Elementary

PreKindergarten and Kindergarten wiki created by GSSD
 * PreKindergarten/Kindergarten**

**Assessment** **Balanced Literacy** **Comprehension and Reading Comprehension Strategies**
 * GSSD Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Wiki
 * GSSD Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System
 * [|GSSD RAD]professional support (grade 6)
 * Pearson, . //[|Reading assessment district]//. Pearson Education.
 * Rhodes, L. & Shanklin, N. (1993). //[|Windows into literacy: Assessing Learners K-8]//. Heinemann Educational Books.
 * [|AFL Sk Learning] - link to past AFL Reading and Writing Assessments including various resources
 * GSSD Blanced Literacy wiki
 * [.pdf|Components]] of a Balanced Literacy Program
 * [.pdf|What is Balance Literacy?]]
 * GSSD Comprehension wiki
 * GSSD Grade 5 Comprehension from Grade 5 Grade Alike Day
 * [|Comprehension Lessons using Willow Awards], 2007
 * [|Comprehension Lessons using Willow Awwards], 2008
 * [|Reading Power]Adrienne Gear - website on Fiction and Nonfiction readinf powers including updates booklists
 * [|Into the Book] - website for students and teachers on reading comprehension strategies
 * Gallagher K. (2004). [|Deeper reading]. Stenhouse Publishers.
 * Gallagher, K. (2004). [|Deeper reading: Comprehending challenging texts], 4-12. Stenhouse Publishers. (Sk Learning recommended resource Grades 4-12)
 * Gear, A. (2006). [|Nonfiction reading power: Teaching students to think while they read] . Pembroke Publishers. Markham Ontario, Canada.
 * Gear, A. (2006). [|Reading power: Teaching students to think while they read]. Pembroke Publishers. Markham Ontario, Canada.
 * Harvy, D., Harvey, S. (2009). [|Comprehension and collabooration: Inquiry circles in action]. Heinemann. (Sk Learning recommended resource for Grade 3-12)
 * Kelly, M. & Claussen-Grace, N. (2007).[| //Comprehension shouldn’t be silent//]. International Reading Association. Newark.
 * Stead, T. (2006). [|Reality checks: Teaching reading comprehension with nonficiton K-5]. Stenhouse Publishers. Markham, ONT. Canada. (recommended for grades 1-6)
 * Fluency **
 * Barcley, M. The Reading Teacher. [|Putting fluency on a fitness plan]. 65(4). pp 242-249. International Reading Association. Neward. DOI: 10.1002/TRTR 01034.
 * Rasinski, T., Yildirim, K., Nageldinger, J., (2012) The Reading Teacher. [|Building fluency through the phrased text lessons]. 65(4). pp 252 - 255. International Reading Association, Newark. DOI: 10.1002/TRTR.01036

** Grammar ** **Guided Reading**
 * Weaver, C. (2007). //[|The Grammar plan book: A Guide to smart teaching]//. Heinemann. (Sk Learning recommended resource Grades 1-10)
 * GSSD Grammar in Context
 * GSSD Blanced Literacy wiki
 * Schwartz, R. (2005). The Reading Teacher. [|Decisons,decisions: Responding to primary students during guided reading], International Reading Association,The Reading Teacher, (Vol 58, No 5) 438-443.
 * [|Mrs. Meacham's Guided Reading]
 * [|GSSD First Nation Guided Reading Lessons]
 * Burkins, J., Croft, M. (2010) [|Preventing misguided reading: New strategies for guided reading teachers]. International reading Association. Thousand Oaks.
 * Burkins, J., Croft, M. (2011) [|Handy Helpers for Guided Reading]adapted from [|Preventing misguided reading: New strategies for guided reading teachers] (2010). International Reading Association. Thousand Oaks. DOI: 10:1002/TRTR01020
 * Fisher, D., Frey, N. The Reading Teacher.[| Identifying instructional moves during guided reading]. International Reading Association (Vol. 64, No 2)
 * Fountas, I., Pinnell, G., (2009) [|Fountas & Pinnell Prompting Guide 1: A Tool For Literacy Teachers], Heinemann.
 * Fountas, I., Pinnell, G., (2000) [|Guiding readers and writers grade 3-6: Teaching comprehension, genre, and content literacy], Heinemann, Portsmouth.

**Independent Reading**

**Inquiry** **Literacy Instruction**
 * GSSD Blanced Literacy wiki
 * Donohue, L. (2008). **[|//Independent reading: Inside the box//]**. Pembroke Publishers, Markham, Ontario, Canada. (Sk Learning recommended resource Grade 3-7)
 * Hiebert, E. & Ruetzal, R. (2010). //[|Revisiting silent reading: New directions for teachers and researchers].// International Reading Association, Newark. (recommended for Grade 3 and up)
 * Kelly, M. & Claussen-Grace, N. (2008). //[|R5 in your classroom: A guide to differentiating independent reading and developing avid readers]//. International Reading Association. Newark. (recommended for Grade 5-8)
 * Stead, T. (2006). [|Good choice: Supporting independent reading and response K-6]. Stenhouse Publishers. Markham, ONT. Canada. (recommended for grades 1-6)
 * Daniels, H., Harvey, S., (2009). [|Comprehension and collaboration: Inquiry circles in action]. Heinemann. Portsmouth. (Sk Learning recommended resource Grade 3-12)
 * Willhelm, J. (2007).[| Engaging readers and writers with inquiry: Promoting deep understanding in language artsand content area with guideing questions]. Scholastic Canada, Markham, ONT. (Sk Learning recommended resource Grades 1- 12)
 * Parker, D. (2007). [|Planning for inquiry: It's not an oxymoron!.]National Council of Teachers of English. Urbana, Illinois. (Sk Learning recommended resource Grade K-6)
 * Tompkins, G. (2009). //[|50 Literacy strategies step by step]//. Prentice-Hall. (Sk Learning recommended resource for Grades 1-9)
 * Gambrel, L., Morrow, L., Pressley, M. (2007). [|Best practices in literacy instruction]. Guilford Press. (Sk Learning recommended resource for Grades 1-5)
 * Pinnell, G., Fountas, I. (2009). [|When readers struggle: Teaching that works]. Heinemann, Portsmouth.

**Reading**
 * Szymusiak, K. Sibberson, F. Koch, L. (2008). [|Beyond levelled books]. Stenhouse Publishers. (Sk Learning recommended resource for Grades 1-5)
 * Pressley, M. (2006). [|Reading instruction that works: The case for balanced teaching]. Guilford Press. (Sk Learning recommended resource for Grades 1-5)
 * McMahon, S., Wells, J. (2006).[| Teaching literacy](series one for each grade). Guilford Publications. (Sk Learning recommended resource for Grades 1-5)

**Response to Intervention** > DuFour,R.,Et al. (2010) [|Raising the bar and closing hte gap: Whatever it takes]. Solution Tree Press, Bloomington.
 * Allington, r. (2011). [|What at risk students need]. Educational Leadership. march 2011. pp. 39-45
 * Brozo, W. (2011) [|RTI and the adolescent reader: Responsive literacy instruction in secondary schools]. International Reading Association, Newark.

**Vocabulary Instruction** **Word Work/Spelling** Weblinks for Word Work/Spelling:
 * Fisher, D. & Frey, N. ( 2011). [|Making Word Learning Fun For All Students]. Podcast. Heinemann.
 * Cunningham, P. [|Making words]Series for K-5.
 * Flanigan, K. et al (2011)[| Words their way with struggling readers: Word study for reading, vocabulary, and spelling instruciton, grades 4-12]. Pearson, Boston.
 * Bear, D., Invernizzi, M., Johnston, M., Templeton, S. (2008). [|Words their way (Companion volumes).]Prentice Hall.
 * Gentry, R. (2004). //[|The Science of spelling]//. Heinemann Educational Books. (Sk learning recommended resource grade 1 - 10)
 * GSSD Blanced Literacy wiki
 * GSSD Graphophonic Cues and Conventions - Word Work and Spelling wiki
 * Williams, C. Birdsong, C., Huffnagel, K., Hungler, D., Lundstrom, R. (2009). The Reading Teacher. [|Word study instruction in the k-2 classroom]. International reading Association, 62(7). pp570-578. DOI:10.1598/RT.62.7.3
 * Wilde, W. (2003). [|Spelling strategies and patterns: What kids need to know.] Heinemann Educaitonal Books. (Sk Learning recommended resource grade 3 - 5).
 * Rasisnski, T., Padak, N., Newton, J., Newton, E. (2011). [|The Reading Teacher. The Latin- Greek Connection: Building Vocaubulkary Through Morphological Study]. International Reading Association, 65(2). pp133-141 DOI:10.1002/TRTR.01015
 * [|Spelling City]

**Writing**
 * [|Mentor Texts for the 6 Traits] (Scholastic)
 * GSSD Grade 1 Writing
 * GSSD Grade 2 Writing
 * Ehman, S. Gayer, K., (2009). [|I can write like that: A Guide to mentor texts and craft studies for writers' workshop K-6]. Interbational Reading Association.
 * Gear, A. (2011). [|Writing power: Engaging thinking through writing]. Pembroke Publishers. Markham Ontario, Canada.
 * McCarrier A., Pinnell,G., Fountas, I. (2000). [|Interactive writing: How language & literacy come together, K-2]. Heinemann. Portsmouth.
 * Stead, T. (2002). [|Is that a fact: Teaching nonfiction writing K-3]. Stenhouse Publishers. Portland
 * Newman, T., Bizzarri, S. (2011). The Reading Teacher. [|Friday letters: Connecting students, teachers, and families through writing]. International Reading Association. Newark. 65(4) pp 275-280. DOI: 10.1002/TRTR.01037

**Websites and Links**
 * [|Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snapshots]
 * [|Raising Readers] - website has articles for parents and their link to YouTube videos.