Ranked #1
Overview of Units of Study for Teaching Reading
Overview of Units of Study for Teaching Reading
Lucy Calkins, founding director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University, gives an ove... Read more
25 Aug 2010
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11mins
Ranked #2
Architecture of a Reading Workshop Lesson
Architecture of a Reading Workshop Lesson
An overview of the different types of minilessons and essential elements of elementary reading lessons using the reading... Read more
16 Aug 2010
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19mins
Ranked #3
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) for Response to Intervention (RtI)
Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) for Response to Intervention (RtI)
Literacy consultant Joyce Gordon interviews guided reading intervention experts and educational authors Irene Fountas an... Read more
2 Aug 2010
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58mins
Ranked #4
Balancing Workshops with Basal Reading Programs
Balancing Workshops with Basal Reading Programs
Lucy Calkins, author of the Units of Study reading workshop model, explains how to strike a balance between the reading/... Read more
21 Jul 2010
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5mins
Ranked #5
Principles for Success with Response to Intervention (RTI)
Principles for Success with Response to Intervention (RTI)
Mary Howard, author of RTI from All Sides, talks with Heinemann consultant Judy Wallis about RTI and what it means for t... Read more
22 Sep 2009
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47mins
Ranked #6
An Introduction to Writing Circles
An Introduction to Writing Circles
Smokey Daniels (Literature Circles and Mini-lessons for Literature Circles) talks with Jim Vopat about what Writing Circ... Read more
17 Aug 2009
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30mins
Ranked #7
Getting the Teaching Life You Want
Getting the Teaching Life You Want
Steve Zemelman and Harry Ross (authors of 13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment) interview two teachers who got the teaching l... Read more
23 Nov 2009
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31mins
Ranked #8
Vocabulary Instruction to Boost Student Achievement
Vocabulary Instruction to Boost Student Achievement
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey share tips and principles of vocabulary instruction from their latest book on providing ef... Read more
11 Aug 2010
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9mins
Ranked #9
The Writing Process: Starting a Book
The Writing Process: Starting a Book
Kylene Beers and Robert Probst talk with author Chris Crutcher about how he begins writing a book.
24 Aug 2009
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4mins
Ranked #10
Engaging and Motivating Clock-Watching Students
Engaging and Motivating Clock-Watching Students
Clock Watchers authors Stevi Quate and John McDermott find out just how dramatic an effect the Six Cs of motivation and ... Read more
29 Jan 2010
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21mins