Module Overview

  • 1

    Overview of Tools

    • Tools for Improving Teaching & Learning
  • 2

    Single-Sentence Summaries

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Single-Sentence Summaries

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Single-Sentence Summaries (PDF)

    • Moving Single-Sentence Summaries to the Classroom
  • 3

    Describe First, Compare Second

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Describe First, Compare Second

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Describe First, Compare Second (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Description Organizer (Fillable PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Top Hat Organizer (Fillable PDF)
  • 4

    Math Notes

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Math Notes

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Math Notes (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Math Notes (Poster)

    • Moving Math Notes to the Classroom
  • 5

    Questioning in Style

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Questioning in Style

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Questioning in Style (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Questioning in Style (Classroom Poster)

    • PD RESOURCE: Questioning in Style (Fillable Planning Form)

    • PD RESOURCE: My Questioning in Style Responses (Fillable Student Organizer)
  • 6

    Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (VKR)

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (PDF)
  • 7

    Speak-Up Stems

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Speak-Up Stems (PDF)
  • 8

    Visualizing Vocabulary

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Visualizing Vocabulary

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Visualizing Vocabulary (PDF)

    • Moving Visualizing Vocabulary to the Classroom
  • 9

    Memory Box Showdown

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Memory Box Showdown (PDF)
  • 10

    Reading for Meaning

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Reading for Meaning

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Reading for Meaning (PDF)

    • SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEO: How to Craft Powerful Reading for Meaning Statements

    • SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCE: Designing RFM Statements to Develop a Wide Range of Reading Skills

    • PD RESOURCE: Gettysburg Address (Sample Lesson)

    • PD RESOURCE: Reading for Meaning in the Classroom (Video)

    • Moving Reading for Meaning to the Classroom
  • 11

    Student-Friendly Learning Targets

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Student-Friendly Learning Targets (with Post, Discuss, Reference)

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Student-Friendly Learning Targets (PDF)

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Post, Discuss, Reference (PDF)
  • 12

    Effort Tracker

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Effort Tracker

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Effort Tracker (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Effort Tracker Form (Fillable Organizer)

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Fine-Tune Your Feedback (PDF)
  • 13

    Main Idea

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Main Idea (PDF)
  • 14

    Interactive Note Making

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Interactive Note Making

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Interactive Note Making (PDF)

    • Moving Interactive Note Making to the Classroom
  • 15

    Procedural PRO

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Procedural PRO

    • FULL-TEXT TOOL: Procedural PRO (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: How to be a PRO at Procedures (Student Handout)