The History of Guided Reading

History of Guided ReadingA summary based on the article, "Looking Back to Move Foward" by Michael Ford and Michael Opitz (2011). Sharon Thomas ECE7514

Lillian Gray and Dora Reese wrote, Teaching Children to Read, 2nd Edition (p.227)

Emmett Betts wrote, Foundations of Reading InstructionBetts incorporated a component of Guided Reading into his steps for teaching reading(p.226)

1946

Bond and Wagner developed a reading lesson plan. One of the steps included the teacher guiding readers while they read silently (p.227)

Margaret Mooney wrote, Reading to, With, and By Students. The "with" portion was referring to guided reading(p. 228)

Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell wrote the book, "Guided Reading; Good First Teaching for All Students. Their book discussed how guided reading could be used in a small group setting to meet students' needs (p.228)

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George and Evelyn Spache wrote Reading in the Elementary School, 5th Ed. One of their five steps included the teacher providing assistance(p.228)

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Many other researchers and professionals have written about guided reading. Fountas and Pinnell are still writing books and developing reading intervention programs.

SourceFord, M., Opitz M., (2011) Lookingback to move forward withguided reading. Reading Horizons, 50, 225-240video: http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUr1og9lPWM