Guided reading used to be a struggle for me. I understood the concepts, read the books on the subject, and implemented guided reading in my classroom, but I just felt like something was missing. It kind of looked like this: “I’m done with the book, Mrs. Brosig!” “OK…um…just read it again! for the 99th time…” Or: “Let’s talk about this eight-sentence book for ‘comprehension’ purposes for a while…like a LONG while!” Or: “Hey! I found these worksheets on Reading A-Z so they must be great!” (not knocking Reading A-Z…I totally