Massachusetts Reading Association Primer December 2021 vol. 49. No.2
Empowering Teachers to Reimagine Instruction that Builds Students’ Literacies Lisa M. O’Brien Education Department, Winston School of Education and Social Policy, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA Francisca A. Carocca Fifth Grade Bilingual Teacher, Waltham Public Schools, Waltham, MA Bianca Enos Kindergarten Teacher, Haverhill Public Schools, Haverhill, NH Christine M. Leighton School of Education, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA Emma Caffey Second Grade Teacher, Mission Grammar School, Boston, MA
Ms. Nhan (pseudonym), a third grade, sheltered-English immersion [SEI] teacher in
a northeastern urban school) participated in a semester-long professional development initiative, Reading and Writing Instruction for the 21st Century (RWIC), to learn about innovative and effective ways to support her students’ literacy development. As part of this work, Ms. Nhan reviewed the district-mandated curriculum and required text. She noted that lesson goals for the upcoming week included identifying the main idea and retelling key ideas from the informational text Face to Face With Wolves (Brandenburg & Brandenburg, 2018). Below is a text excerpt:
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