Module 4: 

Activities 

1. Making Connections: Teaching and Learning Standards Rubric to Aspiring Teacher Rubric 

• Examine the ATR Indicators that are connected to the TLSR.

• Complete the We wonder, We  notice, chart for your assigned indicators.

Guiding Questions:

• What is similar and/or different?

• What might have been taken into consideration when lifting language from the TLSR to create the ATR?

• Making connections chart

2.  Indicators in Action - 6th Grade ELA Lesson Plan Review

Analyze the lesson plan for evidence of your assigned indicators

Task A: In your breakout group, discuss: 

• What evidence can you identify in the lesson plan?

• What do you anticipate you will observe during this instruction?

Materials: 

• Group Chart: 6th Grade ELA Evidence

Task B: Share out

• Based on the focus indicators, what teacher or student evidence stands out to you the most? Why?

• How does your evidence highlight alignment between a strong instructional plan and instructional implementation?

Materials: 

• Group Chart: 6th Grade ELA Evidence

3.  Indicator Chart Review

•  Return to your charts, is there anything you would add to this the chart based on the virtual field trip?

•  Group Chart: Rubric Indicator Tables from Module 2

4. Alignment of Instructional Practices to Group Consensus

• Revisit your group’s consensus from module 1.

• Label connections between elements of effective instruction listed on the consensus organizer and the Aspiring Teacher Rubric indicators.

Materials: 

• Group Chart: Elements of an Effective Lesson from Module 1