Learning environment is arranged in all classes to foster attentiveness, collaboration, and interaction.
District adopted program is implemented fully as designed with all materials and lessons.
Students use digital tools or multimedia resources to collaborate, create, produce, publish, integrate, or evaluate content.
Desks in small group arrangement
Google Workspace Apps
Chromebooks
Digital Board
Graphing Calculators
Video Cameras
Teacher communicates high expectations for student success as evidenced by sufficient support
Lessons are paced and structured to keep all students engaged throughout the learning.
Students are engaged in flexible groups. (At least 15 minutes of small group instruction)
Rubric Examples (Doc)
Anchor Chart Example (Monitor & Clarify)
Differentiation
Discourse Stems (Doc)
Small Group Instruction (doc)
6th Grade Small Group Instruction - Pull Out (Video)
8th Grade Small Group Instruction - Push In (video)
Frequent checks for understanding with appropriate adjustments made to instruction.
Goals/objectives are communicated beyond being
posted and referred to by teachers or students as they voice their understanding of learning goals.
Lesson tasks require productive struggle, problem-solving, or reasoning aligned to standards.
8 Checks for Understanding (Web)
Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down
White Boards
Boogie Boards
Checking for Understanding Strategies (Doc)
3-2-1 Summarizing Strategy (Video)
HS Fist to Five (Video)
Anchor Chart Fist to Five (Video)
Classroom Bulletin Board
I can statements
Teachers’ or students’ written and/or spoken discourse uses domain specific vocabulary.
Students read and articulate their understanding of complex text and/or concepts. (Using a reading comprehension strategy or math problem solving strategy)
Students respond to and/or use higher-order questions in classroom discourse.
Students support written and/or spoken opinions with evidence from text and/or other content-specific resources. (SMP 2 and 3)
SMP 2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Mathematically proficient students make sense of quantities and their relationships in problem situations.
SMP 3
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Mathematically proficient students understand and use stated assumptions, definitions, and previously established results in constructing arguments. They justify their conclusions, communicate them to others, and respond to the arguments of others.