Explore how to provide equitable literacy instruction and assessment so every student masters essential standards. The authors help K-6 educators navigate reading and writing instruction through the lens of Professional Learning Communities at Work®. Learn strategies for utilizing data as collaborative teams to answer the four critical questions of learning, and access templates and protocols to improve literacy for all. This book will help K-6 teachers and reading specialists: - Analyze and improve their current literacy practices, curriculum, and instructional focus within the context of a PLC at Work - Create or curate common formative team literacy assessments for learning targets - Structure a supportive master schedule that allows for daily team collaboration and systemwide response - Understand the components of a comprehensive literacy instructional block - Create progress-monitoring tools and focused reading interventions and extensions Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Take Collective Responsibility and Work Interdependently Chapter 2: Ensure a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum Chapter 3: Assess and Monitor Student Reading Growth With Ongoing Assessment Chapter 4: Measure Evidence of Individual and Collective Teacher Practice Effectiveness Chapter 5: Support Systematically With Targeted Acceleration, Interventions, and Extensions Afterword: TEAMS Can Transform Literacy Outcomes for Students Appendix A: TEAMS Process Protocols Appendix B: TEAMS Templates References and Resources Index

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