Tools and Resources Archives - Peers and Pedagogy

How the Text Analysis Toolkit Expands Both Teaching and Learning in Classrooms

02/14/23, Tina Starks

Text Complexity is…well…complex!

Shifting perspectives about high-interest, low-level texts.

01/26/23, Shanita Rapatalo

Challenging the Status Quo

How Chat GPT Can be the Key to Achieving Educational Equity

01/19/23, Zak Cohen

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The Stories We Were Sold: Reflections on Knowing Better, Doing Better in Education

12/08/22, Carey Swanson

Developing Language and Literacy With Children’s Literature and Through the Lens of a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

Why children’s literature fosters a culturally sustaining pedagogy

12/06/22, Jennifer Benitez

Sparking Engagement: Getting Silly to Find Joy

Creative ideas for building classroom community

12/12/21, Dr. Megan Olivia Hall

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Read Like an Artist

Using art to teach literacy

08/27/21, Dana Squires

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Art and Literacy Go Hand in Hand

How Doodles Academy art lessons prepare students to be good readers

08/24/21, Aaron Grossman

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Art is Key to a Culturally Relevant Education

An introduction to Doodles Academy

08/13/21, Tempest NeuCollins

Google Jamboard: Connecting Students, Curating Thinking and Learning

A tool for structuring discussion, supporting critical thinking, and fostering interaction

05/12/21, Jim Bentley

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

How to use Google Jamboard to support instruction and professional learning

02/12/21, Tika Epstein

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Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Reading strategies that help secondary students in all content areas

12/15/20, Sarah Brown

Finding and Teaching The Complexity In Read-Aloud Texts

11/25/20, Anne Lyneis

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Meet Students Where They Are Academically and Literally!

Three ways to use Edcite's Real-time Connect with students

11/20/20, Edcite

Ready to Disrupt the Canon?

A new on-demand learning experience

11/16/20, Kate Crist, Joy Delizo-Osborne, Tori Filler

Are We Forgetting About Fluency?

11/13/20, Anne Lyneis

Improving Accessibility for All Students

Remote Learning Tips and Tricks

11/06/20, Fishtank Learning

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Enhancing Remote Learning and Student Engagement With Online Tools

Five tools to make virtual learning more social for students

10/30/20, Aaron Grossman

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What Is “Content-Focused Professional Learning”?

The Professional Learning Core Content in Mathematics & ELA/Literacy

07/31/20, Kate Crist, Jun Li

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You Have a List of Culturally Diverse Texts. Now What?

Guidance on facilitating classroom lessons and discussions that push student thinking

06/11/20, Keenan W. Lee, M. Ed

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Digital Coaching Menus Bring the Professional Learning Principles To Life

Designing effective coaching sessions that reflect teacher needs

05/14/20, Kenny McKee

Family reading together as part of remote book club during remote learning

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Class and Family Book Tasting During Distance Learning

Designing reading activities to engage K-12 students at home

04/28/20, Tika Epstein

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3 Recommendations for Supporting Early Elementary Students Remotely

A kindergarten teacher shares strategies and advice

04/17/20, Lindsay Arnold

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Top 5 Resources for Learning Online

Free, standards-aligned resources to facilitate remote learning

03/20/20, Tika Epstein

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How Does Education Research Relate to My Practice?

Is your reading program working? What can you do to improve it?

02/14/20, Tori Filler, Carey Swanson

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Tidying Up

Instructional Routines for Whole-Class Reading and Writing

01/22/20, Jon Gustafson

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For the Love of Learning

How a focus on building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction can enrich ELA instruction and engage learners

12/08/19, Carey Swanson

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I See Me

Building a diverse classroom library with the help of First Book Marketplace

11/24/19, Tamika Peters

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What Makes a High-Quality Diverse Text and How to Get These Texts Into Your Classroom

Resources and guidance for educators

11/13/19, Jill Eisenberg

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A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments

A Framework for Text Complexity in ELA and Reading

11/08/19, Katie Keown

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Laying a Solid Foundation of Literacy

Building Teacher Capacity with the Reading Foundational Skills

11/04/19, Darla O'Leary

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Planning the Small Group Reading Lesson

Teach and Guide

10/06/19, Dr. Deborah Glaser

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Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?

Support for educators serving English Learners

07/26/19, Renae Skarin

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Press Play

Using Podcasts and Documentaries to Supercharge Background Knowledge and Bolster Reading Comprehension

06/02/19, Jon Gustafson

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Three Simple Steps to Empowered Word-Learning

Using morphology, context clues, and outside resources to help students decipher word meanings

03/28/19, Kenny McKee

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Encouraging a Growth Mindset through Art

Strategies for moving beyond "follow-the-leader" style art projects and developing an art curriculum that supports student learning across subjects

10/26/18, Tempest NeuCollins

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Observing Reading Foundational Skills Instruction

Introducing a new tool to observe the components of foundational skills instruction

10/23/18, Carey Swanson

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Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing

Why aren’t students successful writers and what can teachers do to help?

10/09/18, Zackory Kirk

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Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom

Why building a culturally responsive classroom matters for the success of ALL students

09/07/18, Jill Yamasawa Fletcher

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Engaging Students with #BookSnaps

Reinventing how your students discuss text within the classroom

08/30/18, Andrea Raines

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Formative Assessments and Feedback in the Digital Age

How implementing Pear Deck changed my classroom.

07/06/18, Jeff Crayton

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Inspiring Writers

A process for supporting writing practice with K-2 English Language Learners

06/22/18, Astrid Emily Francis

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Compelling Digital Lessons for English Learners

How to use the free WriteReader app to support English Language Learners

04/17/18, Astrid Emily Francis

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The 3 R’s + 4 C’s = 7th Heaven (Part 2)

A technology integrationist introduces digital tools to support collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking.

04/06/18, Rachel Langenhorst

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The 3 R’s + 4 C’s = 7th Heaven

A Technology Integrationist’s Guide to 21st Century Learning (Part 1)

03/23/18, Rachel Langenhorst

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The Digital Coaching Menu: Four Reasons Why You Need One

Providing teachers with content-focused options for coaching support

01/25/18, Kenny McKee

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Understanding vocabulary standards: Building students’ skills

Differentiation between the vocabulary standards in the Reading and Language Strands

01/22/18, Vincent Segalini , Melissa Beck

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Supporting Our Youngest Readers: Teaching the Skills of Reading

Why using decodable readers can be powerful

01/12/18, Carey Swanson

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Materials Alignment Quick Check

Introducing a new evidence catcher to facilitate instructional materials decisions

12/27/17, Meredith Liben, Susan Pimentel

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Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs

Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content

12/21/17, Dr. Bryan Drost

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Creating Student Empowerment Through Your Garden-Variety Graphic Organizer

How I use graphic organizers in my classroom to promote student independence

11/30/17, Alison Killy

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A Five-Course Meal Complete with Strategies for Assessment

Concrete strategies to help classroom educators get involved with assessment design

11/21/17, Bryan Drost

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The Many Positive Uses for Assessment

Three ways to use assessment for good

11/15/17, Rob Woodworth

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Instead of…Try This

Avoid common pitfalls in the ELA classroom with these strategies

10/03/17, Andrea Raines

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The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction

Learn how the Instructional Practice Toolkit can help teachers make connections between planning, instruction, and student outcomes.

09/22/17, Rachel Etienne

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Assessing Grammar and Language Convention Skills

New guidance explains how to assess writing skills through embedded-error passages and multiple-choice items

09/18/17, Laura Hansen, Katie Keown

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Blended Learning: The Station Rotation Model

Find out how a blended learning station-focused model can help you differentiate instruction and give ALL students the support they need to tackle grade-level work

09/06/17, Susan Hitt

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Looking At and Learning From Student Work, Part Two: Now What?

An 8th grade teacher models the process of using writing analysis checklists to make plans for future writing instruction

08/17/17, Joey Hawkins

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State of Our Classrooms: Instructional Materials

Findings from a 2017 survey about instructional materials usage among educators

08/07/17, Janelle Fann

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Looking at, and Learning from, Student Writing

An introduction to the Vermont Writing Collaborative's Writing Checklists

06/26/17, Joey Hawkins

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“We’re the best. Just trust us!”

Finding unbiased information about instructional materials.

05/30/17, Janelle Fann

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Adapting an ELA Curriculum for Standards-Based Learning

05/11/17, Cassie Mense

Reading to Learn

Strategies to build a love of learning through content-rich nonfiction

05/04/17, Carey Swanson

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Five Places for Trusted Resource Recommendations

Amid the sea of free online materials and digital applications, here are five places we’d start our search.

03/30/17, Student Achievement Partners

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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Pinterest: A Useful Tool for the Educator’s Toolbox

Learn how educators can use Pinterest to identify and collect high-quality instructional resources

12/19/16, Nicole Nelson

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Getting to Know Mini-Assessments

Learn about free, high-quality mini-assessments for math and literacy.

11/23/16, Astrid Fossum, Laura Hansen

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Planning for Argument Writing

Learn how to plan effective argument writing instruction

11/22/16, Joey Hawkins

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Determining Reading Fluency

Learn how to determine a student’s current reading fluency level and pinpoint problems impeding students from becoming fluent readers

11/09/16, David Liben, David D. Paige

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Which text set approach is right for you?

Compare the features of popular text set sources

11/02/16, Shannon Garrison

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Building Reading Fluency

Four classroom strategies that can help build fluent readers

10/28/16, David Liben, David D. Paige

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What is Reading Fluency?

Literacy experts David Liben and David Paige explain the characteristics of reading fluency

10/21/16, David Liben, David D. Paige

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Introduction to Argument Writing

A long-time middle school teacher and writing expert explains how to design strong writing instruction

10/14/16, Joey Hawkins

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Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET

New training modules on the IMET’s Non-Negotiables and Alignment Criteria

10/12/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Four APPS to Redefine Your Language Arts Curriculum

Focusing on building a student-centered classroom through digital applications

10/05/16, Bryan Drost

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Supplementing Your Curriculum with Knowledge-Building Text Sets

Discover why text sets work and how to use them to build student knowledge

09/30/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Piloting New Curriculum Options with Educators

Learn about OUSD’s piloting process and find out what teachers thought of three popular ELA/literacy programs

09/01/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Lessons from the Fordham Assessment Review

One of the reviewers explains how the assessment review was conducted and what the findings mean for educators and students.

08/23/16, Amy Youngblood

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Supporting All Learners with Complex Texts

Strategies to scaffold instruction of Standards-aligned, complex texts

08/17/16, Carey Swanson

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Sitting Beside the Learner: The ‘Me’ in Assessments

Common Core-aligned assessments must capitalize on teacher-student relationships

08/15/16, Bryan Drost

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A Recommendation to Fellow Publishers

The President of Core Knowledge challenges fellow publishers to complete an alignment rubric

06/23/16, Linda Bevilacqua,

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What to Do When Curricular Materials for ELLs Are Not Available

Where to look for additional ELL resources to support Common Core-aligned lessons

06/01/16, Diane Staehr Fenner

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CCSS-Aligned Materials for ELL Students

Where to Find High-Quality Curricular Materials for ELLs in the Public Domain

05/11/16, Diane Staehr Fenner

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Criteria for Curricular Materials Labeled as Appropriate for ELLs

How to determine whether instructional materials support ELL's needs

05/05/16, Diane Staehr Fenner

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Customizing the IMET PD Training for a Local Setting

A training leader explains how she customized the IMET PD training to better match the professional learning needs of her district’s educators.

04/15/16, Casey Monahan

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Decision-Making that Matters: 10 Ways Teachers Can Impact Curricular Decisions

A high school English teacher shares 10 ways classroom teachers can influence curriculum

01/20/16, Lauren Trahan

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Creating Full-Course Open Educational Resources (OER)

The K-12 OER Collaborative plans to create a year-long open educational resources curriculum.

12/03/15, Karl Nelson, Jennifer Wolfe

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Including Tier 2 Vocabulary Instruction in Curricular Materials

Building tier 2 vocabulary is critical to comprehending texts across content areas, yet it often receives insufficient attention in existing curriculum options. What can teachers do to fill the gap?

11/05/15, Student Achievement Partners

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