Guided Reading Programs

Scholastic Guided Reading Programs support a comprehensive reading program by integrating small-group instruction, assessment, and independent practice into your classroom to foster independent learners.

With more research-based programs available than ever, Scholastic Guided Reading offers books for grades kindergarten through sixth, leveled by the trusted Fountas & Pinnell system, so you can effectively meet the needs of all your students.

And best of all – there’s never any title overlap across all Guided Reading programs! Every authentic title is supported with effective, easy-to-use teaching strategies. Tailor your instruction to meet a variety of interests while building the comprehension skills and confidence students need to read independently.

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Grades K-6

High-quality fiction and nonfiction for today’s multi-platform classroom. Interactive features within the texts enhance and optimize small group instruction.

Features complex texts in a wide range of nonfiction text types and fiction genres
Fits seamlessly into today’s blended learning classrooms
Lets teachers create guided reading groups from the student roster, search for and assign texts, and generate reports of guided reading levels and skills

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Grades K-6

Our new social-emotional learning strand and a diverse collection of culturally relevant titles, Guided Reading Fiction Focus, 3rd Edition provides explicit support in developing lifelong independent readers.

Social-Emotional instructional strand
Culturally relevant texts
Contains more fiction than ever: 80% fiction titles, 20% nonfiction titles
Teaching Cards for every title

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Grades K-6

GR Levels A–Z | DRA Levels A–70
Scholastic Bookroom gives your teachers the tools and resources they need to effectively differentiate instruction and set students on a path to becoming independent readers.

24/7 access to instructional resources with the Accelerator
Teaching Cards for every title in print and digital
Robust instructional support including an implementation guide, video library, professional titles, and on-site or virtual training
Up to 1,040 authentic titles plus 5 exclusive Short Reads per level

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Grades K-6

Complex fiction and nonfiction texts prepare students with the skills and mindsets needed to navigate our ever-changing world.

50/50 fiction and nonfiction
Encourages 21st-century learning skills with a focus on STEM
and STEAM
Introduces children to texts from around the world including
China, United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Malaysia,
West Africa, Mexico, and more!
Lessons support students’ critical and creative thinking and
Social-emotional learning

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Grades K-6

Features a wide range of text types – from picture books and photo essay to short stories, graphic novels, and plays – to help students to explore different styles of literacy.

Curated collection of award-winning titles supported by targeted instruction
Revised and expanded teaching materials
Social-emotional learning connections built into every teaching card
70% fiction / 30% nonfiction

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Grades K-6

High-interest authentic texts and tailored instruction designed to meet specific needs of Spanish-speaking students as they transition into English.

Include both a Spanish and English Teacher's Guide
Contains 60% fiction and 40% nonfiction
Curated collection of authentic, culturally responsive texts representing most Latin countries
Teaching cards for every title, written in both Spanish and English, packed with strategies for developing reading skills and moving students into English

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Grades K-6

Deepen students' content area knowledge and comprehension with new authentic titles on science, technology, arts, and careers.

Includes research-based Teaching Guide featuring new sections on Guided Reading in the Content Areas and Activating Background Knowledge as well as Including Content Area Informational Text in Primary Classrooms
Engages students with new authentic texts with 80% nonfiction and 20% fiction
Features teaching cards for every title

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Grades K-6

Packed with compelling nonfiction books and instructional resources that explicitly support deep comprehension

Includes research-based Teaching Guide featuring new sections on prompts and strategies to support problem solving, activities for literacy centers, and analysis of informational text features
Contains 80% nonfiction titles, 20% fiction titles
Features teaching cards for every title

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Grades K-6

Brings the same high-quality nonfiction of the original Guided Reading Short Reads to both Spanish and English-speaking learners and emergent bilingual readers.

Builds rich domain-specific vocabulary across content areas
Engages students with thematically linked passages across text types
Provides sufficiently complex, short informational texts worthy of being read, reread, and analyzed

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Grades K-6

A unique solution to giving students access to short, developmentally appropriate fiction texts for close reading.

Brings the best selection of short fiction texts to engage readers at a variety of levels
Provides access to various themes and perspectives through compelling short texts from novels to famous folk tales
Promotes close reading of literature and deep comprehension of character, plot and structure

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Grades K-6

Gives students the practice they need to read and understand the complex informational texts that we encounter every day, preparing them for real-world reading.

Includes 100 % informational text
Fits seamlessly into classroom guided reading groups
Teaches strategies for decoding and comprehending complex informational texts
Features high-interest texts thematically linked to Guided Reading Nonfiction Focus 2nd Edition

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Grades K-6

Developed by Jan Richardson, PhD, and Maria Walther, EdD, comes the first guided reading system designed from the ground up to meet today’s rigorous standards.

Original Assessment Texts
Easy-to-navigate Teacher’s Guide for administering, scoring, and analyzing each assessment
Reproducible Assessment Forms book and CD
Assessment Conference Book with Quick Reference Guides assists with administering and scoring Reading Records

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Engaging, Authentic Texts

High-quality authentic books written to engage readers and encourage active reading, robust problem solving, and deep comprehension skills.

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Streamlined Assessment Tools

Make data-driven instructional decisions that help you affectively group students to address a range of abilities and ensure guided reading success.

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Professional Development

Professional Learning Specialists provide courses and coaching to support educators at all levels to implement guided reading with fidelity.

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Research-Based Approach

Partnering with literacy experts, Guided Reading programs combine research-based methods and education best practices to meet today’s rigorous standards.

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Guided Reading Resources

Why Group?

Grouping students based on similar instructional needs allows the teacher to work with one group while others work at Learning Centers or independently.

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Developing Writers

Through guided and independent reading, students discover how writers build plots, flesh out characters, organize information, and establish point of view.

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Guided Reading: Nuts and Bolts

Guided Reading is a key component of your reading program. It will help students process increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency.

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