What’s Talkworthy? Demonstration Small Group

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Assessing Reading in Sixth Grade

Tammy Mulligan

Tammy Mulligan confers with sixth grader Jordyn, assessing her reading before summer break. The conference includes a prebrief and debrief with Jordyn's teacher.

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Something to Talk (and Write) About

Shari Frost

Are too many guided reading groups in the primary grades focused on print processing? Shari Frost discovers that teachers may focus little on helping children make meaning from emergent texts because there is so little to talk about in them. In this book list, she suggest texts that can spark lively discussions among even the youngest readers.

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Demonstration Lesson: First-Grade Talk Prompts

Heather Fisher

Heather Fisher presents a lesson with a first-grade teacher as part of a cycle focused on improving classroom talk. This is the second video in a two-part series.