RON BERGER is Chief Academic Officer for EL Education. He taught public school for more than twenty-five years. He is coauthor of Leaders of Their Own Learning and Transformational Literacy. LIBBY WOODFIN is the director of publications for EL Education. She is coauthor of Leaders of Their Own Learning and Transformational Literacy. ANNE VILEN is a staff writer and school designer for EL Education. She is coauthor of Transformational Literacy: Making the Common Core Shift with Work That Matters.

DVD Contents vii

Foreword ix

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xvii

About the Authors xxi

About EL Education xxiii

Introduction 1

1 Planning and Delivering Lessons That Challenge, Engage, and Empower 15

2 Laying the Foundation for Deeper Learning with Literacy 67

3 Creating Scientists and Historians 121

4 Reimagining Mathematics Instruction 175

5 Teaching in and through the Arts 225

6 Differentiating Instruction 275

Conclusion 333

Appendix A Sample Protocol-Based Lessons 337

Appendix B The What, Why, and How of Protocols 345

Appendix C Primary Source Close Reading Guide 349

Appendix D Factors to Guide Your Selection of Text 353

Appendix E From Assignment to Assessment 357

Appendix F Informational Text Resources 359

Appendix G Photograph Resources 363

Appendix H Great Online Mathematics Resources 365

Appendix I Kid Curators Rubric 369

Appendix J Initiatives that Build a Positive Classroom Culture of Differentiation 373

References 377

How to Use the DVD 383

Index 385

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