


Level A students can write their first name with no model, know at least 40 uppercase and lowercase letters and 8 sounds, have left to right tracking and understand English to follow simple directions. Our students are more than a reading level and we must always consider all of the information when providing guided reading instruction. I think it’s important point out that she goes on to describe emergent readers by their skills as well. Richardson describes emergent readers as reading on level A-level C. As this is where most of my students spend the majority of the school year, I was excited to dive into this chapter. Today’s chapter is about working with emergent readers who are level A-C. Richardson and her expert team of literacy consultants provide schools and school districts with customized professional development and demonstration lessons designed to equip teachers with practical and effective techniques for strengthening effective, small group reading instruction.Today we are discussing Chapter 3 of our summer book study book, The Next Step Forward In Guided Reading. Jan personally wrote all the lesson plans for these kits.ĭr. It includes explicit reading, phonics, phonemic awareness, and writing instruction for K-2.

Additionally, Jan recommends the Stepping Together kit for whole class lessons. She recommends the Literacy Footprints Classroom Kits (co-authored with Michele Dufresne) for classroom instruction, and the RISE program (co-authored with Ellen Lewis) for a powerful, short-term, small group reading intervention. Jan is the lead author for several reading kits. Her highly acclaimed collection of professional books includes The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading, Guided Reading Teacher’s Companion, Next Step Guided Reading in Action video series, Next Step Guided Reading Assessment kits (coauthored with Maria Walther), Next Step Forward in Reading Intervention (co-authored with Ellen Lewis), Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics (co-authored with Michele Dufresne), and the Next Step Forward in Running Records (co-authored with C.C. Jan Richardson, Ph.D., is a best-selling author and an education consultant, reading specialist, former Reading Recovery® Teacher Leader, and a classroom teacher (K-college).
