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Powerful Thinking | 2 Part Webinar Series
- This two-part, on-demand webinar series will inspire educators with practical ways to lay the groundwork for stretching and “linking thinking” to all corners of your curriculum! Through engaging, content-rich read-alouds practical lessons, Adrienne illustrates simple ways to make thinking visible and argues for the importance of developing literacy rich curriculums to help nudge thinking in every subject!
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Powerful Thinking
- $32.95
Powerful Thinking
Engaging Readers, Building Knowledge, and Nudging Learning in Elementary Classrooms
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An inspiring book to help teachers shift their beliefs and “stretch” their thinking around reading comprehension, literacy instruction, and content-area learning. Using the key concepts and strategies introduced in her ground-breaking book, Reading Power, Adrienne Gear shows teachers practical ways to create a “culture of thinking” that can be integrated into all areas of learning. Using knowledge-rich texts as tools, Adrienne shares how read-alouds can be used in content areas to support literacy skills and build knowledge. This timely book offers classroom-tested lessons and anchor books to create a content-rich learning environment that helps strengthen student learning and knowledge-building across the curriculum.- Order Now
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Powerful Understanding | 4-Part Webinar Series
- In these challenging times, teaching children to think critically and reflectively and be compassionate, responsible, and caring citizens is a huge undertaking. Now, more than ever, children need to develop strong social-emotional skills and learn to think deeply, ask questions, connect, and reflect on their learning. In this webinar series, BC educator and author Adrienne Gear, explores effective ways to build critical thinking in your classroom as well as helping your students develop a more positive self-identity and greater global awareness. Using her book Powerful Understanding as the foundation, Adrienne will walk you through ways to deepen your students' understanding of themselves, others, and the world.
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Powerful Writing Structures | 4-Part Webinar Series
- “How long does this have to be?” “Is this for marks?” “I have nothing to write about!” If you are “making connections” to any of these comments, look no further! This webinar is for you! In this 4 part series, BC educator and author Adrienne Gear will explore ideas from her book Powerful Writing Structures to help teachers set up an effective, process-driven writing program that focuses on explicit instruction to support all writers in your class. Adrienne will outline effective writing instruction including: using assessments to guide instruction, setting up class writing goals, teaching targeted mini lessons, conducting writing conferences, and using anchor books to teach writing. She will share tips to help you organize your year of writing around different text structures including personal narrative, nonfiction and story writing. Whether you are just beginning your teaching career, or looking for some new ideas to bring to your writing program, this webinar is guaranteed to provide many practical, ready-to-use ideas and an abundance of new anchor books to transform your writing program from an “Awww…Do we HAVE to write?” to a “Yah! We GET to write!!!!”
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Powerful Poetry | 4-Part Webinar Series
- Poetry… often a unit left until the end of June when report cards are done and you have discovered a great little “independent poetry package” on TPT! Sound familiar? If so, you have come to the right place! Join BC educator and author, Adrienne Gear, as she takes you through her latest book, Powerful Poetry, and outlines how to integrate poetry into your year-long literacy program. The truth is, many teachers avoid poetry or download a “poetry package” not because they don’t like or appreciate it, but because, apart from the “5-7-5” structure of a Haiku poem, or the “write the letters down the left side of the page” Acrostic poem, they are not sure how to get started. But the power of poetry is at your fingertips with this webinar series! After just one session, you and your students will be snapping and clapping to the rhyme, rhythm, and repetition of poetry joy! Ideal for new and experienced teachers who are looking to bring the power of poetry into their classrooms all year!
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Reading Power | 4-Part Webinar Series
- A literal understanding of text is a thing of the past. It is no longer enough to have students memorize facts or answer literal comprehension questions. (not to mention the fact that it’s boring!) Now, more than ever, students need to learn how to think, to engage in text, and to breathe life into what they are reading. In this webinar series, BC teacher and author Adrienne Gear shares ideas from her popular book Reading Power. Her practical lessons will help your students deepen their comprehension skills and engage in more meaningful reading experiences. Using the “gradual release instructional model”, she will then dive deep into the five reading power strategies: connect, question, visualize, infer, and transform. Lessons are modeled and many samples and favorite Reading Power anchor books are shared. Whether you are new to the Reading Power, or just looking for a refresher, this series is sure to provide you with the “why’s” and “how’s” of this practical approach to comprehension instruction. Don’t miss this opportunity to help support your students’ reading and thinking.
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Intermediate Novel Studies & Lit Circles | 2-Part Webinar Series
- Looking for new ways to MAKE the MOST out of the MOST AMAZING novels ? Just say NO to comprehension questions and dioramas and YES to engaging, interactive activities and conversations! In this two part webinar series, you will learn how to integrate the key concepts of Reading Power into your whole class novel studies and literature circles using practical strategies to support deep thinking and rich class discussions. This series includes many lesson ideas, student samples, and, of course, my recommendations of some of the best middle grade novels!
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Primary Literacy Anchors | 2-Part Webinar Series
- Feeling overwhelmed with the diversity of levels and learners in your Primary class? Wondering what is the best way to track and target your literacy instruction to meet students where they are at and help them each move forward on their literacy journey? Look no further! This practical, two-part Primary Literacy Anchor series will help early Primary teachers use Reading and Writing goals to help guide and ground your literacy instruction and show you how to use assessment effectively to track and target your literacy instruction in the most effective way possible. This series is grounded in best literacy practices and filled with practical tips, lessons, assessment guides and templates, student reproducibles, and of course, my favorite reading and writing ANCHOR BOOKS!
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Nonfiction Blitz | 2-Part Webinar Series
- Nothing helps capitalize on students’ curiosity and interest in the world around them more than the world of nonfiction! Non-fiction brings alive subjects in a truly unique way with a wonderful combination of words and images, and engaging content. This 2-part on-demand webinar series is JUST what you need to give your literacy program a boost of Nonfiction ideas while building knowledge! Filled with practical lessons, effective strategies, and a great list of recommended books for your classroom and library collections - you will leave feeling inspired and ready to close out the year with a boost of nonfiction ideas for your students!
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Reading Power
- $32.95
Reading Power
Teaching Students To Think While They Read Revised & Expanded Edition
Ten years ago, Reading Power was launched in an elementary school in Vancouver. Now, it has evolved into a recognized approach to comprehension instruction being implemented across Canada, the US, UK, Sweden, and China.
This ground-breaking approach showed teachers how to help students think while they read - connect, question, visualize, infer, and transform. Since the publication of her book, Reading Power, Adrienne Gear has continued to reflect on and refine her understanding of metacognition, comprehension instruction, and the reading power strategies.
In this revised and expanded second edition of her popular book, Adrienne shares this new understanding and offers teachers new ideas, new lessons, and of course, new anchor books to support the Reading Power lessons.
An ideal resource for teachers familiar with this strategic approach to teaching reading or those teachers looking for new ways to connect thinking with reading.
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Powerful Poetry
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- The power of poetry is at your fingertips! Experience poetry like never before with this comprehensive book by BC educator and author Adrienne Gear. This book offers everything you need to bring poetry to life in your classroom and help your students experience the beauty, power, and pleasure of a poem. Grounded in classroom practice, this practical resource includes everything you need to integrate the power of poetry into your classroom including anchor books, anchor poems, step-by-step lessons, student samples, reproducible templates, graphic organizers and assessment rubrics.
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Nonfiction Reading Power
- $32.95
Nonfiction Reading Power
Teaching students how to think while reading in all subject areas
Based on using the best children's books to motivate students, this remarkable resource shows teachers how to encourage students to recognize that reading is about using the brain to zoom in, question/infer, find the main idea, make connections, and transform what's on the page. It offers teaching strategies that are particularly relevant for information texts, along with ways to incorporate more nonfiction into the classroom.
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Reading Power: Transform – Printable Template Bundle
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Reading Power: Transform - Printable Template Bundle
Included in this bundle are Key Phrases for Transform, a wide variety of reproducible Transform templates for both Fiction and Nonfiction texts, two Transform songs, assessment rubrics, and report card assessment comments for Transform. Also included are a parent information sheet, a Transform home reading sheet, and a Transform bookmark.
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Reading Power: Infer – Printable Template Bundle
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Reading Power: Infer - Printable Template Bundle
Included in this section is a wide variety of black line templates that will provide many opportunities for your students to practice inferring with both fiction and nonfiction texts. There are several different versions of the O.W.I. (Observe – Wonder – Infer) including one that can be used for weekly OWI photographs.
Also included is the INFER song, an assessment rubric and report card comments, INFER parent information sheet, a home reading sheet, and an INFER bookmark.
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Reading Power: Visualize – Printable Template Bundle
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Reading Power: Visualize - Printable Template Bundle
Included in this collection, you will find a wide variety of reproducible templates that students can use to apply the strategy of VISUALIZING.
Also included are two Visualizing songs, assessment rubrics and report card comments, Visualize information sheet for parents, a home reading sheet, and a Visualize bookmark.
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Reading Power: Question – Printable Template Bundle
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Reading Power: Question - Printable Template Bundle
Included in this set are a wide variety of reproducible blackline master templates which provide students with an opportunity to practice and apply the strategy of Questioning to both fiction and nonfiction texts.
Also included are the Question song, Question assessment rubrics, and Question report card comments, Parent information sheet, Question Home Reading Page, and Question bookmark.
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Reading Power: Connect – Printable Template Bundle
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Reading Power: Connect
Printable Template Bundle
Included in this bundle are many variations of reproducible templates for supporting and practicing the strategy of making connections using both fiction and nonfiction texts. Also included are: the Connect song, Connect information page for Parents, Home Reading Sheet, Connect bookmark, connect rubrics and report card comments.
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Reading Power Poster (Version B)
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Reading Power Poster
Version B
Poster is double-sided with a boy on one side and a girl on the other. The brain pieces are included on the bottom and the posters should be laminated.- Buy Now
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Reading Power Poster (Version A)
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Reading Power Poster
Version A
Poster is double-sided with a boy on one side and a girl on the other. The brain pieces are included on the bottom and the posters should be laminated.- Buy Now
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Nonfiction Writing Power
- $32.95
Nonfiction Writing Power
Nonfiction writing is important in a student's school life and it is important - a skill that they will use throughout their lives. The majority of our daily reading and writing experience is made up of nonfiction, and students are writing nonfiction long before they are taught how to do it in the classroom. Nonfiction Writing Power is designed to help teachers develop a writing program that focuses on the different forms of nonfiction writing.
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Writing Power
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Writing Power
Teaching Writing Strategies that Engage Thinking
Writing Power is a practical and thoughtful resource that shows teachers how to encourage students to consider the reader's thinking as they write. Using the same five thinking strategies from Adrienne Gear's groundbreaking Reading Power books Connect, Question, Visualize, Infer, and Transform young writers will learn how to engage and invite their readers' thinking through their writing.
Writing Power guides teachers through a series of lessons focusing on each of the strategies and includes scripted, sequential lessons, recommended anchor books, reproducibles, and assessment rubrics.
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Powerful Understanding
- $32.95
Powerful Understanding
Helping Students Explore, Question, and Transform Their Thinking about Themselves and the World Around Them
In these challenging times, teaching children to think critically and reflectively AND be compassionate, responsible, and caring citizens at the same time is a tall order.
Powerful Understanding explores effective ways to build social-emotional skills and help students make connections, question what they read, and reflect on their learning as they develop into stronger readers and learners. Strategic and critical thinking strategies revolve around core anchor books that help integrate thinking into everything you teach - from social responsibility to immigration, to life cycles.
This highly readable book includes a wealth of classroom examples and extensive hands-on activities designed to help students to think more deeply, learn more widely, and develop a more powerful understanding of what it means to be a responsible and compassionate person.
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Powerful Writing Structures
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Powerful Writing Structures: Brain Pocket Strategies to Support a Year-Long Writing Program
This timely book uses thinking structures to deepen student writing.
Powerful Writing Structures revolves around “brain pockets” to help students become familiar with the qualities of different writing forms. They learn to access memory pockets for personal writing, fact pockets for writing nonfiction, and imagination pockets for story writing. Based on extensive classroom testing, this comprehensive approach to developing a balanced year-long writing program includes tips for implementing weekly writing practice, effective mini-lessons, and using different forms of writing in the content areas. From writing goals to writing joy, Powerful Writing Structures helps teachers guide students through the skills, the structures, the language, and the beauty of effective writing.- Buy Now
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Powerful Readers
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Powerful Readers
Thinking Strategies to Guide Literacy Instruction in Secondary Classrooms
At any age or grade level, powerful readers are those who are aware of their thinking as they read. Presenting a balance of theory and practical lessons, Powerful Readers demonstrates that instruction in the key strategies of connecting, visualizing, questioning, inferring, determining importance, and transforming can help students develop their reading skills and get more out of their work with fiction and nonfiction. Step-by-step lessons for introducing and using the strategies, connections to literary devices, and reading lists for each strategy are all part of this valuable resource.
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