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  • When should I begin Being a Reader instruction?
  • Where can I find support for scheduling Collaborative Literacy?
  • How can I schedule the Being a Reader program into my literacy block?
  • What is the Designated English Language Development (D-ELD) component of the Being a Reader program?
  • Why are students unable to go back in the book to find their answers when completing comprehension checks?
  • How can I check my students’ comprehension in Being a Reader, Second Edition?
  • Are there culminating activities at the end of each unit?
  • How can I determine grades in the Being a Reader program?
  • How do I communicate reading progress to families for the Being a Reader program?
  • Why don’t students have copies of read-alouds during reading lessons in the Being a Reader program?
  • What science and/or social studies topics are students exposed to in Being a Reader, Second Edition read-aloud texts?
  • How do I manage all the charts in the Being a Reader program? Is there an example of what the charts should look like?
  • How do I fit in all the components of the Being a Reader program?
  • How does Being a Reader and/or Being a Writer fit into my day?
  • How does Being a Reader align to the Science of Reading?
  • How does the “Read-Spell-Read” routine for high-frequency words in the Being a Reader program support orthographic mapping?
  • Where can I find the correlation between SIPPS and Being a Reader?
  • How can I adjust Collaborative Literacy instruction for half-day kindergarten classes?
  • Where can I find the scope and sequences for Being a Reader, Second Edition?
  • Where do I start with Being a Reader?
  • How are the placement assessments in the SIPPS and Being a Reader programs similar and different?
  • How do the SIPPS and Being a Reader programs work together?
  • How is reading comprehension taught in the Being a Reader program?
  • How do I support first graders at the beginning of the year in the Being a Reader program?
  • What materials need to be prepared for instruction in the Being a Reader program?
  • How do the components of the Being a Reader program work together?
  • How many days of instruction are there per week for each component of the Being a Reader program?
  • What are the assessments in the Being a Reader program, and how are they used to inform instruction?

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