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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Series Editors’ Note -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Setting Teaching and Learning Goals -- Guiding Questions -- Setting Goals for Learning -- Setting Goals for Teaching -- Summary -- Chapter 2. Building a Professional Library -- Guiding Questions -- Making a List of Essential Topics -- Joining Forces with Peers -- Getting Beyond the Bookshelf: Online Sources -- Using Your Library -- Making a Personal Development Plan -- Summary -- Chapter 3. Understanding Your Curriculum -- Guiding Questions -- Examining the CCSS -- Taking Stock of Your Materials -- Taking Stock of Your Methods -- Thinking about the Role of Technology -- Summary -- Chapter 4. Creating an Assessment Plan -- Guiding Questions -- Understanding the Purposes of Assessment -- Four Types of Assessments and What They Tell Us -- Using Assessments to Identify Needs -- Using Assessments to Measure Learning -- Using Assessments to Reflect on Your Teaching -- Summary -- Chapter 5. Linking Assessments to Report Cards -- Guiding Questions -- Purposes of a Report Card -- Moving from a Traditional to a Standards-Based Report Card -- Grading Student Progress -- Report Cards for Exceptional and Struggling Students -- Summary -- Chapter 6. Organizing Your Space -- Guiding Questions -- Understanding Why Space Is Important -- From Research to Practice -- Components of a Productive Literacy Environment -- Judging the Local Text Environment -- Judging Other Print-Related Materials -- Deciding Where Activities Should Take Place -- Summary -- Chapter 7. Organizing Your Time -- Guiding Questions -- Making Time for Teaching and Learning -- Planning Your Shared Reading Block -- Planning Your Read-Aloud and Writing Block -- Planning Your Differentiation Block -- Summary -- Chapter 8. Organizing Your Team -- Guiding Questions -- Understanding the Roles of Specialists in Your School -- Judging How Specialists Are Scheduled -- Reexamining How You Collaborate with Specialists -- Rethinking How You Collaborate with Peers -- Summary -- Chapter 9. Organizing Your Children’s Books -- Guiding Questions -- Judging the Quantity, Range, and Display of Available Books -- Judging the Overall Text Environment -- You Know Where Everything Is—So Why Organize? -- Storing Books in a Primary Classroom -- Approaches to Organizing -- Inventorying Your Books -- Summary -- Chapter 10. Establishing Routines -- Guiding Questions -- Understanding the Importance of Routines -- Teaching Instructional Routines -- Teaching Transition Procedures -- Teaching Children to Complete Independent Work -- Judging Your Instructional Routines -- Contending with Disruptions -- Summary -- Chapter 11. Planning Communications with Families -- Guiding Questions -- Understanding Why Family Involvement Is Vital -- Keeping Literacy Talk Clear and Jargon Free -- Communicating in Multiple Ways -- Contending with Unresponsive and Resistant Parents -- Summary -- References -- Index -- .