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Professional Resources

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Cunningham, P. M., and D. Hall. "The Four Blocks: A Balanced Framework for Literacy in Primary Classrooms." In Harris, K., S. Graham, and D. Deshler, eds. Teaching Every Child Every Day, 32-76. Cambridge, Mass.: Brookline Books, 1998.

Cunningham, P. M., D. P. Hall, and M. Defee. "Nonability-Grouped, Multilevel Instruction: Eight Years Later." The Reading Teacher 51, no. 8 (May 1998): 652-665.

Hiebert, E. H. "Multiple Literacy Contexts in Classrooms: Frameworks, Functions, and Forecasts." In Radencich, M. C., and L. J. McKay, eds. Flexible Grouping for Literacy in the Elementary Grades, 149-170. Boston, Mass.: Allyn and Bacon, 1995.

Hall, D. P., C. Prevatte, and P. M. Cunningham. "Eliminating Ability Grouping and Reducing Failure in the Primary Grades." In Allington, R. L., and S. A. Walmsley,eds. No Quick Fix: Rethinking Literacy Programs in America's Elementary Schools, 137-158. New York, N.Y.: Teachers College Press, 1995.

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Related Research

Allington, R. L. "The Reading Instruction Provided Readers of Differing Reading Ability." Elementary School Journal 83 (1983): 548-559.

Goodman, Y. "Kidwatching: Evaluating Written Language Development." Australian Journal of Reading 5 (1982): 120-128.

Hiebert, E. H. "An Examination of Ability Grouping for Reading Instruction." Reading Research Quarterly 18 (1983): 231-255.

Pressley, M., et. al. Learning To Read: Lessons From Exemplary First-Grade Classrooms. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press, 2001.

Classroom Excerpts Used in the Video

Classrooms shown in the video session are from Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices.

100 Days of Reading with Shari Frost

Assessment-Driven Instruction with Hildi Perez

Promoting Readers as Leaders with Valerie Kostandos