Prepare 1: Know your students and self

• • • Learning about students

    • Differentiation

Prepare 2: Use curricular and other resources to prepare

• • • Content, Skills and Language Objectives

    • Assessment

      • • Formative vs Summative

        • Rubrics and standards

        • Sample assessments

    • Gradual Release of Responsibility Model

    • Planning for a block period

Teach 1: Facilitate clear, standards-based content learning (Lesson hooks and framing the learning) 

Teach 2: Use strategies and tasks to engage students in rigorous work

• • • Modeling and guided practice

    • Student-centered instruction

    • Reading protocols and strategies

    • Writing scaffolds and graphic organizers

    • Teaching Vocabulary

    • Mini-Lessons for skills/concepts

    • Academic Language

    • Scaffolding and Differentiation

Teach 3: Use intentional questioning to deepen learning

Teach 4: Monitor progress and provide feedback

Teach 5: Facilitate student interactions and academic talk 

• • • Structured student talk routines

    • Groupwork and groupwork structures

Teach 6: Organize and implement routines to support a learning-focused classroom & Teach 7: Cultivate a supportive learning community

• • • Materials Organization

    • Behavior Management

    • Routines

    • Relational capacity and building relationships

    • Communicating with families