Crafting Your Message. Tammy Heflebower

Word Webs

       Chapter 11

       Processing and Practicing

       Agreement Circles

       Cheers and Fears

       Clock Partners

       Dramatize Key Concepts

       Elbow or Shoulder Partners

       Fan and Pick

       Gallery Walk

       Give and Get

       In-Text Questions

       Lines of Communication

       Mentimeter

       Numbered Heads Together

       Pantomime

       Reader Response Chart

       Review Meal

       Role-Play

       Round Table

       Roving Reporter

       Spaces

       Stir the Group

       Table Family

       Taboo Review

       Take a Stand

       Talking Stick

       Talking Turns

       Think Aloud

       Think-Write-Pair-Share

       Word or Concept Sorts

       Zip Line

       Chapter 12

       Consensus Building

       Dot Voting

       GOILS: Groups of Increasingly Large Size

       Idea Survivor

       Nonverbal and Verbal Lineup

       Ranking

       Chapter 13

       Summarizing

       3 As

       3-2-1

       A-B-C Summarize

       Across-the-Room Allies

       Folder Categorizing

       Getting the Gist

       Information Puzzle

       In the Bag

       Mystery Words

       One-Minute Paper

       Picture This

       Posters

       Quick Draw

       Reciprocal Teaching

       Roundabout

       Six- or Twelve-Word Summary

       Teams Check

       Three-Step Interview

       Two Cents

       Whip Around

       Work Sample Review

       Writing Tweets

       Chapter 14

       Checking for Understanding

       Confidence Hand Responses

       Muddiest Point

       Parking Lot Tool

       Send-a-Question

       Signal Cards

       Snowball

       Tickets to Enter or Exit

       Conclusion

       Appendix

       References and Resources

       Index

       About the Authors

      Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is a highly sought-after school leader and consultant with vast experience in urban, rural, and suburban districts throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, and the Netherlands. Dr. Heflebower has served as an award-winning classroom teacher, building leader, district leader, regional professional development director, and national and international trainer. She has also been an adjunct professor of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at several universities, and a prominent member and leader of numerous statewide and national educational organizations. Dr. Heflebower was the vice president and then senior scholar at Marzano Resources prior to becoming the CEO of her own company, !nspire Inc.: Education and Business Solutions. She also specializes in powerful presentation and facilitation techniques—writing and sharing them worldwide.

      Dr. Heflebower is widely published. She is lead author of the award-winning book A School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading and the award-finalist book A Teacher’s Guide to Standards-Based Learning. She is coauthor of Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools: The Next Step in PLCs and Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skills. She is a contributor to A Handbook for High Reliability Schools: The Next Step in School Reform, Becoming a Reflective Teacher, Coaching Classroom Instruction, The Highly Engaged Classroom, The Principal as Assessment Leader, The Teacher as Assessment Leader, and Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction and Assessment. Her articles have been featured in Kappan, Educational Leadership, Diversity Journal, the Education Week blog, and the Nebraska Council of School Administrators Today.

      Dr. Heflebower holds a bachelor of arts from Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska, where she was honored as an Outstanding Young Alumna and her team was inducted into the hall of fame. She has a master of arts from the University of Nebraska Omaha. She also earned an educational administrative endorsement and a doctor of education in educational administration from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

      Jan K. Hoegh has been an educator for thirty-plus years and an author and associate for Marzano Research since 2010. Prior to joining the Marzano team, she was a classroom teacher, buildinglevel