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| How do I hold effective
in-service and maintain and update knowledge? |
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Guided
Reading |
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Link a concrete experience
from a content area to a specific book |
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Push-in or pull-out for “before
reading” activities (i.e., key vocabulary, build prior knowledge) |
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Picture walk, echo reading |
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Using technology to provide consistent
visuals for “doing the book” |
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Self-Selected Reading |
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“Bless a book”
for students |
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Sharing must be done with special students
(not optional) |
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Converse with students about books |
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Writing |
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Model, accept work at their
levels |
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Encourage (ooh, aah) |
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Make charts with content area concepts,
theme words, “expensive” words |
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Making lists, portable word walls |
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Conduct mini-lessons |
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Provide graphic organizers and frames
with specific instruction |
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Working with Words |
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Connect rhyming patterns with books |
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Assist with context clues |
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