Literacy intervention should be swift and powerful-and this approach by Jan Richardson and Ellen Lewis provides fast results! After only 6-8 weeks of intervention, students can gain the confidence, proficiency, and skills they need to excel as readers and exit intervention! Based on Jan's bestselling The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading, this companion volume is intended to be used together in order to best implement the RISE framework. The Next Step Forward in Reading Intervention offers intensive, short-term, targeted instruction in reading, writing, word study, and comprehension. It's a step-by-step handbook for literacy teachers, literacy coaches, and reading specialists who are looking for a proven reading invention program that really works.
About the Authors
Jan Richardson, Ph.D., has transformed guided reading for tens of thousands of teachers and students across the North America. She works with schools and districts helping educators understand what’s needed to ensure that every student succeeds in reading. Jan’s work is informed by her experience as a reading specialist, a Reading Recovery teacher leader, a staff developer, and a teacher of every grade—K–12.
Ellen Lewis, M.Ed., is a reading teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, reading specialist, literacy consultant, and author of a number of children’s books. She has more than three decades of literacy teaching experience in the United States and abroad. Her ongoing collaboration with Jan Richardson includes writing the Professional Development Study Guide for The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading.