Recent Changes

CONTROL THE GAME SKILLS
Keep Durations Unpredictable: "When you ask a student to read aloud during class, that student is the primary reader. As the designation suggests, this student is not the only reader. While the practice the primary reader gets is critical, the actions and focus of all other students are also critical: they must become secondary readers. So when you identify your primary reader, don't specify how long you want him to read before he actually begins." (page 257)
Reader Unpredictable: "If you move quickly from one primary reader to another, students focus more closely on following along. This is doubly true if they don't know who the next primary reader will be."
Keep Durations Short: "Reading for short segments maximizes the concentration of the primary reader. It allows students to invest expressive energy in reading and focus intently on and sustain fluent and even dramatic reading. This yields higher-quality oral reading and makes the lesson more engaging. Moving quickly among primary readers also keeps the pacing lively."
Reduce Transaction Costs: "A transaction cost is the amount of resources needed to execute an exchange; it can be economic, verbal, or something else."
The Fundamentals: Teaching Decoding, Vocabulary Development, and Fluency (pages 263-282)
Comprehension: Teaching Students to Understand What They Read (pages 283-308)

Challenging Students to Think Critically: Additional Techniques for Questioning and Responding to Students (pages 235-248)
PART TWO: HELPING STUDENTS GET THE MOST OUT OF READING: CRITICAL SKILLS AND TECHNIQUESHow All Teachers Can (and Must) Be Reading Teachers (pages 249-262)
Making Reading Instruction Productive and Accountable: Control The Game
CONTROL THE GAME SKILLS
Keep Durations Unpredictable: "When you ask a student to read aloud during class, that student is the primary reader. As the designation suggests, this student is not the only reader. While the practice the primary reader gets is critical, the actions and focus of all other students are also critical: they must become secondary readers. So when you identify your primary reader, don't specify how long you want him to read before he actually begins." (page 257)
Keep the Identity of the Next Reader Unpredictable:
The Fundamentals: Teaching Decoding, Vocabulary Development, and Fluency (pages 263-282)
Comprehension: Teaching Students to Understand What They Read (pages 283-308)

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My intent is to create a Wiki where the information is in one location. This last year we used email and Google docs. By the end of the year, I needed to refer to the date the email or Google Doc was sent.
In the future I plan to add the Iowa Core/MISIC standards by grade level, and a "Staff Handbook".

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Evaluation Yearly Schedule {Eval & Ind Schedule.pdf}
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{Observation Reflection Form.pages} Certified Staff who will be evaluated this year: Please submit this completed form to your Building Administrator within 2 school days after the Formal Evaluation.
Evaluation Yearly Schedule {Eval & Ind Schedule.pdf}
Updated Iowa Teaching Standards & Criterion {IOWA TEACHING STANDARDS.pdf}