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Here is where you’ll find all the latest videos from our contributors. These videos are all captured in classrooms with crews using multiple cameras during regularly scheduled reading and writing workshops.
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Where the Writing Carries Meaning
Ruth Ayres explains the way image, text, and sound work together to create meaningful writing. She helps us consider where the writing carries the most meaning, as well as how these modes work together.
Reading Conference: Sports Connections
Christy Rush-Levine confers with Carson about his connections to sports in his reading.
Whale Talk: An Asynchronous Minilesson
Gwen Blumberg teaches an asynchronous lesson for a spelling strategy.
Tracking Thinking: Fifth-Grade Small Group
Julianne Houser meets with a small group of fifth graders to help them build skills for tracking thinking.
Kindergarten: Sight Word Learning
Hayley Whitaker’s kindergartners spend their transition time learning sight words.
Conferring and Conversation
Christy Rush-Levine confers with Tim about his reading.
Conferring with Reading Partners in Fourth Grade
Andrea Smith talks with two boys about the book they are reading, Island. They discuss the way their partnership is going, even though the partners are reading at different paces.
Conferring in Kindergarten: Talk/Draw/Write
Hayley Whitaker confers with a kindergartner and shows him the connections between talking, drawing, and text.
Crafting a Literary Analysis
Christy Rush-Levine helps Ezekial draft his literary analysis.
First-Grade Writing Conference: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
In this first-grade writing conference, Katrina Edwards helps Brooklyn order and stretch out her writing with a beginning, middle, and end. She uses long pages and scissors as tools.
Comparing Book and Television Adaptations in a Reading Conference
Christy Rush-Levine confers with Adriana over her response to Pretty Little Liars, considering differences between the television show and book.
Writing Conference: Brainstorming Ideas
Katherine Sokolowski helps fifth grader Sidney brainstorm ideas for a story. She uses her own experiences with writing to instruct.
Guided Reading in a First-Grade Group
Melissa Atwood leads a first-grade guided reading group. This is the second video in a two-part series.
Writing Conference: Establishing Setting
Melanie Meehan uses A Day’s Work as a mentor text to help fifth grader Emily develop setting in her writing.
Guided Reading in First Grade: Blends
Melissa Atwood leads a first-grade guided reading group. The focus at the start of the lesson is on blends in words. This is the first video in a two-part series.
First-Grade Reading Conference: Coaxing and Supporting
Bitsy Parks helps first grader Sophia tackle the tough job of making meaning and decoding words early in the year with lots of encouragement and good humor.
Interactive Read Aloud in Second Grade
Jen Court completes an interactive read aloud in a second-grade classroom.
Guided Reading Part 1: Previewing and Skills
This is the first guided reading group in September for Cheryl Miller. She begins the lesson by previewing the book and reminding students of the skills they are working on. This is the first video in a three-part series.
Matching Evidence and Claims in Writing
Christy Rush-Levine confers with Brendan about his literary analysis and how to match evidence and claims. She has him talk through his understanding of the text, using the oral rehearsal to plan his writing.
Using Pictures to Decode in First Grade
Bitsy Parks helps first grader Zac work on his decoding skills by using a fun picture book.
Fifth-Grade Reading Conference: Harry Potter
Katherine Sokolowski confers with fifth grader Tucker about his Harry Potter book. This brief conference includes connections to the movies, recommendations for a classmate, and suggestions for using an audiobook on a trip so that the whole family can enjoy it.
Socratic Discussion in Third Grade
Lora Bieghler facilitates a Socratic-style discussion among third graders.
Fourth-Grade Reading Group: Goals in Fiction
Gigi McAllister leads a group of fourth graders in discussing characters and their quests or goals in the story.
Partner Reading: Quick Share
Gigi McAllister has two reading partners in her fourth-grade classroom do a quick practice of retelling their stories.
First-Grade Conference: Information Writing
Stella Villalba confers with Esmeralda about her information writing on blue jays.
Reading Minilesson: Theme
Dana Murphy leads a reading minilesson on theme in fifth grade, explaining how students might think more deeply about themes through characters’ problems.
Planning Writing in Kindergarten
Hayley Whitaker leads a minilesson in kindergarten on how to plan a narrative writing draft.
First Grade Minilesson: Connections
Melissa Atwood leads her first-grade class with a minilesson early in the school year on making connections to text.
Conferring over Motivation and Genre
Christy Rush-Levine confers with Griffin over his reading responses. They consider the differences between dystopian literature and realistic fiction, as well as what motivates characters.
First-Grade Conference: Repeated Phrases in Writing
Bitsy Parks confers with Michael about his gingerbread man writing. She encourages him to use a repeated phrase in the writing, echoing a whole-class lesson on repeated phrases.
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