Teaching
with rigor
& urgency Teaching with
Without Teaching Timers, tables
to the Test & talk
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Urgency {Quarter.Week.Session.Minute}
High & wide text reading
Tier 1 Core Instruction
Tier 1 Core Practice
Key Data details detective
“One
of the beauties
of teaching is that
there is no limit to
one’s growth as a
teacher, just as
there is no knowing
beforehand how
much your students
can learn.” –Herbert Kohl
“Independent”
Cooperative (together) – Communication (conversing) – Without Me
Developing Problem-Solvers
in a Student Centered Classroom
Problem Solving
Framework
Helping Kids Get in the Right Lane
Fiction
NF
Article
Poem
Song
Character
Problem
Solution
Changes
What is the
structure?
What
features can
help me?
Mostly About
Big Idea
Bigger Idea
Key Details
What is the
author’s
message?
What did he
want me to
think or
understand?
What is this
really about?
Who is
talking?
How does the
author want
me to feel?
What is the
tune? How
does it go?
What’s the
feeling?
What’s the
message?
What is Fluency?
in school? in life?
automaticity & familiarity
Standards Pop Quiz
Write a _________________
summary of the key details.
What does the _________
word “meander” mean?
How did the character
_______________ change?
Who’s point
of view is this story?
_____________________
Infer
________ why the river is polluted?
Compare
______________ two versions of The 3 Pigs.
What text
structure is this article?
_______________________
Agree
_________ or disagree
_____________ with the author?
2
4
3
6
1
9
5
8
Literal & Inferential
Comp w/ Evidence
Literal & Inferential
Comp w/ Evidence
Theme, Lesson
& summary
Summary, Big Ideas,
Main Ideas & Details
Plot, Characters
Connectedness between
People, Places, Things
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Vocabulary in the
Content Areas
Text Structures
Text Structures
(text features)
Point of View
Point of View
Text & Visual Integration
Text & Visual Integration
Evaluate Author’s Claims &
Reasons
Compare/Contrast
Two Texts
Compare/Contrast
Two Texts
Text Complexity
Text Complexity
Phonemic
Awareness
Compre
-hension
Vocabulary
Phonics
Fluency