Resources

A short video explaining the four phases of understanding that students develop during close reading. Teachers guide students through each phase with text-dependent questions, helping students develop a deep and thorough understanding of the text at hand.

This concept paper articulates the KIPP Foundation's point of view on Guided Reading.

A rubric to evaluate a teacher's proficiency with implementation of Guided Reading instruction.

A customizable template to help leaders and teachers plan a Guided Reading lesson

A rubric to help instructional leaders gauge the progress of school-wide Guided Reading implementation.

A tool to help leaders and teachers check for high-value behaviors in effective vocabulary instruction and provide constructive feedback.

This blueprint outlines KIPP's ideal instructional design for a K-8 mathematics classroom. It recommends high-leverage practices and the ideal time to spend on each key component.

A tool to help leaders and teachers get aligned on excellent math instruction.

Explore how high-impact ratio techniques can put the heavy cognitive lifting on students, which is a key component of conceptual understanding.

This template can be used to plan lessons that incorporate ratio techniques that put the heavy cognitive lifting on students, which is a key component of conceptual understanding.