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1. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Depend on the Text! How to Create Text-Dependent Questions
   Teachers need to create text-dependent questions to elicit close reading. When answering these questions, students learn to reread and think deeply about the text.
2. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Get Close to Think Deeply: Creating Primary-Level Close Readings
   Close readings allow primary students to engage with complex texts. Through repeated reading, students build a deep understanding of the text and critical thinking skills.
3. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Strategy Guide
   Performing Poetry
   Performing poetry incorporates oral reading, literature, and the performing arts. This strategy can benefit content area readers, English language learners, or learners with special needs.
4. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Promote Deep Thinking! How to Choose a Complex Text
   Complex texts promote deep thinking and critical analysis by students. Through close reading of a complex text, students' independent reading abilities also increase.
5. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Strategy Guide
   Using the Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Technique
   In this strategy guide, you will learn how to organize students and texts to allow for learning that meets the diverse needs of students but keeps student groups flexible.
6. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Using the Think-Pair-Share Technique
   In this strategy guide, you will learn how to organize students and classroom topics to encourage a high degree of classroom participation and assist students in developing a conceptual understanding of a topic through the use of the Think-Pair-Share technique.
   
7. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Using Word Walls to Develop and Maintain Academic Vocabulary
   In this guide, you will learn how to use Word Walls to support vocabulary development and retention.