In this practical resource, veteran teacher Mary Schulman provides a step-by-step guide to guided reading in the intermediate grades. She demonstrates how to plan lessons, manage flexible groups, match students to texts, and use assessment to inform instruction. Transcripts of guided reading sessions show what this effective teaching practice looks like in action. More than 30 reproducible short texts, selected for their appeal to intermediate students, are included for teachers to use in their own guided reading lessons. For use with Grades 3-6. Mary Browning Schulman is the coauthor of the best-selling Guided Reading: Making It Work and Getting the Most Our of Morning Message and Other Shared Writing Activities, with Carleen Payne. She currently teaches in Virginia. 30 reproducible short texts make small group reading instruction work in your classroom Demonstrates how to plan lessons, manage flexible groups, match students to texts, and more Transcripts of guided reading sessions show what this effective teaching practice looks like in action Created for grades 3-6