7 Steps
These nonverbal options are used to check for understanding across the entire class simultaneously.
What are Total Response Signals?
This specific 7 Steps discussion structure should be used to support the essential element: academic conversations.
What is QSSSA?
In vocabulary development, teachers have the professional judgement to identify and prioritizes these.
What is vocabulary beyond or in place of curricular vocabulary?
What is collaboration?
This Step 5 strategy helps student access content objective through non-text or nonverbal aids.
What is Visuals?
To ensure equitable engagement and accountability, teachers should use this strategy when calling on students.
What is Randomize and Rotate?
For any text read in class, instruction must occur during these three distinct phases.
What is Before, During, and After reading?
Teachers can adapt before, during, and after reading activities to meet these specific requirements.
What is student learning needs and/or proficiency scale skills?
During whole group instruction, the teacher should spend how much time on the warm-up.
What is 2-4 minutes, unless...?
The essential Writing opportunities provide evidence of growth in this area.
What is [expressive] language proficiency?
This step requres students to use "accountable talk" when responding to questions.
What is Speaking in Complete Sentences?
Students must engage in online speaking task in the VISTA platform at least...
What is two times a week?
Teachers are encouraged to facilitate theys types of collaborative reading activities to enhance engagement.
What is reciprocal teaching or paired reading?
Oral rehearsal before, during, and after writing is a key activity that relates to this phase.
What is collaboration?
In step 6, students participate in 'structured conversations' using these types of aids. List two.
What is sentence frames, roles, visuals, word bank, etc.?
This step focuses on enhancing student agency by teaching them how to handle a situation.
What is Teaching Students What to Say When they Don't Know What to Say?
This guide ensures unit pacing and identifes the ELD Proficiency Scales for each unit.
What is the YaaG/Year-at-a-Glance.
When using the online platform, teacher may determine which online tasks support this specific goal.
What is proficiency scales, language development, and/or student interest?
Independent practice and/or wrap up should include online work and this type of written response daily.
What is short written responses?
This tool allos student to record and play back their own oral langauge practice.
What is online speaking practice?
These steps require planned structures to support language skills.
What is Structured Reading & Writing and Structured Conversations?
VISTA proficiency assessments must be administered quarterly, specifically from these unit numbers, throughout the year.
What is unit 2, 4, 6, and End of book?
Teachers should structure the writing opportunity through scaffolds. List at least three.
What is graphic organizers, word banks, sentence/paragraph frames, model/mentor text, etc.
The 5-minute lesson closure myst connect learning activities back to these two items.
What is daily learning objectives and proficiency scales?
This essential element helps teachers identify language and content learning needs.
What is checks for understanding?