Scholastic Announces "Guided Reading Fiction Focus: Second Edition"

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Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:51am EDT 

  NEW YORK, NY, Jun 10 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Scholastic Classroom Books, a division of Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the
global children's publishing, education and media company, announces the
release of "Guided Reading Fiction Focus: Second Edition." Working with
Dr. Gay Su Pinnell and Dr. Irene Fountas, Scholastic has developed a new
Guided Reading program so that children can engage in meaningful reading
experiences to become independent, successful, lifelong readers.

    "Guided Reading Fiction Focus: Second Edition" is designed to improve
comprehension and inspire a love of reading in students in grades K-6. It
is the newest addition to the existing Guided Reading collections which
include: "Guided Reading Nonfiction Focus," "Guided Reading Content
Areas," and "Guided Reading en espanol."

    The new Fiction Focus edition expands the previous editions of Guided
Reading to include:

--  26 levels of books and student materials for grades K-6;
--  60 trade books per level that feature rich, authentic text and
    multiple genres -- including graphic novels;
--  An expanded 160-page Teacher's Guide written by Fountas and Pinnell;
--  Enhanced teaching materials that address Response to Intervention
    (RTI), genre descriptions and literature discussion groups, plus running
    records for every level;
--  Classroom techniques and activities that help expand essential
    vocabulary and build background knowledge.
    

    
Dr. Gay Su Pinnell, professor in the School of Teaching and Learning
at Ohio State University, is one of America's leading authorities on
Guided Reading. She created Scholastic's Guided Reading Fiction and
Nonfiction programs, and co-authored the Guided Reading Content Areas
Program. Dr. Irene Fountas, a professor at Leslie University, is an
expert on Guided Reading with years of classroom experience in both the
US and abroad. She co-authored the Scholastic Guided Reading Fiction and
Content Areas Programs.

    For more information on "Guided Reading Fiction Focus: Second Edition,"
please visit  scholastic.com/guidedreading.

    

Contact:
Sarah Trabucchi
212-343-6424
 strabucchi@scholastic.com

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