Columbia Gorge Education Service District

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Gradual Release of Responsibility
A structure for thinking about instruction and lesson planning

Start with the teaching standards!
North Wasco Teacher Growth and Evaluation Handbook
We will be looking at Domain III Instruction, Standards 12-16

Some Explanations:
What does the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model look and sound like?
Routman, R. (2003). Reading Essentials. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

How to use the Release of Responsibility Model
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Watch it in Action!
Reading Workshop in Kindergarten
Grade K/ English / EL The Teaching Channel

Beginning Stages of Cause and Effect
Grade K or 1 Freundlichteaching

Grade 1 Math Gradual Release of Responsibilty
Grade 1 Comparing weight and length. Fisher and Frey

Engaging in Productive Struggle: Number Talks
Grade 2, Math and EL The Teaching Channel

Geometry Shapes - Gradual Release of Responsibility
Grade 2 Math and EL Fisher and Frey

Systematic ELD Prepositions
Grade 2 ELD Kim D'Entremont

Gradual Release - Vivid Imagery
Grade 5 Marty Frazer

I Do, We do, You Do: Scaffolding Reading Comprehension in Social Studies
Grade 6, Megan Montgomery

Gradual Release of Responsibility Reading/Inferences
Grade 7 Straub Middle School

Facilitating Academic Discourse
Grade 8 Science The Teaching Channel

Gradual Release of Responsibility
Grade 9 Language Arts The Teaching Channel

Improving Practice with Sarah Brown Wessling
Grade 11 English LA The Teaching Channel

The Teacher Toolkit
Short instructional videos with directions, templates and variations

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