Literacy Development
Professional Book Hooks (continued)
Game Changer! Book Hook
Join us for an after-school session as we explore Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids by best-selling author Donalyn Miller and fifth-grade teacher Colby Sharp. Learn new strategies and put them into action in your classroom the very next day.
Recommended for: K–12 teachers, instructional coaches, and instructional leaders Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 860948 Virtual: 714454 Participants: Up to 30 per session Comes with 30 copies of Game Changer! Recommended for: Grades 2–6 teachers, instructional coaches, and instructional leaders Time: Three hours Item #s: In-Person: 860947 Virtual: 714467 Participants: Up to 30 per session Comes with 30 copies of Mastering Short- Response Writing: Claim It! Cite It! Cement It!
Learning outcomes: • Develop a community of readers eager to share and discuss books • Find new ways to use your classroom library to support instruction • Encourage students to develop independent reading habits in class and at home • Organize your classroom library so children can find what they want to read • Plan initiatives to improve book access community-wide
Mastering Short-Response Writing Book Hook
During this session, we’ll explore Alan Sitomer’s Claim It! Cite It! Cement It! framework for helping students grasp the fundamentals of composing argumentative and expository short responses—a valuable lifelong skill that applies across disciplines.
Learning outcomes: • Understand proven strategies that build argumentative and expository writing skills • Integrate practices that prepare students to respond to a range of writing prompts • Support the development of lifelong writing skills by focusing on principles of strong short-response writing • Build confidence in struggling writers with an approach that scaffolds students toward concise composition • Use assessment results to inform the next phase of writing instruction
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