Module Overview

  • 1

    Overview of Resources

    • TCSS Professional Learning Suite - Overview of Tools
  • 2

    Student-Friendly Learning Targets

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

    • TOOL: Student-Friendly Learning Targets (PDF)
  • 3

    Post, Discuss, Reference (PDR)

    • TOOL: Post, Discuss, Reference (PDF)
  • 4

    Questioning in Style

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Questioning in Style

    • TOOL: Questioning in Style (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Questioning Stem Menu

    • 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)
  • 5

    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: Reading for Meaning in the Classroom (Video)

    • Moving Reading for Meaning to the Classroom
  • 6

    Window Notes

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Window Notes

    • TOOL: Window Notes (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Window Notes (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: Window Notes (Poster)

    • Moving Window Notes to the Classroom

    • VIDEO RESOURCE: Window Notes in the Classroom (Poetry Lesson)
  • 7

    Math Notes

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Math Notes

    • PD RESOURCE: Math Notes (Tool)

    • PD RESOURCE: Math Notes (Poster)

    • Moving Math Notes to the Classroom
  • 8

    Interaction in an Instant

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Interaction in an Instant

    • TOOL: Interaction in an Instant (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Clock Partners (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: Give One, Get One (Classroom Poster)

    • PD RESOURCE (VIDEO): Give One, Get One in the Classroom

    • PD RESOURCE (VIDEO): Physical Barometer in the Classroom
  • 9

    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)
  • 10

    Because

    • VIDEO TUTORIAL: Because

    • TOOL: Because (PDF)

    • PD RESOURCE: Because (Classroom Poster)
  • 11

    Designing Great Comparison Lessons

    • 📽️ VIDEO TUTORIAL: Designing Great Comparison Lessons

    • KEY CONTENT CUES for Designing Great Comparison Lessons

    • PD RESOURCE: 100+ Compare & Contrast Topics

    • PD RESOURCE: Description Organizer (Fillable)

    • PD RESOURCE: Top Hat Organizer (Fillable)

    • TOOL (Full Text): Describe First, Compare Second
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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)