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Welcome to the BVU Iowa Core Wiki!
 * Characteristics of Effective Instruction **
 * Assessment for Learning
 * Teaching for Learner Differences
 * Student Centered
 * Teaching for Understanding
 * Rigorous and Relevant

** Videos Examples **

1. This site provides several possible clips of reading and math instruction that can be used as examples of various Characteristics of Effective Instruction. [|High Yield Strategies to Improve Student Learning]

2. 1st Grade Mini Lesson in Reading (9:22)-there are several short clips within this video. [|1st Grade Mini Lesson]

3. Having a Non-fiction Reading Plan (2:09)-1st grade reading classroom [|Having a Non-fiction Reading Plan]

4. Strong Readers Never Quit (9:40)-elementary classroom [|Strong Readers]

5. Reading Workshop (6:50)-By reading a short book aloud, Rick Kleine models for his students how their initial theories of character traits can change over time. Using peer discussion and class participation, the kids are engaged throughout, giving them what Rick hopes will be a life-long love of reading. [|Reading Workshop]

6. Sarah Brown Wessling, former Iowa Teacher of the Year, using gradual release of responsibility in a HS ELA class. [|Gradual Release]

7. A CCSS (Common Core State Standards) example from the Teachers College (Columbia University) Reading and Writing Project. It is the 4th video clip down from the top of the page. [|CC Aligned Read Aloud]