Literacy
A Parent's Guide to Guided Reading
Text Level Indicators
About Leveled Texts
An article written by Irene Fountas and Gay-Sue Pinnell about the research, rationale and role of leveled books in the classroom.
Fountas and Pinnell provide an updated overview of Guided Reading and suggestions for a balanced reading program in this article called Guided Reading: The Romance and the Reality.
http://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/supportingMaterials/Guided_Reading_Romance.pdf
A New York Times editorial on balanced literacy from a principal’s point of view
Fountas and Pinnell compare Guided Reading and Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) that is our reading intervention program.
http://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/supportingMaterials/lli/ComparingGR_LLI.pdf
Donalyn Miller is the author of The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child (Jossey-Bass, 2009) and Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer’s Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits (Jossey-Bass, 2014). She writes about ways to develop life-long readers.