Beginning Teacher Classroom Observations
Module 16: 5th Grade English Language Arts: Using Prepositions

Module 16, 5th Grade English Language Arts: Using Prepositions, shows a beginning teacher developing reading comprehension phrases. Students work independently and in small groups to write sentences with prepositional phrases and analogous pictures.

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Beginning Teacher Classroom Observations
Module 17: 4th Grade English Language Arts: Text-to-Self Connections

Module 17, English Language Arts: Text-to-Self (4th Grade), shows a beginning teacher using a Read-Aloud activity to support reading comprehension. Students access their prior knowledge, make predictions, compare information, and describe text-to-self connections. The teacher uses a Venn Diagram as a discussion and pre-writing prompt.

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Meeting the Challenge of Teaching Linguistically Diverse Students
Module 1: Instructional Conversations: Understanding Through Discussion

This DVD demonstrates the practice of Instructional Conversation, an interactive approach to achieving high academic and linguistic goals through thoughtful discussion of meaningful content.

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Mentor Conversations

This DVD provides an authentic example of how mentors, implementing the New Teacher Center’s Formative Assessment System, work to enhance the beginning teacher practice in the classroom. Featured on the DVD are seven mentor conversations in New York City public schools, including five different mentors and five first-year beginning teachers.

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Partnership in Education: Helping New Teachers Succeed

Based on the pioneering work of the Santa Cruz New Teacher Project, this video promotes quality professional development for teachers with expert commentary from Prof. Linda Darling-Hammond and Prof. Gene Garcia.

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