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1. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Strategy Guide
   Choral Reading
   During choral reading, students read together orally. Repeated, supported reading helps students read with greater expression and read unfamiliar words with greater ease.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Professional Development | Grades   K – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Guided Writing
   This strategy guide explains how to use small-group, guided writing instruction to teach students effective strategies and improve their ability to produce text independently.
6. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Strategy Guide
   Implementing the Writing Process
   This strategy guide explains the writing process and offers practical methods for applying it in your classroom to help students become proficient writers.
7. 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.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Strategy Guide
   Peer Review
   This strategy guide explains how you can employ peer review in your classroom, guiding students as they offer each other constructive feedback to improve their writing and communication skills.
9. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Strategy Guide
   Performing Poetry
   Performing poetry incorporates oral reading, literature, and the performing arts. This strategy can benefit content area readers, English language learners, or learners with special needs.
10. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Strategy Guide
    Persuasive Writing
    This strategy guide focuses on persuasive writing and offers specific methods on how you can help your students use it to improve their critical writing and thinking skills.

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