Building Vocabulary through Models

I chose to focus on my 3 ICT geometry sections. I chose this because I was noticing students not using vocabulary in discussion and on their handouts/benchmarks/performance tasks. Also students with disabilities have struggled with vocabulary usage in years past and I wanted to support them as well. 

• I really pushed myself to deepen my questioning by meeting with Alex to think through lesson plans/goals for discussion. 

• I also went to see Trudy try out a student discussion protocol which got me thinking about how to do it in my classroom

Baseline data

I took low inference notes and listened/looked at what my students were saying/writing. I purposely circulated around the room and listened in on groups during turn and talk time or work time.

Measuring success

I looked at if students were answering questions using vocabulary when I asked them. I also looked at their written responses on first fives, exit slips, and benchmarks throughout the marking period. 

Links

I am happy to pull up the stuff for people - questioning is embedded in my daily lessons/handouts!

I was pretty successful. I think students are using content specific vocabulary more in their responses verbally and written. I noticed stronger/more detailed answers on benchmarks.