"Changes in communications necessitate a shift from a fixation on teaching and assessing facts to a focus on educating students to habitually analyze and evaluate information, including asking essential questions, weighing claims, assessing credibility" https://t.co/WJax1iR4Lm
Ts reflecting on what happens when they consistently devote time to conferring:
"It gives me the opportunity to really know each student as a reader. My teaching is better when I confer."
And the students moved up levels.
#independentreading
Tips for instructional leaders who facilitate professional development.
Here are a few ideas to support professional development for teachers with and without designated time.
@CompassPd
Engage All Students with Shared Reading! 📚
Shared Reading creates opportunities for children to “step up together” into more challenging texts and use them as mentor texts as they gain independence. Browse the PreK-3 collection: https://t.co/S2zmuTabIP
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If we want to support more authentic writing about thinking it helps to get clear on the why and discuss it with students. A few tools from https://t.co/UNPKYC0qaT @ReneeDHouser@stenhousepub
Join us for a virtual full-day workshop dedicated to The Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum. Spend the day learning about this important tool for assessment, planning, and teaching.
UPCOMING DATES:
* Wed Nov 3
* Thur Dec 2
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When conferring with readers of fiction here is one way to prioritize what to focus the conversation on. One tool from Teachers Toolkit for Independent Reading https://t.co/UNPKYC0qaT @ReneeDHouser@stenhousepub
In Literacy Beginnings, Third Edition, Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell bring a refreshed perspective along with their characteristically rich, comprehensive, and practical insights to the frontier of early literacy. https://t.co/D6Sdts7LkQ