Misc.+Resources


 * Inspirational Sayings:**
 * http://www.dailygood.org (sign up for free to have motivational sayings sent to your email address daily
 * http://www.famous-quotes-and-quotations.com/home.html (sign up for free to have motivational sayings sent to your email address daily)
 * http://blog.dreamthisday.com (sign up for free to have motivational sayings sent to your email address daily)


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**Professional Readings for Coaches:**
 * http://www.choiceliteracy.com (sign up for "The Big Fresh", free weekly e-newsletters for K-12 literacy leaders)
 * [] (This is a great article that deals with working with reluctant teachers!)
 * http://www.radicallearners.com/valueofacoach/ (the value of a coach
 * http://teachers.net/wong/OCT12/ Cause - Effect Coaching and Content Coaching

=Books:= Core Literacy Library
 * "Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships" by Laura Lipton & Bruce Wellman (A guide for coaching teachers that includes conversational/verbal tools)
 * "Pathways to Understanding: Patterns and Practices in the Learning-Focused Classroom" by Laura Lipton & Bruce Wellman (Various interaction strategies to use with adults and students)
 * "Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry" by Bruce Wellman & Laura Lipton (A guide for how to facilitate conversations regarding data analysis along with ideas on how to structure those meetings and reproducible resources)
 * "Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service" by Ken Blanchard (How to build relationships and create raving fans in your organization)
 * "What Great Principals Do Differently: Fifteen Things that Matter Most" by Todd Witaker (15 Things that Great Principal's Do)
 * "The Reading Coach: A How-To Manual for Success" by Jan Hasbrouck (Tools, Tips, and Strategies for Reading Coaches)
 * "Using Data to Assess Your Reading Program" by Emily Calhoun (Ideas, Tables, and Charts for using student assessment results to evaluate your reading programs)
 * "Facilitation at a Glance" (2nd edition) by Ingrid Bens (Little pocket guide with facilitation tips & strategies)
 * "Cooperative Learning" by Dr. Spencer Kagan (cooperative learning strategies)
 * "Higher-Level Thinking Questions: Language Arts" by Kagan (Questions to ask and cooperative learning strategies to use during Language Arts)
 * "50 Creative Training Openers & Energizers" by Bob Pike & Lynn Solem (Ice breakers and interaction strategies)
 * "Would You Rather..." by Justin Heimberg & David Gomberg (Questions for adults)
 * "Which Would you Rather Be?" by William Steig (picture book for children)
 * "Would You Rather" by John Burningham (picture book for children)
 * "Teaching Reading Sourcebook" by Bill Honig, Linda Diamond, Linda Gutlohn
 * Tim Rasinski and Michael Opitz's book Good-bye Round Robin Reading
 * To buy or sell used books: Follett Ed Service, phone 800-621-4272 ext. 7505

=Additional Materials:=
 * Traceable Chart Art for Flip Charts and Overhead Transparencies. Found at http://www.miravia.com/products_descriptions.html
 * Sample spreadsheet for data results: [[file:ne-icn/DataResults.xlsx|DataResults.xlsx]]
 * Sample testing results spreadsheet: [[file:ne-icn/Sample Testing Data.xlsx|Sample Testing Data.xlsx]]
 * Readability of text on-line []
 * This is if you who are taking classes and you need a site to do your APA references for you. [|http://www.easybib.com]
 * This is a chart to aide in fast tracking RM and RM Plus Editions [[file:ne-icn/ConversionTable-1.xls|ConversionTable-1.xls]]
 * Created to help those schools that use RM Signatures Edition. Checkout the tabs at the bottom. Some things are specific to my school. [[file:ne-icn/Signatures Info.xls|Signatures Info.xls]]
 * NIFDI data forms for RM. [[file:ne-icn/NIFDI forms.zip|NIFDI forms.zip]]
 * Observation Forms
 * [[file:ne-icn/5Min Obs-5-10.doc|5Min Obs-5-10.doc]]
 * [[file:ne-icn/5MinuteObsSummaryForm.doc|5MinuteObsSummaryForm.doc]]
 * [[file:ne-icn/CoachObsForm.doc|CoachObsForm.doc]]
 * [[file:ne-icn/Observation Form.doc|Observation Form.doc]]
 * [[file:ne-icn/monthly summary form.xls|monthly summary form.xls]]

=__**Reading Mastery Videos**__= "C**ountdown to Lesson 1"** (samples of routines used in first 8.5 min. of video) <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5293789"
 * "Why is Reading So Hard?"** <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5293317"
 * "Reading Mastery Video Training Series - RM II, Lessons 40-160"** (example of student teacher game points in first 1.5 min. of video) <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5205232"
 * "Countdown to Lesson 1"** (Error Correction Information starting 8:20 min. into the video until the end) <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5293789"

=__**Cybraryman's Website Information:**__= http://cybraryman.com/coachinginstr.html

__Vocabulary Website:__
Vocabulogic

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