What are your suggestions for great texts to use when teaching reading in the older grades?

We can't emphasise this point enough... when selecting a text to use for either modelled reading or guided reading, your learning intention MUST be decided on first It simply isn't good enough to go to your guided reading room and select whichever levelled book your group hasn't read yet. We know too much about the science of reading, how the brain learns to read, and schema theory to make more effective, targeted...