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Community Inquiry
Text-based Fishbowl
A strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions. Students are separated into an inner and outer circle. In the inner circle, or fishbowl, students have a text-based discussion; students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes.
July 13, 2014
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Close and Critical Reading
Text Graffiti
This strategy exposes students to multiple short pieces of a text before they read it in its entirety. Students read selected quotes out of context and comment on both the selection and the comments of other students. The activity ends with students reflecting on their reactions to and predictions about the text.
July 19, 2014
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Responding to the Read-Aloud Text
Shared Reading
During shared reading, learners observe experts reading with fluency and expression while following along or otherwise engaging with the text. This strategy should focus on a specific instructional element (or mini lesson) that improves targeted reading comprehension skills while promoting the joy of reading.
July 19, 2014
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Speak Truth To Power
Speak Truth To Power creates a new generation of students leaders who are not only aware of human rights abuses, but prepared to do something about them.
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An Urgent Message from Teaching Tolerance
When the news about the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School broke on Friday, we quickly issued some advice for teachers heading back to school on Monday.
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Toolkit for “Buttoned Down”
Students, parents and administrators have hotly debated the issue of school uniforms for decades. Proponents of school uniforms believe that they save money, prevent violence, alleviate social pressures and improve
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Students Activists Need Our Support
A pair of news stories this week reported that students were being silenced and punished when they attempted to speak up for others. This is disappointing.
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Word Work
Concept Sort
A concept sort is a comprehension strategy in which students sort new vocabulary into categories.
July 19, 2014
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