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Collaborative Teacher Literacy Teams, K-6 offers K-6 teams a toolkit for raising student literacy skills. In this companion to Literacy Look-Fors: An Observation Protocol to Guide K-6 Classroom Walkthroughs, author Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins outlines and explores the work of collaborative literacy teams, from their formation to the employment of successful, student-focused strategies. The foundation of this book is the exemplars and nonexemplars of effective K-6 literacy instruction, sixty research-based indicators that describe the core knowledge and skills (curriculum and instruction) of a comprehensive and balanced literacy program. These exemplars are divided into five categories: instructional moves, teacher-managed instruction, teacher with-it-ness, student-managed instruction, and classroom artifacts. Each chapter features four professional growth units dedicated to a category of exemplars, providing educators with the opportunity to discuss key concepts, self-reflect, and remain focused on student achievement. By understanding and applying McEwan-Adkins's research-based exemplars, teams can achieve professional growth.