2. A truly good book teaches me better than
to read it. I must soon lay it down, and
commence living on its hint. What I
began by reading, I must finish by
acting.
Henry David Thoreau
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3.  Shared Reading / Interactive
Read-Aloud
 Guided Reading
 Independent Reading
 Word Study / Word Work
 Writing

4.  Literacy Block Management
› Literacy Workstations
› Daily 5
 Assessment
› Using assessment data to guide instruction
 Literature Circles
 Inquiry Based Learning
› Junior Great Books
 Other?

5.  Tip of the Week
 Great teachers are not born, they are
taught. ~ Deborah Ball, Dean of
University of Michigan.

6. What is your focus?

7. 21 Strategies
 The format is up to us…
The 21 strategies included
in Powerful Designs for
Professional Learning:
•Accessing student voices
•Action research
•Assessment as
professional development
•Case discussions
•Critical Friends groups
•Curriculum design
•Data analysis
•Immersing teachers in
practice
•Journaling
•Lesson study
•Mentoring
•Peer coaching
•Portfolios for educators
•School coaching
•Shadowing students
•Standards in practice
•Study groups
•Training the trainer
•Tuning protocols
•Visual dialogue