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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

Teaching Tip: Organizing Your Classroom Library for Young Readers

August 13, 2018 literacy footprints teaching tips videos

I, like many educators, cannot believe how quickly summer passes! Nevertheless, back-to-school time is here, and many teachers are putting the final touches on their classrooms for this year. I tho...

Getting Ready for ILA 2018 in Austin!

July 9, 2018 literacy footprints videos

Jan Richardson and I are putting the final touches on our interactive session at ILA 2018 (link no longer available)—What to Do When Kids Just Don’t Get it: Prompting for Deeper Understanding durin...

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...

Video Teaching Tip: Using Sound Boxes During Guided Writing

April 18, 2018 teaching tips videos

Sound boxes can be powerful tools for helping students learn how to hear and record sounds in words. Using them can lead to greater independence in writing and improve students’ ability to use phon...

Video Teaching Tip: Using Sound Boxes During Word Study

April 18, 2018 teaching tips videos

I hope you’ll check out my latest Teaching Tip Video below! This time, I’m sharing methods for using sound boxes to help students learn how words work. You’ll see me using useful tools like the ABC...

Video Teaching Tip: Helping Students Who Have Trouble Tracking

April 18, 2018 teaching tips videos

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed my last video tip about when to encourage students to use their reading finger and when to have them stop. In this next Video Teaching Tip, I’m sharing my thought...

Video Teaching Tip: Improving Reading Through One-to-One Matching

January 18, 2018 teaching tips videos

This month, I’m sharing tips via video! How can you get students to use one-to-one matching? Check out the video below for concrete advice about helping readers at levels A, B, C, and beyond. I als...

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.