Close-reading strategies help students develop the literacy and critical-thinking skills essential for the rest of their lives. Close Reading in the Secondary Classroom offers high school and middle school educators extensive guidance on how to introduce close-reading strategies to students and help them improve their reading comprehension skills and critical thinking. Learn how to select close-reading examples and passages, elicit deeper question formation, facilitate positive classroom discussion, and assess your students' reading comprehension skills and literacy progress. Use research-based close-reading instruction strategies to increase student literacy and critical-thinking skills: 
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<li>Understand the importance of close reading, prereading, and post-reading activities.</li> <li>Learn how to choose appropriate literary or informational texts for close reading.</li> <li>Pass on tools necessary for literary analysis and annotating text.</li> <li>Develop thought-provoking questions and discussion that deepen text analysis and reading comprehension skills.</li> <li>Assess students' creative- and critical-thinking skills.</li>
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Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Research and Theory Chapter 2: Prereading Chapter 3: Reading Twice and Annotating Chapter 4: Generating Questions and Reading Analytically Chapter 5: Discussing as a Class or Analyzing Individually, and Using Processing Activities Chapter 6: Planning and Assessing Close Reading Epilogue Appendix A: Answers to Comprehension Questions Appendix B: Extended Examples of Close Reading

Close Reading in the Secondary Classroom (Improve Literacy, Reading Comprehension, and Critical-Thinking Skills) (The Classroom Strategies)

Reference

Jeff Flygare

Words, Language & Grammar

Marzano Resources

With foreword by Robert J. Marzano When teachers adopt standards-based learning, students take ownership of their education and achievement soars. Written specifically for K-12 teachers, this resource details a sequential approach for connecting curriculum, instruction, assessment methods, and feedback through standards-based education. The authors provide practical advice, real-world examples, and answers to frequently asked questions designed to support you through this important transition. Implement standards-based grading, instruction, and curriculum in your classroom and school: 
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<li>Explore the theories and benefits of a standards-based curriculum and become familiar with several significant paradigm shifts that will help you make a strong transition to a standards-based classroom.</li> <li>Explore ways to shift your thinking about teaching and lesson plans in order to better understand content as a vehicle for the achievement of standards.</li> <li>Learn how to develop proficiency scales that will offer guidance in teaching to standards and establishing informative classroom assessment for student learning.</li> <li>Discover new styles of instruction, educational assessment, feedback, and curriculum building that are well suited to standards-based education.</li> <li>Understand how to develop student ownership through the setting of goals, and access free downloadable reproducibles available with this book.</li>
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Contents: About the Authors About Marzano Research Foreword by Robert J. Marzano Introduction Chapter 1: Planning Instruction With Proficiency Scales Chapter 2: Instructing With Proficiency Scales Chapter 3: Setting Goals and Tracking Progress Chapter 4: Administering Quality Classroom Assessments and Figuring Grades Chapter 5: Teaching Exceptional Students Chapter 6: Communicating Grades Epilogue Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions Appendix B: Creation of an Elementary Unit Plan References and Resources Index

A Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning (An Instruction Manual for Adopting Standards-Based Grading, Curriculum, and Feedback)

Education & Teaching

Robert J. Marzano

Philip B. Warrick

Jan K. Hoegh

Tammy Heflebower

Schools & Teaching

Marzano Research

Product Description 
Shifting to standards-based learning is a big change. Rely on Planning and Teaching in the Standards-Based Classroom to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Authors Jeff Flygare, Jan K. Hoegh, and Tammy Heflebower have created a must-have guide for teachers that delivers straightforward, practical tools and detailed instructions for everything from lesson planning to proficiency scales to parent communication.\nUnderstand priority standards and proficiency scales. 
Develop curriculum maps to plan for the entire year or course. 
Follow the steps of the instructional cycle to create standards-based units and lessons. 
Help exceptional students continue to thrive and grow in a standards-based environment. 
Communicate objectively with students and families about learning.\nContents: Introduction Chapter 1: Curriculum Based on Standards and Scales Chapter 2: Year-Long Planning With Curriculum Maps Chapter 3: Unit Planning With the Instructional Cycle Chapter 4: Lesson Planning and Teaching Within the Instructional Cycle Chapter 5: Assessments and Progress Tracking Chapter 6: Communication Using Proficiency Scales Epilogue 
 About the Author 
Jeff Flygare is a former classroom teacher, English department chair, professional developer, and building leader. During his twenty-six-year career teaching high school English in Academy District 20 in Colorado, he taught nearly every course in the department. Jeff developed classes in mythology, Shakespeare, philosophy, and comparative religions, and worked with social studies colleagues to create an interdisciplinary class called World Studies, which he team-taught successfully for seventeen years. He taught Advanced Placement (AP) English classes for twenty-one years and served as an AP English literature reader and table leader for Educational Testing Service for many years. He adopted standards-based learning in his classroom and successfully taught students at all levels in a standards-based environment for many years. 
Jan K. Hoegh has been an educator for over thirty years and an author and associate for Marzano Resources since 2010. Prior to joining the Marzano team, she was a classroom teacher, building leader, professional development specialist, high school assistant principal, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of statewide assessment for the Nebraska Department of Education, where her primary focus was Nebraska State Accountability test development. Jan has served on a variety of statewide and national standards and assessment committees and has presented at numerous conferences around the world. 
Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is a highly sought-after school leader and consultant with vast experiences in urban, rural, and suburban districts throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. She has served as an award-winning classroom teacher, building leader, district leader, regional professional development director, and national and international trainer. She has also been an adjunct professor of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at several universities, and a prominent member and leader of numerous statewide and national educational organizations.

Planning and Teaching in the Standards-Based Classroom

What do successful assessments look like? According to this team of authors, they provide meaningful assessment data that inform your instruction to help your students reach proficiency in priority standards. With the help of this practical guide, learn how to successfully integrate assessment with the standards-based teaching and learning process to improve student performance and evaluate instructional efficacy. 
This book will help K–12 teachers and assessment coordinators: Gain clarity on the different roles of assessment throughout the instructional cycle Determine the timing and format of assessments to best support student learning Address test validity, reliability, and fairness Understand collaborative techniques for assessment consistency Access numerous sample assessments from the field 
Contents: Introduction 
Chapter 1: The Role and Purpose of Classroom Assessment 
Chapter 2: Assessment Throughout the Instructional Cycle 
Chapter 3: Assessment Practices for Consistency and Collaboration 
Chapter 4: Technical Quality 
Chapter 5: The Process of Scoring Assessments 
Chapter 6: The Use of Data From Assessments 
Chapter 7: Feedback to Students 
Epilogue 
References and Resources 
Index

Assessing Learning in the Standards-Based Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Successfully integrate assessment practices that inform effective instruction for every student)

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