Downloadable Book Group Discussion Guides

Research and Best Practices

• Classroom Instruction That Works (Marzano, Pickering, and Pollack)
• Teaching Reading: Effective Schools, Accomplished Teachers (Taylor and Pearson, eds.)
  

Literacy Assessment

• Closing the Achievement Gap (Freeman and Freeman)
• Strategies for Reading Assessment and Instruction (Reutzel and Cooter, Jr.)

Small Group Instruction

• Flexible Grouping in Reading (Opitz)
• Good-Bye Round Robin (Opitz)

Comprehension Instruction Across the Curriculum

• Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement (Marzano)
• Spotlight on Comprehension (Hoyt)

Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study

• Making Sense of Phonics (Beck)
• Phonics They Use (Cunningham)

Vocabulary Instruction

• Bringing Words to Life (Beck, McKeown, and Kucan)
• Building Academic Vocabulary (Marzano and Pickering)

Fluency and Oral Interpretation of Text

• The Fluent Reader (Rasinski)
• Fluency in Focus (Prescott-Griffin and Witherell)

Writing Instruction Across the Curriculum

• The Art of Teaching Writing (Calkins)
• The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing (Davis and Hill)