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Getting Started with Balanced Literacy and Moving Up |
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Teamwork Helps! (May 21, 2008) |
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How does Moving Up follow the Release of Responsibility model of instruction (April 30, 2008) |
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Differentiated Instruction and Moving Up with Literacy Place (October 30, 2008) |
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Where Do I Begin? Does It Matter If I Start with a Strategy Unit, Guided Reading or a Book Club Unit? (April 16, 2008) |
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Timetabling for Literacy — Including All the Components in a Daily Schedule (January 15, 2009) |
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10 Steps for Getting Started with Moving Up Grade 4 (September 25, 2008) |
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10 Steps for Getting Started with Moving Up Grade 5 (October 2, 2008) |
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10 Steps for Getting Started with Moving Up Grade 6 (January 8, 2009) |
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How Does Moving Up Help with Critical Literacy? (March 5, 2009) |
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Promoting Metacognition (June 11, 2009) |
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How Did It Go? Reflecting on Moving Up (June 22, 2009) |
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Planning for Instruction (September 24, 2009) |
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How Does Moving Up Support English Language Learners? (October 16, 2009) |
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Making Moving Up Your Own (January 8, 2010) |
| How does Moving Up help me with the home-school partnership? (March 2010) |
| Celebrating successes and promoting reflection (June 2010) |
| Do you have information or a video that explains the components of Moving Up? Do you have tips on how to get started with Moving Up in my classroom? (February, 2011) |
Teaching Guides & Tools |
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What's on the Moving Up website? (June 4, 2008) |
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How to find specific strategies, activities, or reproducibles that have been referenced in the Teaching Plans and Guides (May 28, 2008) |
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How and Where Moving Up Addresses Assessment (April 9, 2008) |
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How Can I Use the Moving Up Website Effectively in My Classroom? (May 28, 2009) |
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Using Anchor Charts to Promote Student Success (June 4, 2009) |
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Getting Off to a Good Start: Using Assessment to Drive Instruction (Sept. 17, 2009) |
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Professional Support DVD Discussion Guide (November 13, 2009) |
Grade 4 |
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10 Steps for Getting Started with Moving Up Grade 4 (September 25, 2008) |
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Grade 4 Instructional Flow Chart |
Grade 5 |
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10 Steps for Getting Started with Moving Up Grade 5 (October 2, 2008) |
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Grade 5 Instructional Flow Chart |
Grade 6 |
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10 Steps for Getting Started with Moving Up Grade 6 (January 8, 2009) |
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Grade 6 Instructional Flow Chart |
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Featuring Grade 6 (April 23, 2009) |
Comprehension Strategy Units |
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Is There a Sequence for Using the Comprehension Strategy Units? (April 23, 2008) |
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Teaching a Strategy Unit — Special Focus (March 19, 2009) |
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Teaching a Strategy Unit — From Modelling to Independent Application (March 26, 2009) |
Guided Reading |
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Where do the Guided Reading Texts fit in? (May 9, 2008) |
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If I am teaching procedural writing or narrative writing, which Guided Reading texts support that? (October 9, 2008) |
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What do I do with the rest of the class during Guided Reading? (May 14, 2008) |
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Getting Started with Guided Reading (February 12, 2009) |
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Conducting a Guided Reading Session (February 19, 2009) |
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Are Book Club Groups the Same as Guided Reading Groups? (October 30, 2009) |
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Great Assessment Tools for Monitoring Progress in Guided Reading (January 15, 2010) |
Moving Up Book Clubs |
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Are there books for students reading below the "below level" in the Book Club Units? (October 15, 2008) |
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How are book clubs different from literature circles? (June 12, 2008) |
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Encouraging Productive Group Communications (November 28, 2008) |
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How Do I Create Groups for Book Clubs (March 12, 2009) |
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Book Clubs — Powerful Learning (April 3, 2009) |
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Book Clubs — Final Projects (April 9, 2009) |
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Are Book Club Groups the Same as Guided Reading Groups? (October 30, 2009) |
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Book Clubs — Choosing Texts for Students Well Above or Below (Nov. 20, 2009) |
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'Big Ideas' in Book Clubs (December 11, 2009) |
Media |
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Build Your Own Classroom Media Library (November 6, 2008) |
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Moving Up with Literacy Place features "Polyart" for the media texts! (September 18, 2008) 
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How Does Moving Up Support the Teaching of Media Literacy, Part 1 (May 14, 2009) |
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How Does Moving Up Support the Teaching of Media Literacy, Part 2 (May 21, 2009) |
Reading |
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Pause Points in Moving Up Read Alouds (November 13, 2008) |
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The Reading/Writing Connection (January 29, 2009) |
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How Do I Promote Independent Reading in My Classroom (February 5, 2009) |
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Reader Response Activities (October 1, 2009) |
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Encouraging Student Participation in Shared Reading (October 8, 2009) |
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How Can I Help Students Develop Fluency? (February 2010) |
| How do I organize and use Reader's Notebooks effectively? (April 2010) |
| What Is Independent Reading? Is There a Framework? (October 2010) |
| In what ways does Moving Up support the teaching of point of view, bias, and alternative perspectives? (January, 2011) |
Writing |
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Writing within Balanced Literacy (November 21, 2008) |
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If I am teaching procedural writing or narrative writing, which Guided Reading texts support that? (October 9, 2008) |
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Where can I find the 6+1 Traits of Writing in Moving Up? (Grade 4–5) (June 19, 2008) |
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The Reading/Writing Connection (January 29, 2009) |
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How Does Moving Up Support Non-fiction Writing? (April 16, 2009) |
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Where Do I Find the Traits of Writing in Moving Up? (Oct. 23, 2009) |
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How Does Moving Up Support Writing? (December 4, 2009) |
| What is Guided Writing and how do I use it effectively in my classroom? (May 2010) |
| What is self-selected writing? Why do I need this type of writing in my literacy program? How do I get started with self-selected writing? (November 2010) |
| How do I organize and use Writer's Notebooks effectively? (December 2010) |
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How can we effectively use computers and technology with the Moving Up writing materials? (April 2011)
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Are there questions that would be helpful to promote success during a writing conference? (May 2011)
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What types of conferences are effective in stimulating student growth in writing? (June 2011)
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Oral Language |
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Oral Language Strategies (January 22, 2009) |
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How Do I Promote Oral Language Learning? (November 6, 2009) |
| How is it different from other types of talk? Are there specific activities that promote 'accountable talk'? (March, 2011) |
Working with Words |
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How does Moving Up help me to incorporate Working With Words into my language program? (December 11, 2008) |
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Improving Vocabulary Development (April 30, 2009) |
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More Tips for Vocabulary Instruction (May 7, 2009) |
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What is the difference between a Word Wall and a Word Resource Wall? (Nov. 27, 2009) |
| Is the Working With Words section of Moving Up the same as a spelling program? (September 2010) |
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