Students are engaged in the lesson

Students are provided with the necessary tools to complete the tasks

There is movement

Students collaborate to complete tasks

Stages of projects with due dates

Student checklists

Utilizing real world phenomena and  connections during labs 

Making predictions based on experience

Frequent informal questions

Chunking practice problems

Guided notes

Directions are chunked clearly and appropriately

Intentional motivation at various points for students (IGNITE)

Students actively engaged (IGNITE)

I do, we do, you do (CHUNK)

Student discourse (CHUNK)

Productive struggle (CHEW)

Celebrating/sharing different processes/methods (CHEW)

Help make connections for students (REVIEW)

Evidence of Pre Assessment being used to determine activity 

Students are engaged in the activities for the full time. 

Instructions are reinforced and student behavior indicates understanding of instructions. 

All students collaborate on classwork.

All students are using class generated materials to review. 

Skits are used to show knowledge and role play

Kids remain engaged in the processing task for the full amount of time specified

Instructions are clearly reinforced and student behavior indicates understanding of instructions

It is obvious what stage of processing is used

Students use notes to review

Student work collaboratively to review

Final product is clear based on previous directions

Directions are chunked clearly and appropriately

Teacher language frequently reiterates how skills/lessons build on one another

Steps in the process are clearly and meaningfully communicated