Watch fourth-grade teacher Robin Sands lead students through three different activities that use text passages to build vocabulary, reading comprehension, and collaboration.
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Discussion is a necessary piece of learning to fully understand, challenge, and support one's ideas and evidence. Learn how University Prep Academy’s teachers got more students speaking up in class than ever before!
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A focus question is a text-dependent question that sets a succinct purpose for instruction. It outlines what students should be able to answer in writing as a culminating task and will shape the lesson, or series of lessons, to get students to that point.
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Here are two instructional practices Liberty teachers use to ensure the school’s youngest students become confident, lifelong readers.
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In this video, a 4th grade teacher from Fall Hamilton shares her perspective on what it was like to transition from a standards-based to text based approach to planning.
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Anyone would feel overwhelmed trying to take on several new priorities at once. Once Chrissie and her leadership team focused on just one instructional priority, they started to notice a marked difference.
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How ANet coach Haady Taslim helped La Cima Elementary Charter School balance skills with comprehension in reading instruction.
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