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= = =Thinking through Text: Designing Instruction That Leads to Understanding =

with Stevi Quate and Wendy Windust
= = =//Please contact us with any questions or concerns://=
 * =Stevi Quate = || =Wendy Windust = ||
 * = ==steviq@gmail.com == ||= ==wwindust@gmail.com ==

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==__Big Idea:__ The thinking strategies can be incorporated into your instruction; they are not an add on, but they ensure that students can understand your content. ==

__By the end of the two days, participants will: __

 * == Understand one thinking (comprehension) strategy well enough that you can __**explain, model, and apply**__ the strategy to your teaching ==


 * ==Understand how the before/during/after model supports and deepens students’ understanding of important ideas ==


 * == Know instructional moves for supporting students’ thinking while reading (annotating text, using sticky notes, graphic organizers, modeling through think-alouds, anchor charts) ==


 * = Saturday, April 16 = ||
 * ==Introduction== ||
 * ==Introduction== ||

Review of thinking (comprehension) strategies
|| = = = Sunday, April 17 = ||
 * ==Before, During, After Framework== ||
 * ==Workshop: Activating Schema (background knowledge) and Making Connections== ||
 * ==Workshop: Determining Importance and Asking Questions== ||
 * ==Workshop: Visualization and Inferring== ||
 * ==Workshop: Visualization and Inferring== ||

Question and Answer
|| = Our Power Point for the Two Days =
 * ==Instructional Planning== ||