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- 04/08/20 | Adjusted: 10/05/20 | 1 file
- Grades K-5
- 04/08/20 | Adjusted: 10/05/20 | 1 file
Guidance for Educators Using a Balanced Literacy Program
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Improve instruction and help all students achieve at high levels by making these research-based adjustments to your balanced literacy program. This guidance outlines some of the most common challenges of a balanced literacy model, how they can impede students’ learning, and how you can adapt your reading program to better serve students.
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Guidance for Educators Using a Balanced Literacy Program
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The Importance of Building Knowledge (International Dyslexia Association)
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How Knowledge Helps (AFT)
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Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books (Social Justice Books)
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Read-Aloud Lessons with Companion Text Sets
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Press Play: Building Knowledge through Podcasts
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How to Create Book Baskets
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Book Baskets that Build Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Engagement
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Limiting Children to Books They Can Already Read (AFT)
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Do Leveled Readers Hurt or Help My English Learners? (ELSF)
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Considering Reading Instruction with the End in Mind
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The Daily Write: Strategies to Help Students Engage in Daily Writing Practice
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Limiting Teacher Talk, Increasing Student Work
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Talk Moves (ELSF)
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Scaffolds to Support English Language Learners in Writing and Discussion
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Creating a Language-Rich Text Set to Empower English Learners
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An Introduction to Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (Teaching Tolerance)
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Start with Responsive (Zaretta Hammond - CRT & The Brain)
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Reading Your Way to a Culturally Responsive Classroom (NAEYC)
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Culturally Responsive Scorecard (Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools - NYU)
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Assessing Bias In Standards and Curricular Materials (The Great Lakes Equity Center)
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Classroom Library Questionnaire (Lee & Low Books)
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Reading Diversity: A Tool for Selecting Diverse Texts (Teaching Tolerance)
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Developing LGBTQ - Inclusive Classroom Resources (GLSEN)
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Freedom Reads: Anti-Bias Book Talk Series (Social Justice Books)
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Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors (Rudine Sims Bishop)
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You Have a List of Culturally Responsive Texts, Now What?
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Learning Through Literature (Junko Yokota)
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K-2 Instructional Practice Guide for Observation