Books in the On-Your-Feet-Guides series

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out.The 10 Visible Learning Mindframes are a foundational concept in Visible Learning - but it¿s hard to know what the mindframes look like in practice. In this On-Your-Feet Guide, we provide teachers with a reflective tool to help them identify their mindframes and embody the VL Mindframes in their classrooms. The 10 Mindframes are:  I am an evaluator Assessment shows me my effect I collaborate I¿m a change agent I take on challenges and don¿t fear failure I give and take feedback I teach through dialogue, not monologue I use our school¿s common "language" of learning I develop positive relationships I talk about "learning" much more than "teaching"On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher.Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.Use the On-Your-Feet Guides: When you know the "what" but need help with the "how" As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book To learn how to implement foundational practices When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren¿t sure how to do it yourself

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out.All students need to know that they trust teachers to have their best interests at heart but also to believe that they can reach our high expectations of them. We need to encourage students to reveal their misunderstandings, normalizing error as an exciting aspect of learning: feedback when there is misunderstanding is most powerful, as it indicates that the student is on the brink of new learning.This guide encompasses tried and tested ideas for delving into students¿ understanding so that we can act appropriately in helping them learn.Teachers will learn:- the importance of student-to-teacher feedback- how to check for understanding with the whole class and individual students- question templates for uncovering student thinkingOn-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched. Use the On-Your-Feet Guides - When you know the "what" but need help with the "how" - As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book - To learn how to implement foundational practices - When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren¿t sure how to do it yourself

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out.Developing learners who know where they are in their learning, where they¿re going, and how to get there¿in other words, learners who are assessment-capable¿is one of the principal aims of Visible Learning. However, we cannot help students be assessment-capable learners if teachers are not assessment-capable themselves. Teachers create assessment-capable learners through various targeted "moves" designed to:  Increase teacher clarity   Use the right teaching strategies at the right time Provide effective feedback to learners Model effective learning strategies themselvesOn-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.Use the On-Your-Feet Guides When you know the "what" but need help with the "how" As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book To learn how to implement foundational practices When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren¿t sure how to do it yourself

This laminated, tri-fold (6 page) On-Your-Feed Guide is based on the best-selling 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions and provides: A brief look at each of the five practices for orchestrating productive mathematics discussions Key questions, tools, and challenges for each practice to consider as you plan and carry out your mathematics lesson Special considerations and helpful hints to think about as you troubleshoot your lessons and assess your implementation of the practices A focus on supporting equity and identity Brief videos with commentary from authors and teachers about each of the five practices

This laminated, tri-fold (6 page) On-Your-Feet Guide is based on the best-selling The Formative Five and provides: A brief look at each of five every-day formative assessment techniques: Interviews, Observations, Show Me, Hinge Questions, and Exit Tasks Critical questions and tools for implementing each technique. Special considerations and ways to assess your effectiveness in order to plan your next mathematics lesson. Brief videos with comments from authors and teachers along with classroom footage showing the Formative Five in action.

Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched. Use the On-Your-Feet Guides

This bundle includes The Five Practices in Practice, Elementary and the new On-Your-Feet Guide to Orchestrating Mathematical Discussions. Combined, this package becomes your go-to resource for content study and easy in-class implementation of The Five Practices in your elementary classroom.

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out.How can you use literacy tools used to help students practice the behaviors of scientists? With a disciplinary literacy approach, science teachers can focus on teaching their specialized content by showing students the literacies that truly support scientific thinking ¿ so students can read, write, think, investigate, and communicate as scientists.This On-Your-Feet Guide will help teachers:INTRODUCTION¿ Plan instruction that engages students¿ natural inquiry and curiosity;¿ Apprentice students toward deeper understanding of scientific concepts, terms, understandings, and text;¿ Help students use their new learning to create, communicate, and participate in science;¿ Teach skills required by science standards and frameworks; and¿ Work with colleagues to design instructional units that incorporate both deeper content learning and science-specific literacy skills.The strategies in this guide will help you teach students to read, write, think, and do as scientists!On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.Use the On-Your-Feet Guides¿ When you know the "what" but need help with the "how"¿ As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book¿ To learn how to implement foundational practices¿ When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren¿t sure how to do it yourself

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out.Math has its own specialized language. Mathematicians write in symbols, read patterns, and think in terms of visual or abstract ideas. With a disciplinary literacy approach, math teachers can focus on teaching their specialized content by showing students the literacies that truly support mathematical thinking ¿ so students can read, write, think, investigate, and communicate as mathematicians.This On-Your-Feet Guide will help teachers: Plan instruction that engages students¿ natural inquiry and curiosity; Apprentice students toward deeper understanding of mathematical concepts, terms, symbols, and patterns; Help students use their new learning to create, communicate, and act as mathematicians; Teach skills required by mathematical standards and frameworks; and Start working with colleagues to design instructional units that incorporate both mathematics and literacy skills.On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.Use the On-Your-Feet Guides When you know the "what" but need help with the "how" As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book To learn how to implement foundational practices When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren¿t sure how to do it yourself

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out. Although data meetings, data walls, and data folders are common structures schools use to better understand the needs of their students, kidwatching - a term coined by Yetta Goodman in the 1980s that carries significant weight today - provides the purest form of student data and significantly impacts our decision making. Kidwatching is critical to a student-centered classroom. When we kidwatch, we observe students, taking notes on what we see students doing and hear them talking about. We analyze our kidwatching data to find patterns over time. This On-Your-Feet Guide provides:A clear protocol for deeper observations, evidence collection, and inquiries about your studentsGuidance on developing a personal, practical system for observing and taking notes Lists of questions to guide your observations and data collection throughout the day, in whole- and small-group time and during individual work timeLinks to two downloadable templates for capturing kidwatching notesFormative assessment ideas that allow students to make their thinking and understanding visibleUse the strategies in this on-your-feet guide to make instructional decisions based on students' interests, strengths, and challenges. On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched. Use the On-Your-Feet Guides* When you know the "what" but need help with the "how"* As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book* To learn how to implement foundational practices* When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out.What happens when students compose discussion questions and take turns maintaining the momentum of a discussion? Deeper engagement, motivation, and collaboration.Student-led discussions allow students to practice teamwork, critical thinking, clarifying ideas and communicating them to peers. They become active listeners, refine and improve their use of language, and develop higher order analysis, synthesis, and inference skills.This On-Your-Feet Guide will help teachers:·        Create a structure for effective student-led conversations·        Focus on specific strategies that increase engagement and participation·        Generate essential questions that lead to deeper discussions·        Deliver prompts for keeping discussions moving forward·        Trouble-shoot and scaffold learners through specific conversational "tricky spots"Use this on-your-feet guide to coach your students toward meaningful discussions that enhance literacy learning and increase engagement.  On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched. Use the On-Your-Feet Guides- When you know the "what" but need help with the "how" - As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book- To learn how to implement foundational practices- When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren¿t sure how to do it yourself

This bundle includes Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and the new On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer. Combined, this package becomes your go-to resource for content study and easy in-class implementation of concept-based teaching and learning transfer in your elementary classroom.