Streamline formative assessment for readers in just minutes a day
With What Do I Teach Readers Tomorrow? Nonfiction, discover how to move your readers forward with in-class, actionable formative assessment. The authors provide a proven, 4-step process--lean in, listen to what readers say, look at what they write, and assess where they need to go next.
Next-step resources for whole-class, small-group, and one-on-one instruction, include
- Reproducible Clipboard Notes pages for quick assessments
- More than 30 lessons to get you started
- Reading notebook entries and sample classroom conversations
- Online video clips of Renee and Gravity teaching and debriefing
Gravity Goldberg is an educational consultant who works in several districts across the country. She specializes in literacy, special education, curriculum, assessment, and learning with technology. Her work ranges from demonstrating lessons and leading workshops on balanced literacy to working with administrators developing curriculum and customizing professional development programs. She works in classrooms from pre-kindergarten through college and in a variety of settings, both urban and suburban. Dr. Goldberg was recently an assistant professor of education at Iona College in New York. She is co-author of the book, Conferring With Readers: Supporting Each Student's Growth and Independence (Heinemann).
Dr. Goldberg studied at Boston College and Teachers College, Columbia University, pursuing a doctorate in education in Curriculum and Teaching. She focused on educational policy, school reform, and literacy education. She is certified in Elementary Education, Special Education, and as a Reading Specialist (K-12). Gravity recently graduated from a yoga teacher training program so she could bring elements of yoga to students and teachers to help them find balance and focus in their lives.
Gravity taught in inclusive elementary classrooms, self-contained special education settings, and worked as a reading specialist for pre-K- grade 12. For four years she worked at Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, directed by Lucy Calkins, as a staff developer in classrooms across the country. She led workshops, modeled lessons, and created curricula. In addition, she ran a series of workshops for special educators, led literacy coaching courses, and served as a faculty member at the renowned summer institutes.
Gravity taught in the Literacy Specialist Graduate Program at Teachers College and taught courses on balanced literacy to preservice teachers, where she was awarded the The Outstanding Teacher Award in 2006. As a professor at Iona College she was awarded the 2012 Excellence In Teaching Award for her interdisciplinary collaborative teaching practices.
Her most recent publications include Mindfulness and Memoir in a Middle School Classroom (The English Record, Fall 2012) and Readers Who Keep Us Up At Night: Moving Away from Deficit Beliefs and Into Positive Action (Heinemann Digital Campus), and Moving from You and Me to We (The Teaching Professor, 2013).
Renee Houser is Co-Founder and Director of Education for Upper Grades at Growing Educators and a former Teachers College, Columbia University staff member. While teaching at PS 126 in NYC Renee worked closely with Dan Ling Fu, Shelly Harwayne and Lucy Calkins as renegades of innovative instruction. She brought her knowledge from these experiences into the classroom to support her students with diverse learning needs and was later tapped to join TCRWP. During her time as a staff developer, Renee also taught as an adjunct professor, led administrative think tanks, and created curriculum with literacy coaches from across the city, as well as nationally and internationally. She earned her Master's Degrees from Old Dominion University and Fordham University.
