Remember that when you teach reading, you are teaching the reader, not the text. I am not teaching To Kill a Mockingbird, I am teaching students to become better readers using that text. With younger students I might teach phonemic awareness, phonics, or predicting. With older students I might focus on irony or using evidence to support a theme. At all times I am focusing on the reader: What does this student need right now to grow as a reader? Of course I will need evidence in order to make that decision. When you listen, the students will show you what they need.