Douglas Fisher - Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-5

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Note From the Publisher: The authors have provided video and web content throughout the book that is available to you through QR codes. To read a QR code, you must have a smartphone or tablet with a camera. We recommend that you download a QR code reader app that is made specifically for your phone or tablet brand.

Videos may also be accessed at https://resources.corwin.com/VL-LiteracyK-5

• Video 1 Lesson Elements, Grades K5
• Video 2 Elements of Instruction, Grades 1, 3, and 5
• Video 3 Teacher Clarity
• Video 4 Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
• Video 5 Visible Learners: What I learned today
• Video 6 What Changes When You Use Learning Intentions and Success Criteria?
• Video 7 Creating Visible Learners: The Visible Learner Seeks, Is Resilient, and Aspires to Challenge
• Video 8 Relevance
• Video 9 Modeling Academic Language
• Video 10 Checking for Understanding
• Video 11 Interactive Writing in Kindergarten
• Video 12 Prepping Students for Student-Led Dialogic Learning
• Video 13 Visible Learners: What do you do when you get stuck?
• Video 14 Collective Teacher Efficacy
• Video 15 Determining Impact
• Video 16 Visible Learners: How do you know what youre supposed to learn?

The ideas in this book come from a wide range of researchers and teachers who have individually and collectively helped us refine our ideas. We appreciate all of the interactions we have had with literacy experts around the world. Having said that, we are indebted to two individuals who have significantly shaped the ideas in this book.

Kristen Anderson is Senior Director of Global Consulting and Evaluation at Corwin. Her knowledge of visible learning and her commitment to high-quality learning for all students is unparalleled. She has been a significant source of support for our work and has greatly assisted us with the translation of complex ideas into classroom practice. Kristen also facilitated the original meeting between the three of us, which resulted in the Visible Literacy Learning initiative. Beyond her knowledge of visible learning, Kristen is a brilliant presenter of ideas and a deeply caring colleague. We are honored to have her leading our work. She is a wonderful friend and advocate.

Lisa Luedeke is another ally and friend from Corwin who has shaped the Visible Literacy Learning experience, from books to professional learning. As an author herself, she understands the power of the written word. She is an amazing thinker who has an uncanny ability to forecast teachers needs. She has skillfully guided our thinking, asking critical questions that have allowed us to integrate our ideas. She is passionate and committed and we are lucky to have her support for our efforts.

Wed like to introduce you to the Danish philosopher Sren Kierkegaard, the father of existentialist philosophy, who wrote

If we wish to succeed in helping someone to reach a particular goal we must first find out where he is now and start from there.

If we cannot do this, we merely delude ourselves into believing that we can help others.

Before we can help someone, we must know more than he does, but most of all, we must understand what he understands. If we cannot do that, our knowing more will not help.

If we nonetheless wish to show how much we know, it is only because we are vain and arrogant, and our true goal is to be admired, not to help others.

All genuine helpfulness starts with humility before those we wish to help, so we must understand that helping is not a wish to dominate but a wish to serve.