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Newly revised and updated throughout, this new Florida Edition has been specially developed to align with Floridäs new B.E.ST. Standards.What it really means to "read closely."Call it close reading, call it deep reading, call it analytic reading¿call it what you like. The point is, it¿s a level of understanding that students of any age can achieve with the right kind of instruction. In Rigorous Reading, Nancy and Doug articulate an instructional plan so clearly, and so squarely built on research, that teachers, schools, and districts need look no further.The 5 Access Points Toward Proficiency, Purpose & Modeling: Teachers think aloud to demonstrate critical thinking and how good readers always know why they are reading. Close & Scaffolded Reading Instruction: Teachers engage students in repeated readings and discussions, with text-dependent questions, prompts, and cues to help students delve into an author¿s ideas. Collaborative Conversations: Teachers orchestrate collaborative learning to get students in the habit of exercising their analytical thinking in the presence of their peers. An Independent Reading Staircase: Teachers artfully steer students to more challenging books, with strategic bursts of instruction and peer conferences to foster metacognitive awareness. Performance: Teachers offer feedback and assessments that help students demonstrate understanding of text in authentic ways and plan instruction based on student understanding.

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out.In this easy-to-use but comprehensive guide to Guided Writing, teachers will learn what it is, how to prepare before, during and after a Guided Writing session, and how to assess it. In this On-Your-Feet Guide, teachers will find: Lesson outline included with "What the teacher says/does" and "What the student does" displayed side-by-side. An If-Then chart that helps teachers troubleshoot common problems. Both the why and the how of assessing students included. On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher.Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.Use the On-Your-Feet Guides When you know the "what" but need help with the "how" As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book To learn how to implement foundational practices When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren¿t sure how to do it yourself

Focuses on actions that teachers can take to facilitate learning for students facing trauma. Identifying positive, connected teacher-student relationships as foundational, the authors offer direction for creating an emotionally safe classroom environment in which students find a refuge and a space in which to process events.

This study is based on the premise that children learn a great deal about the arts and their own abilities innately. Involvement and immersion, it argues, are the ways in which children may feel welcome to write, move, create, draw, and otherwise express ideas about art and music directly.

Previous ed.: 50 content area strategies for adolescent literacy / Douglas Fisher ... [et al.].

In time, specialists may find it to be an indispensable reference.'- Gary Richardson, Journal of Economic History In this study of the European economy from 1700 to 1910, the macroeconomic data from five countries is examined both descriptively and analytically (using structural and time-series methods).

Accessible and hands-on yet grounded in research, this book addresses the "e;whats,"e; "e;whys,"e; and "e;how-tos"e; of integrating literacy instruction and the arts in grades K-8. Even teachers without any arts background will gain the skills they need to bring music, drama, visual arts, and dance into their classrooms. Provided are a wealth of specific resources and activities that other teachers have successfully used to build students' oral language, concepts of print, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing, while also promoting creativity and self-expression. Special features include reproducible worksheets and checklists for developing, evaluating, and implementing arts-related lesson plans.

The focus of this book is to provide teachers with the tools to cultivate engaged learners, which includes developing healthy relationships with their students, based on research suggesting that positive teacher-student relationships improve achievement.

This book provides instruction for teachers to ensure literacy learning across grade levels and disciplines.

This companion to Visible Learning for Literacy shows you how to use learning intentions, success criteria, formative assessment and feedback to achieve profound instructional clarity.

This K-5 book takes implementation and assessment to the next level by digging deeper into specific lessons and providing grade-level strategies, with an emphasis on planning and executing highly effective lessons supported by John Hattie's Visible Learning research.

Renowned literacy experts Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey work with John Hattie to apply his groundbreaking research to literacy practices.

This book scaffolds teachers as they learn to develop effective text dependent questions across ELA, science, and social studies/history with the goal of assisting students to read closely and comprehend deeply.

In this book the authors debunk the myth that Text Dependent Questions are all level 1 who, what, when where, how questions and instead offer readers a purposeful and thoughtful instructional routine that includes four levels of questioning as well as a focus on talk and collaboration every step of the way.

This work, built around the lessons of classroom teachers, provides the "how" of instruction design. It identifies the most important components of design, addressing standards, designing multiple assessments, and identifying detailed source materials.