30 Big-Idea Lessons for Small Groups

Chapter 1. Big-Idea Groups: Scaffolded Reading Instruction Where Engagement Rules The Ultimate Goal: Real Student Independence Now Look at Student Independence During Big-Idea Groups Four Facets of the Framework How Big-Idea Groups Fit Within Other Small-Group Models A Few Important Frameworks for Reading Closely The Effective Environment Around Close Reading What About Guided Reading and Strategic Reading? What's Ahead in This Book? An Introductory Big-Idea Lesson On Another Day: Adapting the Introductory Lesson With an Informational Text The Great White Space Chapter 2. The Lesson Design The Tweaks to DRTA Five Phases of the Lesson Time Factors When to Begin? How Do They Fit Within Units of Study? A Trial Run: The "Why" Behind Each Phase Phase 1: Engaging Phase 2: Discussing Phase 3: Deep-See Thinking Phase 4: Connecting Phase 5: Assessing Chapter 3. The Tools of Engagement Interesting Texts Collaboration Autonomy Real-World Instruction Coherence Expository Expectation Map Important Versus Interesting Ranking Characters Ranking the Table of Contents Semantic Word Ranking Sketch-to-Stretch Staircase Label Vocabulary Karaoke Teacher Involvement Chapter 4. The 30 Lesson Planners Chapter 5. Transferring Thinking Across the Day Teacher Variety During Small-Group Instruction in the Reading Block Agency: The Ability to Fly on Your Own Connecting Conferring to Big Ideas Across the Day Creating a Community Connecting to a Common Beacon Making Homework a Matter Worth Doing Chapter 6. Assessing Readers Within and Beyond the Group The Rubric Classroom Examples Phase 1: Engaging Phase 2: Discussing Phase 3: Deep-See Thinking Phase 4: Connecting Responsible Talk Assessing Speaking and Listening Tracking Data to Help Drive Instructional Adjustments Chapter 7. Useful Forms and Lists for Big-Idea Groups Tactile Tool Forms Box and Bullets Character Karaoke Charting the Chapters Moving to Make Meaning Pyramid of Perspectives Semantic Circle Tactile Chart Vocabulary Karaoke Topics Card Other Big-Idea-Worthy Texts Formative Assessment Data Sheet Build Your Own Big-Idea Lessons Kit