Objectives:

To share strategies, information, and materials
To explore Close Reading strategies for use with teachers
To define the role of the coach in regard to Close Reading and TDA
To review the "Growth Mindset" as it relates to instructional coaching

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go."
-Dr. Suess

Before the Before:

What's new in your schools?
Upcoming May PLO
- our session
Site visits
STEM Design Challenge

BEFORE

Please Do Now:
What do you know about Close Reading?
Mentimeter

DURING

Close Reading defined
Carol Dweck: Growth Mindset
- Close Reading exercise
4 Scaffolds
- Multiple Readings
- Annotation
- Collaborative Conversations
- Text-Dependent Questions
What makes a complex text complex?
4 Phases of Close Reading
- What does the text say?
- How does the text work?
- What does the text mean?
- What does the text inspire you to do?

AFTER

Ticket Out

4 groups: How do teachers in your school use close reading in their classrooms? Where do you see your role, as a coach, in growing this?

Coach Segments:

Lisa: International Literacy Association- "What's Hot" survey, January 2017
Lauren: TDA Creation and Development

Group Discussion:
How do we (as coaches) work with teachers in different content areas regarding TDA and Close Reading?

3-16-2017 Coach Meeting Agenda

Table of Contents

Objectives:

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DURING

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Act 48 Workshop Evaluation