Module Overview

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    Overview

    • Professional Learning Suite - Overview of Tools

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    Reading for Meaning

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Reading for Meaning

    • 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 (VIDEO): Reading for Meaning in the Classroom

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    Window Notes

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Window Notes

    • TOOL: Window Notes (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Window Notes (Classroom Poster)

    • VIDEO RESOURCE: Window Notes in the Classroom (Poetry Lesson)

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    Math Notes

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Math Notes

    • TOOL: Math Notes (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Math Notes (Classroom Poster)

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    Comparison (How-To Guide)

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Designing Great Comparison Lessons (with Matthew Perini)

    • PD RESOURCE: 100+ Compare & Contrast Topics

    • PD RESOURCE: Description Organizer (Fillable)

    • PD RESOURCE: Top Hat Organizer (Fillable)

    • PD RESOURCE: Describe First, Compare Second (Tool)

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    Questioning in Style

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Questioning in Style

    • TOOL: Questioning in Style (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Questioning in Style (Classroom Poster)

    • PD RESOURCE: Questioning in Style (Fillable Organizer)

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

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    Because

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Because

    • TOOL: Because (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Because (Classroom Poster)

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    3C Word Walls

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: 3C Word Walls

    • COMPANION VIDEO: Tools to Make Vocabulary Learning Active and Deep

    • PD RESOURCE: Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (Tool)

    • PD RESOURCE: Defining Knowledge (Tool)

    • PD RESOURCE: Association Triangles (Tool)

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    The Power of Pause

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: The Power of Pause

    • TOOL: The Power of Pause (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: The Power of Pause (Classroom Poster)

    • PD RESOURCE: Kindling a Question (Classroom Poster)

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    Scavenger Hunt

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Scavenger Hunt

    • PD RESOURCE: Scavenger Hunt (Fillable Organizer)

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    Effort Tracker

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Effort Tracker

    • PD RESOURCE: Effort Tracker Form (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: Fine-Tune Your Feedback (Tool)

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    Task Rotation

    • TOOL: Task Rotation (PDF)

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    Planning & Reflection Resources

    • Planning a Tool (Fillable Form)

    • Reflecting On My Practice (Fillable Form)

    • Reflecting on My Practice (Sample Teacher Response)