![]() ![]() The following quote from the book really validates the relationship and importance of assessment informing instruction. ![]() Jan’s message is supported by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey and John Hattie in their book Visible Learning for Literacy. Planning with intention allows us to be very clear in our teaching goals or objectives. The assessment is what makes our teaching in a balanced literacy framework intentional. As we sit beside the learners in guided reading we are watching and listening to understand the strategies that students are using. Assessment, a word derived from the Latin word assidere, means to sit beside. ![]() ![]() Guiding Readers Forward Through Assessment The teacher can lean in only if needed and provide just enough coaching to prompt students to do the thinking work, access their reading toolbox and navigate the text using strategies they have learned. Independence is the ultimate goal of guided reading, this is where students can practice alongside their peers while the teacher leans back and observes. In reflecting on the chat there are 4 ideas about guided reading that are worth lingering with for a bit. Jan’s framework, Assess-Decide-Guide gives teachers a roadmap to work with students from PreA to Fluent readers. This book brings Jan’s latest thinking to teachers and helps them to identify and target instruction that supports each and every reader. On July 28, 2016, #G2Great welcomed Jan Richardson as a guest host to chat about her book, Next Step Forward in Guided Reading. ![]()
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