Summary
In this collection, you will find a variety of engaging activities tailored to enhance a professional book study. These include choosing a book, setting discussion norms, and a pool of strategies and custom note organizers for hosting your group's reflections and application ideas related to the book you are reading. This collection is perfect for educators and professionals eager to transform their reading insights into actionable strategies. We hope this collection guides you toward a dynamic and collaborative professional learning experience!Resources
This activity is part of a series of professional learning activities that can be used to support a group book study. Over the course of this activity, participants collaborate in small groups and use the cooperative processing strategy to select the title they will be reading for the book study. They... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: August 27th, 2024
This activity is part of a series of professional learning activities that can be used to support a group book study. Over the course of this activity, participants collaborate in small groups and create affinity maps that will aid them as they work to establish norms. These norms will be enforced by... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: August 27th, 2024
This resource is part of a series of professional learning activities that can be used to support a group book study. In each section, you will be able to select from several activities that will enable you and the other participants in your book study group to think critically about the reading. The... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: September 3rd, 2024
- Administrators, All Staff or Teachers, New Teachers, PLC, Parents, Students, Teachers
- Any time of year
- Large Group (at least 30), Medium Group (at least 10), Small Group
- Analyze, Conversation Starter, Reflection, Requires Multiple Meetings to Complete, Text analysis
This is the final session in a series of professional learning activities that support a group book study. In this final session, participants summarize their learning, reflect on key insights, and create a plan to put their new knowledge into action. Read more »
Created by: Keiana Cross
Date Updated: August 9th, 2024
- All Staff or Teachers, PLC
- Any time of year, Planning/Collaboration/Conference Time
- Analyze, Brainstorming, Collaborate, Conversation Starter, Increase Teacher "Toolbox", Interpret, Organize, Present, Problem Solving, Speak & Listen, Student Choice, Summarize, Synthesize, Text analysis
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