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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Magic Versus Methodology: Or, Good Teachers Are Made, Not Born! | |
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| Why Collaborate? | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| Learning How to Teach Collaboration | |
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| Getting Kids to Like Each Other and Work Together: Building a Positive Class Climate | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| The Importance of Community Building | |
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| Breaking the Ice: The Art of Getting to Know Others | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| Establishing Classroom Behavior Norms | |
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| Getting Organized | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Parting Words | |
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| Resources | |
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| Sustained Silent Reading: Creating a Community of Readers | |
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| Finding Time to Read | |
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| Out-of-Class Reading | |
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| Attracting Kids to Books | |
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| Encouraging Good Book Choices | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| Creating Conversation about Books | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Parting Words | |
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| Resources | |
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| Teaching Students How to Collaborate Successfully | |
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| Teaching Group Skills | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| Refining Skills with Processing | |
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| It Takes a While for a Skill to Stick | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Parting Words | |
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| Resources | |
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| Collaboration in Action: Student Led Book Talks | |
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| Creating Authentic Discussion about Books | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| Setting the Groundwork | |
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| Book Talk Day | |
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| Refining Student Led Book Talks | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Parting Words | |
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| The Elements of Group Design | |
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| Positive Interdependence | |
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| Individual Accountability | |
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| Group Skills and Group Processing | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| Face-to-Face Interaction | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Parting Words | |
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| Resources | |
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| Questioning: A Key Collaborative Skill | |
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| Index Card Trade | |
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| Card Pick | |
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| Neighborhood Map and Life Graph | |
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| Using Family History to Extend Beyond the Classroom | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Parting Words | |
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| Resources | |
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| Literature Circles: Getting Them Started and Keeping Them Going | |
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| Training Students for Literature Circles | |
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| Getting Literature Circles Up and Running | |
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| The First Discussion | |
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| Literature Circle Meeting #2 | |
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| The Remaining Literature Circle Meetings | |
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| Literature Circles and Group Design | |
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| Refining Literature Circle Skills | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Ideas for Replacing the Unit Test | |
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| Parting Words | |
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| Resources | |
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| I Only Want to Read It Once: Writing and Conferencing Strategies That Do the Work for You | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| Getting Peer Conferencing Groups Up and Running | |
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| Using Partners for Grammar and Editing | |
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| Using Peer Conference Groups for Narrative and Fiction Writing | |
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| The Research Paper | |
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| Expanding Nonfiction Writing | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Parting Words | |
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| Resources | |
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| Portfolios: A Tool for Refining Collaborative Literacy Skills | |
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| Maintaining the Binders | |
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| Becoming Familiar with the Portfolio Content Categories | |
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| Choosing the Artifacts | |
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| Writing the Reflections | |
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| The Cover Letter | |
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| Trial and Error | |
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| The Interview Process | |
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| Turning in the Portfolio | |
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| How Do I Assess This? | |
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| Parting Words: Where's the Collaboration? | |
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| Resources | |
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| Collaborative Literacy in Action: Strategies to Remember and Practice | |
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| Explain Your Strategy Choices | |
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| Revisit Icebreaking Activities Often | |
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| Think in Terms of Foundation Activities | |
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| Negotiate with Students | |
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| Provide Choices | |
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| Model and Demonstrate: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words | |
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| Use the Binders Every Day | |
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| Teach Social Skills Explicitly | |
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| Build Reflection into Daily Classroom Life | |
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| Observe the Elements of Cooperative Learning | |
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| Teach Students the Art of Asking Questions | |
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| Find the Time for Sustained Silent Reading | |
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| Make Sticky Notes a Way of Life | |
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| Think of Assessment as an Ongoing Process | |
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| Use Peer Conferencing Groups Regularly | |
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| Monitor Collaborative Groups Carefully | |
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| Give Yourself Permission to Fail | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Examples of T-Charts | |
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| Skill Lesson Worksheet | |
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| To Kill a Mockingbird Text Set | |
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| Holocaust Text Set | |
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| Learning About the Middle East Text Set | |
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| Teen Pleasing Paperbacks | |
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| Short Story: Night Club | |
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| References | |