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Assessment

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Kelly Gallagher - Preparing Students to Write for High Stakes Assessment

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Ernest Morrell - Assessment that Matters

 

Book Club

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Kelly Gallagher - Teaching with Novels

 
 

Comprehension & Assessment

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Freddy Hiebert -  Comprehension, Close Reading & Assessment

 
 

Differentiation

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Jim Cummins -  Differentiation in the Middle School Classroom

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Jim Cummins -  Differentiation for English Language Learners

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Freddy Hiebert -  Leveled Texts for ELLs

 
 

Engagement

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Jim Cummins -  Multiliteracies and Multicultural Education

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Kelly Gallagher -  Student Choice

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Ernest Morrell -  Reflecting on Learning

 
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Ernest Morrell -  Social and Emotional Learning

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Ernest Morrell -  21st century learning skills/ College and Career Readiness

 
 

Small Group

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Ernest Morrell -  Teaching Collaboration

 

Text Complexity

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Freddy Hiebert -  Appropriate Use of Leveled Texts

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Freddy Hiebert -  Importance of Text Complexity

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Freddy Hiebert -  Leveled Texts Considerations

 

Vocabulary

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Freddy Hiebert -  How to Start Teaching a Generative Vocabulary Approach

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Freddy Hiebert -  What is a Generative Approach to Vocabulary Instruction?

 
 

Writing

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Kelly Gallagher -  Analytical Writing

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Kelly Gallagher -  Feedback

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Kelly Gallagher -  Generative Writing

 
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Kelly Gallagher -  How to Teach Comparing Texts

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Kelly Gallagher -  Modeling

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Kelly Gallagher -  Volume