Another great day of learning in RPI today. Our focus this time was about small group reading instructions, and giving multiple options and opportunities to add to our explicit teaching time.  There were many things that stood out to me - first one being reading comprehension is a highly valued learning outcome, and we need to find strategic actions for our learners to process complex texts. This can help me to think of my teaching, and what I give my learners not only in our explicit instructional group, but also during their follow up. I need to think about what would be useful but not overwhelming, and if it is overwhelming, what I can do to break it down for my learners to still gain access to this skill. Something else that stood out to me was when I am teaching small groups, the Fountas & Pinnell disgram is a great place to start.  If I am teaching the most important skill (L.Is), everything else should come if I am being explicit. I also saw that what would be...