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Jan richardson

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Teaching Tip: Getting Guided Reading Lessons Started

August 23, 2018 literacy footprints teaching tips videos

With the beginning of the school year in mind, I’m sharing my tips for getting Guided Reading lessons going early. Check out the video below! Happy Teaching! -Michèle

Unboxing the Literacy Footprints Fourth Grade Kit with Co-author, Jan Richardson

June 14, 2018 literacy footprints new at pioneer valley books videos

Earlier this week, I talked on Zoom with my collaborator, Jan Richardson and showed off the new books and tools from our Literacy Footprints Fourth Grade Kit. This kit has been a blast to work on t...

Teaching Tip Video and Handout: Top Tips for Teaching Making Words During Word Study

May 14, 2018 teaching tips videos

In my latest video blog (link no longer available), I’m diving deeper into the Word Study part of a guided reading lesson and sharing some tips about using Making Words. I’ve also created this help...

Video: What is Literacy Footprints?

April 30, 2018 new at pioneer valley books teaching tips

Created by teachers for teachers, Literacy Footprints is a complete guided reading system cocreated by myself and fellow literacy expert, Jan Richardson. Hear directly from Jan and I as we detail t...

Hi, my name is Michèle Dufresne. Welcome to my teaching blog! I am passionate about helping children learn to read. I am an author, educational consultant, literacy specialist, and former Reading Recovery Teacher Leader. I have cowrittten with Jan Richarson the best-selling book The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics and the Literacy Footprints Guided Reading System and have authored over 800 titles for young readers, including the ever-popular Bella and Rosie stories and many of the titles in the Explore the World nonfiction series.