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1. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Depend on the Text! How to Create Text-Dependent Questions
   Teachers need to create text-dependent questions to elicit close reading. When answering these questions, students learn to reread and think deeply about the text.
2. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Exit Slips
   This strategy guide introduces the concept of using Exit Slips in the classroom to help students reflect on what they have learned and express what or how they are thinking about the new information. Exit Slips easily incorporate writing into the content area classroom and require students to think critically.
3. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Get Close to Think Deeply: Creating Primary-Level Close Readings
   Close readings allow primary students to engage with complex texts. Through repeated reading, students build a deep understanding of the text and critical thinking skills.
4. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Inquiry Charts (I-Charts)
   This guide introduces I-Charts, a strategy that enables students to generate meaningful questions about a topic and organize their writing.
5. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Strategy Guide
   Introducing Ideas and Vocabulary with the Concept Sort
   A Concept Sort is a vocabulary and comprehension strategy used with students to introduce new topics and/or familiarize students with new vocabulary.
6. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Strategy Guide
   Making Connections
   In this strategy guide, you'll learn to model how students can make three different kinds of connections (text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world). Students then use this knowledge to find their own personal connections to a text.
7. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Promote Deep Thinking! How to Choose a Complex Text
   Complex texts promote deep thinking and critical analysis by students. Through close reading of a complex text, students' independent reading abilities also increase.
8. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Question the Author (QtA)
   In this guide, you'll be introduced to a strategy that requires students to challenge their understanding and solidify their knowledge while reading a text.