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In Teachers as Decision Makers: Responsive Guided Reading Instruction, Robin Griffith draws on years of research and countless interactions with students and teachers to present a framework of instructional decision making centered on the readers we work with and the instructional objectives we guide them toward.
List of contents
PART I: Teacher as Decision Maker Chapter 1: Teacher Knowledge Guides Decision Making Chapter 2: Teaching as Decision Making Chapter 3: The Learner, the Goal, and the Text: A Framework for Teaching Decisions PART II: Teaching Decisions for Emergent Readers (Levels A–C) Chapter 4: The Learner: Key Reading Behaviors for Emergent Readers Chapter 5: The Goal: Instructional Targets for Emergent Readers Chapter 6: The Text: Selecting and Introducing Books for Emergent Readers DECISION GUIDES for Emergent Readers Teaching Decisions Related to Word Solving; Teaching Decisions Related to Fluency and Expression; Teaching Decisions Related to Comprehension PART III: Teaching Decisions for Early Readers (Levels D–I) Chapter 7: The Learner: Key Reading Behaviors for Early Readers Chapter 8: The Goal: Instructional Targets for Early Readers Chapter 9: The Text: Selecting and Introducing Books for Early Readers DECISION GUIDES for Early Readers Teaching Decisions Related to Word Solving; Teaching Decisions Related to Fluency and Expression; Teaching Decisions Related to Comprehension PART IV: Teaching Decisions for Transitional Readers (Levels J–N) Chapter 10: The Learner: Key Reading Behaviors for Transitional Readers Chapter 11: The Goal: Instructional Targets for Transitional Readers Chapter 12: The Text: Selecting and Introducing Books for Transitional Readers DECISION GUIDES for Transitional Readers Teaching Decisions Related to Word Solving; Teaching Decisions Related to Fluency and Expression; Teaching Decisions Related to Comprehension; Afterword Teaching with Urgency While Valuing Childhood.
About the author
With over 25 years of experience as a teacher, literacy coach, and staff developer, Robin Griffith currently shares her strengths-based approach to literacy learning with pre-service teachers at Texas Christian University and through professional development that helps teachers and literacy specialists recognize, understand, and reflect on the thousands of instructional decisions they make on a daily basis.
Summary
In Teachers as Decision Makers: Responsive Guided Reading Instruction, Robin Griffith draws on years of research and countless interactions with students and teachers to present a framework of instructional decision making centered on the readers we work with and the instructional objectives we guide them toward.
