Classroom Strategies

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Explore classroom guidance, techniques, and activities to help you meet the needs of ALL students.

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Why Re-Humanize Assessment?

What We Pay Attention to Matters

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

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Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Materials Adaptation

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Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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Learn what it means for instructional materials and assessment to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards.

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What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

Research and Reflections

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Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.

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Building a Culture of Advocacy

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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The Case for Whole Texts in a Remote World

Putting complex, authentic texts in students' hands

12/09/20, Fishtank Learning

Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Are We Forgetting About Fluency?

11/13/20, Anne Lyneis

Kindergarten students working on vocabulary

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Immersing in Vocabulary

How to develop vocabulary in an effective and meaningful way

06/30/20, Zachary Chan

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Tidying Up

Instructional Routines for Whole-Class Reading and Writing

01/22/20, Jon Gustafson

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On Your Side to Beat the Summer Slide

Ways to Partner with Your Local Public Library

05/24/19, Jenci Spradlin

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Top Blog Posts of 2018

Here are our top 25 most-visited posts of 2018.

12/20/18, Student Achievement Partners

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Effective Reading Instruction

Why a text-centered approach, instead of a strategies-based approach, is more effective

11/16/18, Meredith Liben, Sue Pimentel

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Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners

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Reading to Learn

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

05/04/17, Carey Swanson

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Q&A – Supporting Fluency in K-12 Classrooms

Practical suggestions for focusing on reading fluency

05/01/17, Lorraine Griffith

Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information

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The Essential Elements of an ELA Curriculum

Standards co-author Susan Pimentel explains how the elements of a high-quality ELA program contribute to student learning. She pinpoints where many current programs are missing the mark.

01/19/17, Susan Pimentel

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How to Create Book Baskets

Designing book baskets to boost motivation, enthusiasm and engagement

01/13/17, MJ D’Amelio

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Designing Classroom Libraries that Build Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Engagement

The benefits of topic-based independent reading on student motivation

01/05/17, Carey Swanson

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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners

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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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Building Reading Fluency

Four classroom strategies that can help build fluent readers

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

Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources

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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