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Reaching All Readers
About the Authors
Barbara A. Marinak, Ph.D, Author,
is an Associate Professor of Reading at Mount St. Mary's University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.
Dr. Marinak received a Ph.D. in literacy from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her dissertation was awarded the 2005 Dissertation Research Award from the College Reading Association. Dr. Marinak serves as co-chair of IRA's Response to Intervention Task Force and is a member of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities.
Susan A. Mazzoni, M.Ed., Author,
is an independent literacy consultant who works with administrators and teachers to improve literacy practices in elementary school classrooms. For the past ten years, she has worked with teachers on implementing guided reading practices for the purpose of building reading fluency, miscue analysis and prompting, and comprehension instruction.
Ms. Mazzoni is an adjunct faculty member at Penn State-Harrisburg. She received her M.Ed. in reading education from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has taught reading courses there and served as a research assistant for the National Reading Research Center.
Linda B. Gambrell, Ph.D., Consulting Author,
is a Distinguished Professor of Education in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education at Clemson University, where she teaches literacy courses. Prior to coming to Clemson University in 1999, she was Associate Dean for Research in the College of Education at University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Gambrell has served as an elected member of the Board of Directors and president of three leading professional organizations: the International Reading Association, National Reading Conference, and College Reading Association.
The Intervention Kit Components
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Reaching All Readers Intervention Kits contain four levels of Intervention Readers (leveled according to Fountas & Pinnell Levels AA–S). Levels feature a lighter text load to provide focused, text-appropriate lessons for intervention students. Incrementally leveled texts ensure that students are reading increasingly difficult text. Five Intervention Kits are available. Each kit includes
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Teacher Guide provides a two-day lesson plan that implements best practices in intervention for every Intervention Reader, including
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Intervention Readers include
Each Intervention Kit contains four levels of Intervention |
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Zaner-Bloser Benchmark Assessment Materials provide diagnostic and/or summative assessment and include
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Intervention Readers and Practice Pages on CD are available for each kit. The CD includes the 40 Intervention Readers from the kit that can be printed in book spreads or by individual pages. Also includes the consumable practice pages. |
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Teaching Routine Cards provide helpful, step-by-step |
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Phonics Charts help students decode unknown |
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| Kit | Level Shown | Intervention Reader | Teacher Guide |
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| Square AA, A, B, C | AA |
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| Circle D, E, F, G | D |
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| Triangle H, I, J, K | K |
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| Diamond L, M, N, O | O |
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| Pentagon P, Q, R, S | Q |
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Leveling Chart
The leveling chart is intended for general comparison purposes only. The Reaching All Readers Intervention Reading Levels correspond to Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading levels but with a lighter text load to provide focused, text-appropriate lessons for intervention students. Guided Reading Level designations are based on the work of Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell in Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children (Heinemann, 1996) and Matching Books to Readers: Using Leveled Books in Guided Reading, K-3 (Heinemann, 1999).
