways, what your tendencies are when you prompt, and what other options are avail-
able to you.
More Supportive Less Supportive

Prompts Prompts
Strategy
Gradual Release ➔
“As you read, put together • “Think about the places • “Picture the place.”
your own knowledge you’ve been that are like • “Use your senses.”
of places like the one the one described.” • “Say more about the
described with the details • “Use all of your senses. setting.”
the author gives you. Tap all What do you see? Hear? • Teacher points to eyes,
of your senses to describe Feel? Taste? Smell?” ears, and nose to
the setting.” nonverbally prompt.
Consider how much support each prompt is offering to readers (from The Reading Strategies Book,
page 12)
After you’ve generated prompts, think about whether they’d be best for a reader who
needs a lot of support, or for one who is close to independence. This exercise will help
you to reflect on your language choices while teaching.

10. Author New Strategies
Choose this when . . . Procedure Read a challenging text in a genre your class is currently studying. Notice
what you do as a reader to comprehend, decode, read fluently, write, and/or talk about your
LEVEL reading. Articulate your own strategy that you can imagine teaching to students in your class.
intermediate
Coaching Tips As I wrote in the introduction to The Reading Strategies Book, you can
think of the massive collection of strategies sort of like you would your favorite cookbook—
BOOK TO BOOK there’s a lot in there, but it’s not everything. You can use what’s in there as models to get to
For more support with everything else.
SKILL
creating strategies, It’s important that you begin to innovate—which means making up your own strate-
Decoding, using
see Teaching Reading gies. When you do this, you’ll feel more comfortable with the phrasing of a strategy, and
in Small Groups, you’ll have the confidence to come up with something on the spot when you’re working
of Information
pages 109–114.
with a reader, if need be.
One way to start this is to begin by “spying on yourself.” Read something in the genre
SETTING
you’re currently studying as a class. Then, try to figure out what you do. First, just name
meeting room it. For example, when reading a fantasy novel, you may say, “I keep track of the names and
relationships; I make a timeline; I think about what things symbolize; I think about what
the author is trying
to say.” Then, you’ll
need to take what
you noticed and turn
it into a series of
actionable steps—a
strategy. I recom-
mend reading several
strategies from The
Reading Strategies
Book to get the hang
of the language.

11. Balancing Whole-Class and Individual Goals
Choose this when . . . Procedure Create a class profile (names, reading levels, and goals) to see everyone at a
glance. Look for patterns to decide on what goals will be taught to the whole class (since
LEVEL most of the students need it), what will be taught in small groups (because some students
intermediate need it), and what will be taught one-on-one. Create a plan for how your reading block
will flow throughout the week.
BOOK TO BOOK Coaching Tips Once you start thinking about each student as an individual and
For more support assign each student one of the thirteen goals, I’m going to bet you’ll need a way to orga-
SKILL
with creating weekly nize and manage your workshop. As you might be able to tell from how the book is struc-
Decoding, using
plans, see the final tured, I’m all about organization and I wouldn’t leave you hanging!
Structure
chapter inas a Source
Teaching First, create a class profile list, like the one described in the Playbooks. Then, notice pat-
of Information
Reading in Small
terns and put kids onto a schedule. Who will you see each day? How will you see them
Groups or either of
the Playbooks. To (small group, conferences, during book club time, etc.?) Be sure to budget your time and
better understand consider leaving a little extra “buffer” time to play catch-up or respond to unplanned needs.
the methods you
have to choose from,
see either Teaching
Reading in Small
Groups or Conferring
with Readers.
SETTING
meeting room
A blank version of the Class

Profile form is included in the
Appendices.

A blank version of the Planning
Your Week form is included in
the Appendices.
Then, make sure you’re clear on how your reading block will flow. If you use a reading
workshop, I’d recommend splitting time up into “practicing the class goal” time, and
“practicing my own goal” time.
One Possible Reading Block Structure
7–10 minute 10 minute 2 minute 20–40 minute Partnership/ 5 minute

minilesson independent transition independent book club teaching share
reading reading conversation
Teach a Students read Teacher reminds Students read Two times per Brief review of
minilesson independently as students to take independently as week in upper lesson, set up
focused on unit/ teacher confers out their goal teacher confers elementary, or for next day,
curriculum. and pulls small card and begin and pulls small daily in grades or share from
groups. Students focusing on their groups. Students K–2, students an individual’s
attempt to goal. practice meet to discuss practice.
practice strategies their reading
strategies focused on an and/or support
focused on unit individual goal one another with
goals. taught during goals.
conferences and
small groups.

12. Moving to a New Level
Choose this when . . . Procedure Think of a student who is transitioning to a new reading level. Look at a
formative assessment to determine what support he needs at the new level. Scan the over-
LEVELS view tables in each chapter for strategies that match both the student’s goal(s) and the
intermediate or student’s new level. Decide where you’ll start instruction.
advanced
Coaching Tips Students will often benefit from some teacher support as they move to
BOOK TO BOOK more challenging texts. What I’ve found to be true more often than not is that when chil-
See either of the dren start reading more challenging texts, their goals change. For example, a child reading
SKILL
Literacy Teachers at level C could be working on some comprehension goals because she is able to con-
Decoding,
Playbooks using
for sistently check the first letter of a word. But when she moves to level D, where the print
Structure as awith
more support Source demands become greater and she needs to check blends and digraphs at the beginning of
of Information
collecting and
words and also check endings, the goal shifts to print work. Therefore, it’s important to have
analyzing formative
assessment data. See a formative assessment to figure out what goal area will be most important at the new level.
Teaching Reading For students who are reading anywhere from level A–J, I highly recommend taking
in Small Groups for a running record. You can take a running record on a blank sheet of paper, or use one
more information on
of the many running record systems available (see, for example, the readingandwriting-
structure to teach
strategies as students project.com for some downloadable forms, Fountas and Pinnell’s Benchmark Assessment
move to a new level System [2010], or Richardson and Walther’s Next Step Guided Reading Assessment [2012]).
(Chapter 7: “Moving For students who are reading at levels K and above, you may still want to take a running
Readers to the Next
record if fluency or decoding is
Level: Text Level
Introduction Groups”). a concern. For more students
at levels K and above, however,
it tends to be the comprehen-
SETTING
sion that they need to focus on.
meeting
room See Independent Reading Assess-
ment: Fiction or Nonfiction for an
example of a whole-book forma-
tive assessment to target goals as
students move to a new text level
(Serravallo 2012, 2013).
Once you’ve got the infor-
mation about what to focus on,
use the margins and overview
tables to find strategies to teach
the student that align to the new
Running record level as well as the new goal.
Independent Reading Assessment
student response form

13. One Strategy, Many Twists
Choose this when . . . Procedure Choose a strategy that is appropriate for a student in each teacher’s class-
room. Record yourself teaching the strategy, or bring the students into a room and teach
LEVELS in front of each other.
intermediate or
advanced
Coaching Tips I write in the introduction of The Reading Strategies Book that I hope
each teacher can become comfortable enough with the strategies to make them their
BOOK TO BOOK own. As interesting as it is to read the strategy ideas on the page, it’ll be even more excit-
For more support ing to compare different teachers’ interpretations! As you turn what’s in the book to
SKILL
with conferences, actual practice in your classroom, you may find:
Decoding, using
see Conferring • Two teachers who read the same strategy interpret it in different ways.
Structure as aFor
with Readers. Source • When you get in front of children, you may need to make some changes to
of Information
more support with
what’s written in order to respond to them as learners.
small-group strategy
lessons, see Teaching • The way it’s written and the way you say it aren’t the same. Rephrasing the
Reading in Small language of the strategy so you “own it” is crucial.
Groups. • The example that’s used in The Reading Strategies Book doesn’t match the kind
of books your kids are reading, so you’ll need to make changes to the lesson as
SETTING written so the lesson is comprehensible to your students.
classroom (or with For this idea, you can choose to go into a classroom with one or a group of colleagues
video in a meeting) and take turns teaching strategies from the book. Alternatively, you could video record
yourself teaching a conference or small-group lesson and spend time watching it with
a colleague. It might even be interesting for you and your colleague(s) to each teach the
same strategy in your own classrooms and then compare the interpretations and modifi-
cations when you discuss as a group!
Some questions to guide your discussions of the different lessons:
• Discuss what was similar and what
was different. Try naming what you
noticed, without any judgmental
language.
• Ask each other about the decision
process behind adapting the chosen
strategy.
• What seemed most effective?
• What other students might also
benefit from this strategy? How
might it be adapted for them?
• What other text(s) might make for
good examples/demonstrations?

14. Plan a Curriculum of Talk
Choose this when . . . Procedure Look at the Speaking and Listening standards your district follows. Discuss
together the end-of-year expectations you have for your students. Plan one goal per
LEVELS month. Create a calendar for your curriculum of talk. Choose strategies from Chapter 12
intermediate or that will help you accomplish those goals.
advanced
Coaching Tips Many people try to have children in book clubs by some point mid-
BOOK TO BOOK year or end-of-year. For teachers who have taught their children to talk about books all
For more information year through varied experiences with partner, small-group, and whole-class conversa-
SKILL
on how to teach tions, the clubs go well! However, where the groundwork hasn’t been laid, it’s often the
Decoding,
during talk using
and for case that the clubs are a flop. Kids struggle to be prepared. Their stamina for talk is so
ideas on instruction short that they run out of things to say, prompting off-task behavior, and then everyone
of Information
to support talk, see
starts to feel like it’s a boring waste of time.
Teaching Reading in
Small Groups (Chapter The alternative is to plan ahead! Think about your end-of-year or mid-year goals,
5: “Talking about and work backwards. Plan to introduce one or two new strategies a month during the
Books: Improving read-aloud time, and then plan to repeat those strategies the following month in mini-
Partnerships and
lessons during your workshop. When planning a curriculum of talk I tend to follow this
Clubs”) and Conferring
with Readers (Chapter pattern because I think of the read-aloud as a more supportive time, and the workshop
9: “Improving Student as a more independent time. I also want to make sure I’m spiraling my curriculum,
Conversations about revisiting strategies and concepts again and again. See the Appendices for a template
Books”). For more
you may use, or make your own!
information on how to
assess and evaluate
what your students are
already doing, which Month Unit of Talk Goals During During Reading
will help you guide Study Read Aloud Workshop
your planning, see
either of the Literacy [curriculum [See page [insert strategies [insert strategies
Teacher’s Playbooks, topic 325 in The from Chapter 12] from Chapter 12,
for the Reading probably repeating
Chapters 1 and 2. month?] Strategies those from earlier
Book for a list] in the year from
the read-aloud
SETTING column]
meeting room

15. Plan a Curriculum of Writing About Reading
Choose this when . . . Procedure Look at the Writing About Reading standards your district follows. Discuss
together the expectations you have for your students by the end of the year. Plan one goal
LEVELS per month. Create a calendar for how you will weave writing about reading throughout the
intermediate or school year. Choose strategies from Chapter 13 that will help you accomplish those goals.
advanced
Coaching Tips Writing about reading shouldn’t be used strictly as an accountability

BOOK TO BOOK tool; as in, “Write to prove to me that you read.” After reading Chapter 13, I hope you’re
For more information filled with new ideas for many purposes for and types of writing about reading. Chances
SKILL
on how to teach are good your curriculum is largely filled with ideas for what students can be doing or
Decoding,
during talk using
and for thinking about as readers. But take a look through the lens of writing about reading: have
ideas on instruction you planned for explicit strategies to teach them how to write about reading?
of Information
to support talk, see
As you plan for your year, consider balancing purposes such as:
Teaching Reading in
Small Groups (Chapter • to hold on to information as I read
5: “Talking about • to draw connections between information
Books: Improving • to draw connections between ideas
Partnerships and
• to reflect on myself as a reader
Clubs”) and Conferring
with Readers (Chapter • to archive my thinking
9: “Improving Student • to prepare for conversation with other readers.
Conversations about
Books”). For more As well as formats you’d like students to try:
information on how to • stopping and jotting in the midst of reading
assess and evaluate • writing long in a notebook, free-form
what your students are • writing formal responses to reading with clear structure (i.e. book reviews, essays).
already doing, which
will help you guide
your planning, see
either of the Literacy Month Unit of Writing During During
Teacher’s Playbooks, Study About Read Aloud Reading
Chapters 1 and 2. Reading or Shared Workshop
Goals Reading
SETTING [curriculum [Think about [insert strategies [insert

meeting room topic the type of from Chapter 13] strategies
for the writing about from Chapter
month?] reading, 13, probably
and/or the repeating
purpose you’ll those from
introduce] earlier in the
year from the
read-aloud
column]

16. What Does “Got It” Look Like?
Choose this when . . . Procedure Find one strategy that would work for at least one student in each teacher’s
classroom in the study group. Go back to your respective classrooms and teach the strat-
LEVELS egy. Bring back something—a transcript, a sticky note, a recording, or a photo—to show
intermediate or the student’s learning or response to the strategy. Discuss which of the students seemed to
advanced “get it.”
BOOK TO BOOK Coaching Tips In The Reading Strategies Book, you’ll find strategies and prompts to
For more information help nudge readers along as they practice. Looks simple, right? But here’s the thing— you
SKILL
on what to expect of need to know when to use which prompt, when to decide to stop prompting, and even
Decoding,
students atusing
different when to move on to a new strategy. What will help you with this in-the-moment deci-
Structure
levels (andashow
a Source
to sion-making is doing some norming of expectations with you and your colleagues.
of Information
You could practice this together as a group. Go into a classroom, teach a strategy to the
either of the Literacy whole class or a group of kids, bring all of their responses back, and sort them into piles:
Teacher’s Playbooks. “got it,” “kind of got it,” “didn’t get it.” Alternatively, you can each collect information from
your own classes and bring the students’ work to a meeting to share and sort together.
SETTING Beyond just sorting into piles, you’ll then want to discuss why you put the work in the
meeting room only, category you did, and what it means to “get it.”
or classroom plus When you have a clear sense of what you’re looking for as the result of your strategy,
meeting room you’ll be better able to guide readers in the midst of practicing, and support readers with
next steps as needed.

17. Studying Support
Choose this when . . . Procedure Watch a colleague teach a strategy to an individual or a group (either on
video or in a classroom). Listen for the coaching prompts and record them as best you
LEVEL can. Study the level of support offered with each of the prompts. Plan the next steps for
advanced the student with gradual release in mind.
Coaching Tips Remember that the reason for teaching strategies is to support chil-
BOOK TO BOOK dren to be strong, confident, and independent readers. Ultimately, we want students to
See Teaching outgrow the strategies we teach them and do the work of the goal automatically.
SKILL
Reading in Small This sort of independence will only be possible if students receive lessened support
Decoding, using on
Groups beginning from their teacher over time, and are supported to take on more of the work themselves.
Structure
page 109 as
for afurther
Source For many children, this will mean that while you may offer very supportive prompts
of Information
discussion of “just-
when the strategy is new, you want to be aware of how much support you’re giving and
right prompting” and
gradual release of eventually lessen it to the point where the student is doing the work without your help.
responsibility. See To get started with this activity, you may take a look at the coaching prompts that are
Teaching Reading in included with any of the 300 strategies. In a meeting, you can name whether each prompt
Small Groups and/
offers a high or low amount of support. You can also brainstorm some more prompts that
or Conferring with
Readers for support would connect to the strategy, and name those as “high” and “low” as well.
with lesson types and Then, I think it’s important to study our teaching. It’s one thing to brainstorm a list of
structures. prompts, and yet another to be aware of how much support we are giving in the midst of
teaching and student practice. I recommend going into a classroom together and having
SETTING colleagues watch and record your prompts on a notepad, or videotaping yourself teaching
classroom (or with and watching your prompting back.
video in a meeting) For more support on acknowledging how much support you’re giving with your
prompts, see the discussion in The Reading Strategies Book, pages 11–12, and the table
that’s reproduced on the following page.

More Supportive Less Supportive
Prompts Prompts
Strategy
Gradual Release ➔
“As you read, put together • “Think about the places • “Picture the place.”
your own knowledge you’ve been that are like • “Use your senses.”
of places like the one the one described.” • “Say more about the
described with the details • “Use all of your senses. setting.”
the author gives you. Tap all What do you see? Hear? • Teacher points to eyes,
of your senses to describe Feel? Taste? Smell?” ears, and nose to
the setting.” nonverbally prompt.
“When you get information • “Think about what • “Describe the character’s
about the character’s just happened to the face.”
situation, it should change character. How might she • “Describe the character’s
the picture you have of look?” body.”
her in your mind. Think • “Describe what just • “Make your face like the
about how her body might happened. Now describe character’s.”
look, or what her facial how you would look in
expression is like, based on that situation. How does
how she’s feeling.” the character look?”

18. Teach, Review, Respond
Choose this when . . . Procedure Bring an artifact of learning from a particular student (a sticky note,
reading log, photo, audio recording, etc.) Review the student’s learning as compared to
LEVEL the expectation. Discuss whether you’d repeat the same strategy with some modification,
advanced repeat as is, or move on to a new strategy.
Coaching Tips At the start of each goal chapter, you’ll learn about how I’d assess a
BOOK TO BOOK reader to figure out which goal to focus on. Once you’ve chosen a goal, you’ll then begin
For more information teaching—choosing a starting strategy that is both appropriate for the child’s goal and the
SKILL
on what to expect of level of text he’s reading. Let’s say you’ve finished your first conference. You taught a strat-
Decoding,
students atusing
different egy; the child practiced; you said good-bye. Now what? As I see it, you have a few options:
Structure
levels (andashow
a Source
to • The student was so confused by the strategy—it almost seemed to make
of Information
things worse! You’d likely decide to scale back and go with something a little
either of the Literacy simpler next time.
Teacher’s Playbooks. • You acknowledge the student approximated but still could use more time with
the strategy. In this case, you’d re-teach the strategy the next time you saw him.
SETTING • The student showed mastery of the strategy while you were with him. You’ll
meeting room leave him to keep working, check in in a few days, and decide whether to move
on at that point.
• Seemingly before you had the words out of your mouth, the student showed an
ability to use the strategy. In the next conference, you’ll need to be ready with a
new strategy, something a bit more complex but still within the goal.
• You’ve taught several strategies to the student, including this last one, and the
student has been doing well with his goal. It’s been several weeks. The student is
ready to move on to a new goal.
• The student has shown
mastery of all the goals.
The student is ready to
move on to harder texts.
This decision making is part
and parcel to being a responsive
teacher, but boy is it hard! Lean on
colleagues to help you by bring-
ing work to discuss what resulted
from strategy instruction. Decide
together what to do next.

Appendices
Student Work Samples

Many of the activity and exercise suggestions in this study guide ask that you use student
work as a grounds for making decisions of what strategy to teach and how much support
to give the student during the practice of the strategy. In case you are working during
the summer months, or for some other reason do not have access to student work, I
suggest you use some of the student work samples that are included as a part of The Lit-
eracy Teachers Playbook series. In that series, I explore the work of four students (two
first graders and two fourth graders). When you follow these links, you’ll find packets
of student work that help you to understand the student according to many dimensions:
engagement, print work, fluency, comprehension, and conversation. Even if you do decide
to use their work as a springboard for your initial conversations, my hope is that you will
soon practice the activity again with your own students’ work!
www.heinemann.com/shared/companionResources/E05300/Marelle.pdf
www.heinemann.com/shared/companionResources/E05300/Emre.pdf
www.heinemann.com/shared/companionResources/E04353/Joana.pdf
www.heinemann.com/shared/companionResources/E04353/Alex.pdf

Planning Your Week
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Strategy
Lesson
(10 min)
Strategy
Lesson
(10 min)
Conferences
(5 minutes
each)
Guided
Reading
(15–20 min)
Other
(_____ min)
Notes
30 May be photocopied for classroom use. From The Reading Strategies Book Study Guide. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. © 2012 by Jennifer Serravallo from
Independent Reading Assessment: Fiction. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.
Class Profile
Levels and Goals
Name Level Goal and Notes
31 May be photocopied for classroom use. From The Reading Strategies Book Study Guide. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. © 2012 by Jennifer Serravallo from
Independent Reading Assessment: Fiction. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.
A Curriculum of Talk
By the end of the year, my __________ grade students should be able to:
What will you teach

in minilessons,
What will you teach
mid-workshop
Month/Unit of during whole-class
Goals interruptions, and
Study READ ALOUDS with
teaching shares
accountable talk?
during READING
WORKSHOP?
32 May be photocopied for classroom use. © 2015 by Jennifer Serravallo from The Reading Strategies Book Study Guide. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
A Curriculum of Writing About Reading
By the end of the year, my __________ grade students should be able to:
What will you teach

in minilessons,
What will you teach
mid-workshop
Month/Unit during whole-class
Goals interruptions, and
of Study READ ALOUDS with
teaching shares
accountable talk?
during READING
WORKSHOP?
Guided Reading Planning Sheet
Book Title _____
______________________________________________________________
_ Level _________________
Students
___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
***REMEMBER that the best guided reading plans are based on student assessment and knowledge of text
difficulties and behaviors of the level.
Book Introduction (introduce some/all in any order)
Introduce the gist

of the book (i.e.
basics of plot or
overarching topics
covered in NF).
Introduce any
difficulties that you
don’t want to leave
for the children
to problem-solve
themselves (i.e.
vocabulary, text
structures).
Activate prior
knowledge.
Remind them of
a strategy they
should use in the
reading of the text.
Give a question
or purpose for
reading.
NEXT Coach children as they read. Take notes.

FINALLY Based on your assessment, pick a teaching point and have children practice it quickly.
Notes
Child’s Name: Child’s Name:
Ideas for next time: Ideas for next time:
Child’s Name: Child’s Name:
Ideas for next time: Ideas for next time:
Bibliography
Anderson, Carl. 2000. How’s It Going? Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Calkins, Lucy. 2000. The Art of Teaching Reading. New York: Scholastic.
Fountas, Irene C., and Gay Su Pinnell. 2010. Benchmark Assessment System 1, 2d ed. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Richardson, Jan, and Maria Walther. 2012. Next Step Guided Reading Assessment. New York: Scholastic.
Serravallo, Jennifer. The Independent Reading Assessment series. New York: Scholastic.
———. The Literacy Teacher’s Playbook series. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
———. 2010. Teaching Reading in Small Groups: Differentiated Instruction for Building Strategic,
Independent Readers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Serravallo, Jennifer, and Gravity Goldberg. 2007. Conferring with Readers: Supporting Each Student’s
Growth and Independence. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

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Hierarchy of Possible Goals, Goals-Skills-Strategies, Six-Week Schedule, Prompting

Links to student work samples 29

1. How Do I Know What to Teach? 5 Bibliography 36

An Introduction to the Study Guide

Below, you’ll find an overview table of all eighteen suggestions at a glance.

Title Level Book to Book Setting

Conferring with Readers or Teaching Reading

4 Visualize It Any The Reading Strategies Book Meeting room

Conferring with Readers or Teaching Reading

6 Create a Toolkit Any The Reading Strategies Book Meeting room

Beginner or Either of the Playbooks and Teaching Reading

Beginner or Teaching Reading in Small Groups and The Reading

Teaching Reading to Small Groups, either of the

Intermediate or Either of the Playbooks and Teaching Reading

Intermediate or Conferring with Readers and Teaching Reading

Intermediate or Teaching Reading in Small Groups, either of the

Intermediate or Teaching Reading in Small Groups, either of the

Teaching Reading in Small Groups or Conferring

18 Teach, Review, Respond Advanced Either of the Playbooks Meeting room

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Plot & Setting Main Idea

Character Key Details

Vocabulary & Figurative Language Vocabulary

Themes & Ideas Text Features

Writing About Reading

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T taught “Actions, Outcomes, Response” in a small group. S practiced in Circle

T revisited “Actions, Outcomes, Response” in the first conference of the week.

T introduced “Titles Can Be Telling” in a conference and student seems able to

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Book Title _____

Introduce the gist

Coaching during this lesson: Coaching during this lesson:

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The feedback that teachers give to students can take

Prompt types from The Reading Strategies Book, page 11

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