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Empowering Teachers Web Resource: Practical Solutions for Everyday Instruction Kimberly Russell Randee Winterbottom Florida Center for Reading Research July 1, 2008 Session Objectives Participants will… Learn to access and navigate the Empowering Teachers Web Resource Become familiar with the content of the Empowering Teachers web Resource Be able to use the Empowering Teachers Web Resource to enhance instructional practices Empowering Teachers Web Resource: Practical Solutions for Everyday Instruction Worksheet Sample Question As a principal, you recently hired three new Kindergarten teachers, two have alternative certification and one is a first year teacher. All of these teachers would benefit from more information about the components of reading. Where in the Empowering Teachers website could you refer them to begin conversations to build their capacity? Essentials for Reading Success Components of Reading 1. Since you are the reading coach, an experienced first grade teacher asked you for support with small group instruction. The teacher said she is trying to pinpoint where she should begin instruction in phonics with one of her small groups. Where in the Empowering Teachers website could you direct her to better identify where she should begin instruction? Questions to Guide Instruction First Grade Questions to Guide Phonics Instruction 2. As a principal, you have done numerous walkthroughs of a particular third grade classroom. Each time you have walked through, the teacher is with a small group and he is providing implicit instruction that is lacking a clear explanation of the targeted skill. You have noticed that two of the students in the group consistently lack understanding of the skills that he is trying to teach. Where in the Empowering Teachers website could you direct this teacher to learn more about instruction? Elements of Effective Instruction Next Next Explicit Instruction 3. You are the reading coach and a second grade team of teachers wants you to help them find an organizational tool to keep track of the phonics skills they are teaching. Where in the Empowering Teachers website could you refer these teachers to find this type of tool? Instructional Planning Guides and Student Progress Records Second Grade Phonics Instructional Planning Guides 4. A kindergarten teacher asks you, her reading coach, to assist her with locating vocabulary instruction for teaching new vocabulary with a small group. The teacher already has a student center activity to use following strong initial instruction. Where in the Empowering Teachers website could you direct this teacher to obtain a lesson for explicit instruction to teach new vocabulary? Instructional Routines Kindergarten and First Grade Kindergarten New Vocabulary Questions / Concerns?