This series highlights Fairfax County Public Schools’ Best Practices for Teaching and Learning for teachers.  These Best Practices, when fully implemented, applied consistently and effectively, improve student learning and achievement.  Best Practices help all students reach their full academic potential.

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Shared Reading — In the early elementary classroom, shared reading begins with a community of readers, a big book, and a focus of instruction.  Shared reading, in the upper elementary classroom, unfolds in the classroom with the use of assessments, materials, technology, and classroom management.

Guided Reading — Guided reading unfolds in a series of steps: planning a focus for instruction, selecting a piece of short text, and setting a purpose for reading. All this begins and ends with a review of student assessments.

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This program provides information on how to integrate objects into the classroom for more engaging experiences.  Teachers will discover how objects can illustrate, supplement, and enrich social studies and history lessons.  Produced in partnership with the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center.

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Practices at Work — From Fairfax County Public Schools Instructional Services Department
Shared & Guided Reading Resources	Object-Based Learning ResourCES
Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade —  What Works Clearinghouse guides and recommendations Just Think of the Possibilities: Formats for Reading Instruction in the Elementary Classroom —  From the International Reading Association Reading Online Reading Comprehension: What Works? — From University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education Strategies that Encourage Shared Reading: Early Reading and Scientifically-Based Research —  Office of Student and School Accountability (USDOE)	Learning from Objects: A Future for 21st Century Urban Arts Education —  Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education Article Smithsonian’s History Explorer —  National Museum of American History learning activities featuring artifacts from the Museum's collections Teaching with Museum Collections —  National Park Service lesson plans, teacher resources and printable worksheets

 

These videos highlight Fairfax County Public Schools’ Best Practices for Teaching and Learning. These Best Practices, when fully implemented, applied consistently and effectively, improve student learning and achievement.

Best Practices help all students reach their full academic potential. Best Practices in Fairfax County Public Schools are a synthesis of the most effective, research-based instructional practices used within the school system. They are applicable at all grade levels and across all content areas.

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