Fountas, Irene C

A collection of sixteen articles on phonics and spelling programs, including practical advice on assessment tools, interactive writing and shared reading, and word sorting, as well as discussions of observed individual readers and entire classrooms.

Provides lesson plans for teaching literature to Kindergarten through eight grade students using fiction and nonfiction books.

Discusses the use of leveled texts in kindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms, examines the "text base" needed for effective language literacy instruction, provides guidelines for creating a high-quality leveled book collection and matching books to readers, and explains how to analyze and level books.

An alphabetical listing of over thirty-three thousand recommended books for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, each with notations on level, genre, word count, author/series, and publisher/distributor.

Presents an alphabetical listing over 18,000 recommended books for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, each with notations on level, genre, word count, author/series, and publisher/distributor, and includes a second list organized by reading level.

Describes the key elements and procedures of guided reading; provides a list of books, arranged by title and by level; and includes practical suggestions to help teachers implement guided reading in kindergarten through third grade classrooms.