Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

12.08.22 Gabby Woolf’s Dr. Jekyll Lesson and the Power of Reading Fluency

My colleagues Erica Woolway, Sadie McCleary, Hannah Solomon and I have been working on the TLAC 3.0 Field Guide to support the new 3.0 Teach Like a Champion this fall. It’ll be out in a few months, but it’s a bit different from previous Field Guides in that it focuses on “keystone” videos–longer clips of 8…


05.03.13 Jessica Bracey: Control the Game and Fluency (video)

We just added this clip of North Star Academy’s Jessica Bracey to our collection… we filed it under Fluency and Control the Game (CTG) though we aren’t yet sure which technique we’ll use it for during our workshops.         In fact what we love about it is the synergy it shows between Fluency and…