Teaching the Best Practice Way

Contents......Page 5
Contributed Pieces......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Prologue......Page 17
CHAPTER 1: How to Teach......Page 25
Waters School: Where Fresh Ideas Flow......Page 31
CHAPTER 2: Reading-as-Thinking......Page 49
Thinking About Our Reading in First Grade......Page 63
Frontloading Instruction: Helping Children Think Through Expository Text......Page 68
Thinking Tools and Talkworthy Texts......Page 72
K-W-L+ in Action......Page 79
Reading a Work of Art......Page 87
CHAPTER 3: Representing-to-Learn......Page 93
How to Help Your Kids Compose and Publish a Whole-Class Big Book......Page 101
WGST-TV Is on the Air......Page 105
A River of Miracles by Waters School......Page 110
The Dance of Mitosis......Page 116
Jotting and Sketching: Twenty-Three Ways to Use a Sketchbook......Page 119
CHAPTER 4: Small-Group Activities......Page 131
Small-Group Tours of the Moon......Page 139
Literature Circles in Third Grade......Page 146
Student Survey Teams: Asking Questions, Seeking Solutions......Page 152
Collaborative Digital Storytelling......Page 158
Centers and Stations: Decentralizing the Classroom, K–12......Page 162
CHAPTER 5: Classroom Workshop......Page 168
Writing Workshop in Kindergarten......Page 175
A Young Scientist’s Workshop......Page 180
A Community of Mathematicians......Page 190
Conferences: The Core of the Workshop......Page 198
CHAPTER 6: Authentic Experiences......Page 208
“Me” Portfolios: The Way to a Classroom’s Heart......Page 214
Carver’s Woods: Science in a Dump......Page 219
Home Improvement: Remodeling Mathematically......Page 223
Using Primary Sources: Bringing Literature and Students to Center Stage......Page 227
Crimes Against Humanity: A Simulation of Prejudice......Page 233
CHAPTER 7: Reflective Assessment......Page 238
Reflective Assessment in First Grade......Page 251
Reflection and Metacognition: Thinking About Our Thinking......Page 258
Understanding Mathematical Concepts Through Performance Assessment......Page 268
Skit with Narration......Page 275
Graduation by Portfolio......Page 280
CHAPTER 8: Integrative Units......Page 285
Under Lake Michigan......Page 296
Immigration and Family History Through the Arts: A Story in Many Voices......Page 299
Show Me the Money......Page 307
Voting with Your Wallet: Media Literacy in the Modern Age......Page 313
You Want Fries with That?......Page 318
Epilogue......Page 324
Contributors......Page 329
References......Page 334
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W......Page 358
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