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Reading Workshop & Small Group Learning

What Are You Grouping For?

Five Teacher Moves to Lift Small Group Reading!

The Proximity Principle: How Pivoting into Flexible Groups Shows Who Kids Are and What They Need

The Proximity Principle: How to Assess Readers’ Work In Order to Break the Cycle of Teaching to the Middle

The Proximity Principle: How to Curate Resources In Order to Stoke Student Interest

Thank you #G2great Learning Community!

3 Ways to Re-imagine Small Group Reading Experiences

Webinar: What Are You Grouping For?

Sometimes a Note Catcher Gets Talk Moving!

Giving Students Opportunities to Hold Their Thinking Builds Tracks in the Snow: Part 1

Giving Students Opportunities to Hold Their Thinking Builds Tracks in the Snow: Part 2

Short Texts: Increasing Eyes on Print

Making the Most of Reading Workshop

Want to Inspire Voluminous Reading? Start by Curating Texts

First 15 Days of Small Group Learning

Small Group Reading & Writing Lesson Plans to Adopt, Adapt or Improve [During Remote/Distance Learning]

Small Groups: A Go-to Solution For Meeting Students’ Wants And Needs

Writing Workshop & Small Group Learning

Sometimes a Note Catcher Gets Talk Moving!

Giving Students Opportunities to Hold Their Thinking Builds Tracks in the Snow: Part 1

Giving Students Opportunities to Hold Their Thinking Builds Tracks in the Snow: Part 2

Short Texts: Inspiration for Writing

Planning

Post-it Note Planning Templates

Daily, Weekly, Unit Lesson Planning Templates [Chapter 9]

Short Texts & Text Sets

SHORT TEXTS are EVERYWHERE!

Ideas Worth Remembering--Part 1

Ideas Worth Remembering--Part 2

Short Texts: Increasing Eyes on Print

Short Texts: Inspiration for Writing

Short Texts, Big Engagement

Creating Entry Points #1: Try Using a Photograph to Spark Curiosity & Interest

Creating Entry Points #2: Try Using a Short Text to Ignite Reading & Writing Volume

Creating Entry Points #3: Try Using Short Texts to Celebrate Green!

Creating Entry Points #4: Try Using Short Texts to Spark Curiosity Using a Photo of the Week

Short Text + Note Catcher + Student Talk = Increased Engagement & Reading Volume

Using Short Texts to Make Sense of Current Events [Kobe Bryant]

Short Texts & Short Text Sets at Your Fingertips

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Cereal Boxes

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Picture Books (Fiction)

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Images & Pictures

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Recipes

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Magazine Articles

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Jokes & Riddles

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Game Directions

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Field Guides

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Trivia

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Poetry

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Short Stories

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Articles

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Launching into Summer Reading

Short Texts at Your Fingertips: Launching into Summer Writing

Using Short Texts to “Warm-up” Reading Muscles & Build Community

Monumental Women: A Timely Short Text Set

A Short Text Set at Your Fingertips: Cereal Boxes

A Short Text Set at Your Fingertips: Picture Books

A Short Text Set at Your Fingertips: Choose a Topic and Run With It

A Short Text Set at Your Fingertips: Celebrating Women

Remote / Distance Learning Resources

From Ed Consultant to Teacher Mom: Reflection #1

From Ed Consultant to Teacher Mom: Reflection #2

From Ed Consultant to Teacher Mom: Reflection #3

From Ed Consultant to Teacher Mom: Reflection #4

From Ed Consultant to Teacher Mom: Reflection #5

Instructional Coaches as Servant Leaders: 3 Actions to Consider Now More Than Ever

Reading Surveys: A Go-To Data Source [Especially During Extended School Closures]

Small Group Reading & Writing Lesson Plans to Adopt, Adapt or Improve [During Remote/Distance Learning]

Simplicity and Connection in Distance Learning [Benchmark Education Facebook Live Session]

CCIRA Blog Post: Ask First, Teach Later

Co-Planning: Mini-Writing Unit [PART 1]

Co-Planning: Mini-Writing Unit [PART 2]

Co-Planning: Reading & Writing Mini-Unit Focused on Expert Studies [PART 3]

Co-Planning: Reading & Writing Mini-Unit Focused on Expert Studies [PART 4]

Co-planning a Mini-Unit to Wrap Up the Year with JOY!

Building Relationships & Surveys

Building Relationships: A Colorful Get-to-Know-You

Building Relationships: The Power of One Word

Building Relationships: Re-thinking Surveys [Part 1]

Building Relationships: Re-thinking Surveys [Part 2]

Building Relationships: Who Are You? Game

Building Relationships: Would You Be Described As...Survey

Our North Star: Building Relationships & Collaboration Through Asset-Based Protocols

Reading Surveys: A Go-To Data Source for Creating a Focus for Instruction

Reading Surveys: A Go-To Data Source [Especially During Extended School Closures]

Kidwatching

The Proximity Principle: How Kidwatching is More Precise Than Other Data

Kidwatching: A Practice Exercise

Kidwatching 2.0: Top 3 Moves for Real-time Assessment to Meet Every Student’s Needs

From Ed Consultant to Teacher Mom: Reflection #4

Asset-Based Instructional Coaching & Thinking Partners

Inspiring Student Ownership & Self-Efficacy: Start With Planning

Everyone Deserves a Thinking Partner!

Everyone Deserves a Thinking Partner...Especially Students!

Writing to Make Sense of Our Work in Schools [new books coming soon!]

Instructional Coaches as Servant Leaders: 3 Actions to Consider Now More Than Ever

Learning Labs: Igniting Inquiry & Inspiring Change

Co-Planning: Mini-Writing Unit [PART 1]

Co-Planning: Mini-Writing Unit [PART 2]

Co-Planning: Reading & Writing Mini-Unit Focused on Expert Studies [PART 3]

Co-Planning: Reading & Writing Mini-Unit Focused on Expert Studies [PART 4]

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Courageous Coaching Conversation

The Ted Lasso Effect: How to Build Capacity with Warmth, Wisdom, and Walk-Throughs

Asset-Based Responses to Instruction that Lift ALL Learners (RtI / MTSS)

What’s Our Response? Creating Systems and Structures to Support ALL Learners (new book!)

ICYMI: #G2great Chat & Blog Post for What’s Our Response?

Studying Students’ Assets

Creating Asset-Based Child Study Teams — Numeracy & Literacy Data Protocols

Studying Students In-the-Moment

Capacity Building: Learning in the Loo

Re-Imagining RtI / MTSS: Putting Students Back at the Center of Instructional Designs (CCIRA blog)

Grow the Good via Asset-Based Responses (PEBC Podcast)

Solving Problems of Practice When it Comes to Our Current RtI Models with Julie Wright (Schoolutions Podcast)