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Assessing First-Grade Learning
Jason DiCarlo leads a first-grade study group as they discuss different options for young learners to demonstrate understanding beyond written responses.
Case Studies All Year Long
Kathy Provost and Heather Fisher talk with reading specialists about the value of following a case study over an entire year.
Coaching Minute: Lesson Planning Form
Kathy Provost and Heather Fisher talk about the value of using a lesson planning form with teachers as a shared record of plans, action, and reflection in coaching sessions. The...
Grammar Instruction in Fourth Grade
Melanie Meehan coaches a fourth-grade teacher who is trying to improve his grammar instruction.
Reflecting and Planning for Summer Reading
Tammy Mulligan helps Katie, a sixth grader who lacks confidence in her reading abilities, reflect on her strengths and make plans for summer reading. This demonstration conference includes a prebrief...
First-Grade Demonstration Group: Why Read?
A first-grade teacher shares a guilty secret: she isn't sure some of her students have an innate sense of the value of reading. Clare Landrigan leads a demonstration group to...
Exit Slips for Reflection and Planning
In this video, Kathy Provost and Heather Fisher use exit slips to assess the success of a professional development session and plan next steps.
Coaching Minute: Selecting Books for Teachers
Kathy Provost and Heather Fisher share some criteria for selecting books for teachers to open doors and conversations.
Coaching Minute: Better Data Meetings
In this brief video, Heather Fisher and Kathy Provost explain why turning data meetings over to reading specialists has had such a positive effect on schools in their district. ...
First-Grade Partner Reading
Clare Landrigan leads a demonstration lesson to show first-grade reading partners how to work together. The demonstration includes a prebrief and debrief with the teacher.
Planning Family Literacy Night
Heather Fisher and Kathy Provost work with a group of reading specialists to plan a family literacy night.
Confidence Through Poetry
In this demonstration conference, Clare Landrigan works with Lexi, a student who is developing confidence as a writer through exploring poetry, and transferring that learning to other subject areas. The...
Coaching Minute: Case Studies with Reading Specialists
Heather Fisher and Kathy Provost talk about how case studies have changed their work with literacy specialists over the past year in this brief video.
Demonstration Lesson: First-Grade Talk Prompts
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.
Demonstration Lesson Planning: First-Grade Talk Prompts
Heather Fisher plans a lesson with a first-grade teacher as part of a cycle focused on improving classroom talk. This is the first video in a two-part series.
Common Planning Meeting: Third-Grade Notebooks
In this excerpt from a common planning meeting, Kathy Provost works with third-grade teachers who are focused on improving their use of student notebooks across the curriculum.
Coaching Minute: Considering Language
Heather Fisher and Kathy Provost share subtle changes in the language they are using with teachers to foster more collaboration.
Coaching Minute: Literacy Master Document
Kathy Provost and Heather Fisher explain how the Literacy Master Document has simplified and improved their coaching.
Beanstalk Play for Literacy
Clare Landrigan works with a kindergarten group to foster literacy through play in this demonstration small group. The lesson includes a prebrief and debrief with the teacher.
Demonstration Small Group: Note Taking and Text Structure
Tammy Mulligan helps fourth graders develop note-taking skills in this demonstration small group. The lesson includes a prebrief and debrief with the teacher.
Collections to Spark Writing
Clare Landrigan uses collections as a tool to spark writing among first graders during an upcoming vacation. This demonstration small-group lesson includes prebrief and debrief sessions with the children's teacher.
