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Object Poetry Lesson in Second Grade
Linda Karamatic explores poetry with her second graders. She displays poems students have written and teaches them about fresh language using a poem about a pencil sharpener. ...
Story Play with The Grouchy Ladybug
In this demonstration small group, Clare Landrigan leads kindergartners in a story play session featuring The Grouchy Ladybug. The lesson includes a prebrief and debrief with the classroom teacher.
Grammar Instruction in Fourth Grade
Melanie Meehan coaches a fourth-grade teacher who is trying to improve his grammar instruction.
Writing Minilesson: Feelings
Katrina Edwards uses books from read alouds as mentor texts for writing minilessons in her first-grade classroom. In this example she focuses on character feelings.
Conferring in First Grade: Focus on Goals and Strengths
Katrina Edwards confers with first grader Wyatt about his goal of increasing the volume of his reading, helping him self-assess what's going well and what lies ahead.
Planning for a Third-Grade Demonstration Group on Citing Evidence
Kathy Provost works with a third-grade teacher to plan a demonstration small group on citing evidence. They begin with observations from the previous day's instruction to determine the group's needs....
Third-Grade Demonstration Group on Citing Evidence
Kathy Provost works with a third-grade teacher to lead a demonstration small group on citing evidence. This is the second video in a three-part series.
Debrief of Third-Grade Demonstration Group on Citing Evidence
Kathy Provost and a third-grade teacher debrief after a demonstration small group on citing evidence. This is the third video in a three-part series.
Big Question Minilesson
Katherine Sokolowski models how readers make choices as questions arise while reading independently, and demonstrates how she moves between a novel and Web resources.
The Importance of Context Minilesson
Christy Rush-Levine shares a vivid anecdote with her middle school students to highlight the importance of context in literary analysis.
Close Attention and Reading Response: Conferring with Tori
Christy confers with eighth grader Tori about her reading response to Why We Broke Up. She encourages Tori to make connections between the characters in her current book and her...
Minilesson: How to Retell a Story
Katrina Edwards uses They All Saw a Cat and Be a Friend for a minilesson with her first-grade students on how to retell stories with a partner during reading workshop....
Nonfiction Notes: Demonstration Small Group
Tammy Mulligan leads a demonstration small group with fourth graders focused on nonfiction note taking. The lesson includes prebrief and debrief sessions with the classroom teacher.
First-Grade Team: Next Steps
Heather Fisher leads a first-grade teaching team as they plan action steps to take before their next monthly meeting.
Quick-Write with a Video Prompt
Katherine Sokolowski refreshes the quick-write routine in her fifth-grade classroom by using a video as a prompt.
First-Grade Conference: Stretching Writing
Katrina Edwards helps first grader Dylan stretch out his writing with details by having him talk through playing with friends near his home.
Teaching Fifth Graders to Make Peer Recommendations
Katherine Sokolowski scaffolds Liam and Caden through the process of learning to recommend books to each other.
Fourth-Grade Advanced Readers: Planning
Kathy Provost helps a fourth-grade teacher plan how to support advanced readers in a demonstration small group. This is the first video in a three-part series.
Fourth-Grade Advanced Readers: Demonstration Lesson
Kathy Provost helps a fourth-grade teacher support advanced readers in a demonstration small group. This is the second video in a three-part series.
Fourth-Grade Advanced Readers: Debrief
Kathy Provost debriefs with a fourth-grade teacher after supporting advanced readers in a demonstration small group. This is the final video in a three-part series.
“If You Like” Reading Recommendations Conference
Katherine Sokolowski confers with fifth grader Taryn, connecting her love of Rick Riordan books with other reading possibilities.
