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Literacy In Action for Second Grade Teachers

• Improving K-3 Comprehension
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5 
  • Part 6
• Reading Workshop
• Interactive Read Aloud​
• Interactive Read Aloud: Science
• Shared Reading
• Study Squares: Comprehension Strategy
• Cajun Tall Tale Lesson Idea
• Identifying Characteristics
• Making Predictions: Using Magnets
• Questioning to Build Comprehension
• Using Photographs to Explore the Past
• Preteaching Vocabulary
• Vocabulary Instruction​

• ​Teaching Effective Writers
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
• Narrative Writing in 2nd Grade
• Information Writing 
• Teaching Spelling Patterns in Writing​
• Writing Closings
• Reading/Writing and Role Playing
• Intro to Technology Integration​
• Modeling: Zoom Out Strategy
• Circle Maps Organizer​
• Making a Claim in Science

• ​Foundational Reading: Fluency
• ​Decoding PD Series​
• Explicit Phonics Instruction​
• Phonological Awareness: 

         Strategies​ ​​

• ​​Accountable Talk in Science
• Formative Assessment: 

          Speaking/Listening

• ​Respectful Talk​
• Growing from Peer Feedback​
• ​Active Participation​

• Five Keys to Assessment​
• Targeting Learning with Success Criteria
• Monitoring Progress