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1. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Acting Out: Literature, Drama, and Connecting With History
   The article includes recommendations for teachers interested in integrating literature, drama, and history.
2. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Close reading in elementary schools
   Close reading is a recommended instructional approach to meet the challenges of teaching complex texts. But close readings are more common in high school and college than in elementary schools. In this article, we identify the components of close reading that were developed after a group of elementary school teachers observed their colleges in high school. In addition, we focus on the modifications necessary to implement close reading in elementary schools.
3. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Conversation: The Comprehension Connection
   Conversation provides opportunities for students to practice and use cognitive strategies, and is critical for developing comprehension.
4. Professional Development | Grades   2 – 7  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Creating Lifelong Readers Through Independent Reading
   This book provides information on the benefits of independent reading, how to set up a classroom library, and ways to actively engage students in independent reading.
5. Professional Development | Grades   2 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Digital Readers: The Next Chapter in E-Book Reading and Response
   This article discusses the use of digital e-book readers in the classroom.
6. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3, 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Exploring the Use of the iPad for Literacy Learning
   The goal of this investigation was to explore how a fourth grade teacher could integrate iPads into her literacy instruction to simultaneously teach print-based and digital literacy goals.
7. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Guided Comprehension in Grades 3-8
   This book has everything you need to use the Guided Comprehension Model effectively with students in in upper elementary and middle school.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Literacy + Math = Creative Connections in the Elementary Classroom
   This book details the importance of establishing a literacy-mathematics connection for students and offers suggestions and ideas for improving math skills while fostering literacy growth.
9. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Looking Inside Classrooms: Reflecting on the "How" as Well as the "What" in Effective Reading Instruction
   This article presents the classroom practices that were the most useful for improving students' reading ability.
10. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Moving Beyond the Page in Content Area Literacy: Comprehension Instruction for Multimodal Texts in Science
    To be literate in the 21st century, students need to be able to evaluate and create texts using multiple forms of representation.

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