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with rigor
& urgencyTeaching with
Timers, tables
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Without Teaching to the Test
Urgency
High & wide text reading
Tier 1 Core Instruction
Tier 1 Core Practice
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Key Data details detective
“One of the beauties of teaching is that there is no limit to one’s growth as a
teacher, just as there is no knowing
beforehand how much your students can learn.” –Herbert Kohl
Helping Kids Get in the Right Lane
Fiction NF Article Poem Song
CharacterProblemSolutionChanges
What is the structure?
What features can
help me?Mostly About
Big IdeaBigger IdeaKey Details
What is the author’s
message?What did he want me to
think or understand?
What is thisreally about?
Who is talking?
How does the author want me to feel?
What is the tune? How does it go?What’s the
feeling?What’s the message?
Standards Pop QuizWrite a summary of the key details.
What does the word “meander” mean?
How did the character change?
Who’s point of view is this story?
Infer why the river is polluted?
Compare two versions of The 3 Pigs.
Agree or disagree with the author?
What text structure is this article?
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Theme, Lesson& summary
Summary, Big Ideas,Main Ideas & Details
VocabularyFigurative Language
Vocabulary in theContent Areas
Plot, Characters Connectedness between People, Places, Things
Point of View Point of View
Literal & InferentialComp w/ Evidence
Literal & InferentialComp w/ Evidence
Compare/ContrastTwo Texts
Compare/ContrastTwo Texts
Text Structures Text Structures(text features)
Evaluate Author’s Claims & Reasons
Text & Visual Integration Text & Visual Integration
Text Complexity Text Complexity
TRC Analysis – 3rd
Level L (Benchmark O)Accuracy 96% - No S/C Oral Comprehension:2-Literal3-Inference3-Critical3-Creative• M S V - leaves off or changes around word endings• M S V - said sprayed for spreads“its toes to walk across the lilypads. [Who sprays out
their toes?”
TRC Intervention Recommendations:• Teach self-monitoring when things don’t sound right.• Teach him to visually attend to word endings.• Teach him some visualization strategies by drawing out
sentences and one topic at a time. • Teach use of graphing to organize story details with a
focus on standards 1, 2, 3.
Historical Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Fantasy Fiction
Informational/ Non-FictionPoetry
A Balanced Reading Diet –www.helloliteracy.blogspot.com
A Balanced Reading Diet
Low PrepHigh Yieldteaching & learning every ELA area at Tier 1
“Teaching and learning at higher levels means planning for higher level teaching and learning.”
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