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The video collections here are linked from Teaching Channel, PBS Learning Media, YouTube, Dr. Anita Archer's Explicit Instruction, and the Teachers' College of Reading and Writing.

Literacy In Action for Kindergarten Teachers

• Improving K-3 Comprehension
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5 
  • Part 6
• Interactive Read Aloud: Science
• ​Reading Workshop​
• Close Reading with Emerging Readers
• Informational Text: Think, Pair, Share​
• ​Character Analysis and Sequencing​
• ​Comparing & Contrasting Fairy Tales
• ​Vocabulary Instruction PD Series
• Comprehension PD Series

• Teaching Effective Writers
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
• Reading/Writing and Role Playing
• ​Teaching Spelling Patterns in Writing​
• Informational Writing
• Domain Specific Vocab in Writing​
• Circle Maps Organizer
• Media Integration PD Series

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

• Formative Assessment: 

          Speaking/Listening​​

• Respectful Talk
  
• Growing from Peer Feedback

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