Development efforts, the 44 schools in this study increased students' reading proficiency. Over the years, teams of teachers from each school were provided professional development and opportunities to lead their colleagues in implementation of the instructional framework. The teachers used their instructional materials as resources to plan…

Guided reading is a major component of a comprehensive or balanced reading program. Most teachers understand the value of guided reading in the classroom but have difficulty managing effective implementation. They often ask, "What will the other students be doing when I am working with a guided reading group, and how do I manage all the children…

Identifies the characteristics of "lapreading" in parent-child dyads. Describes the authors' implementation of interactive storybook reading routines with kindergarten children, including the components of lapreading that emerged, and explains what they learned about the use of interactive storybook reading in kindergarten classrooms.…