Whole, guided, small, paired, and independent groupings.
What are the various ways to cluster students in order to meet the intended learning outcomes?
100
It is central to planning and assessment and all categories should be considered to ensure learning is interconnected.
What is the achievement chart?
100
Activation, construction of knowledge and consolidation of the learning goal.
What is the 3 part lesson framework?
100
It informs a teacher of student understanding at the beginning of the unit, throughout the unit, and at the end of the unit of study.
What is assessment for, as and of learning?
100
This resource develops vocabulary and improves spelling.
What is "Words Their Way?"
200
A focus on learning, effort and perseverance, despite obstacles, contributes to success.
What is develop a growth mindset and create a culture of high expectations?
200
These are the enduring understandings students should learn.
What is planning with big ideas/learning goals?
200
These help students acquire and apply mathematical knowledge and skills and include: problem solving, reasoning and proving, reflecting, selecting tools and computational strategies, representing and communicating.
What are the mathematical processes?
200
This matches the success criteria and is individualized and purposeful to support student reflection, goal setting and learning.
What is providing timely, descriptive feedback?
200
A wide range is modeled for students and readily available for student use.
What are manipulatives?
300
In an effort to co-construct a common understanding of what success looks like, these are posted in classrooms.
What are anchor charts with co-created success criteria?
300
These developmental landmarks are composed of 3 domains: strategies, big ideas and models.
What is Cathy Fosnot's mathematical landscape?
300
Teacher moderation, co-plan/co-teach/co-debrief, asking effective questions and critical thinking.
What are high yield, researched based strategies?
300
Process, content and/or product are modified to capture student understanding in a meaningful way.
What is differentiated, authentic assessment?
300
Beginning September 2010, assessment, evaluation, and reporting in Ontario schools was based on the policies and practices described in this document.
What is "Growing Success"?
400
Purposeful conversation is facilitated to encourage students to take risks and engage in meaningful conversations to challenge their thinking.
What is foster student engagement, voice and choice?
400
The teacher engages students to think about their thought processes and to monitor their own learning.
What is provoke metacognition?
400
Teachers may begin with a whole group approach to launch new ideas, address specific skill building within a small group, partner students to refine their thinking, and provide opportunities for students to work individually.
What is gradual release of responsibility?
400
A process of gathering objective information about students over time using multiple sources of information.
What is transparent, fair, and equitable assessment, evaluation and reporting?
400
This invaluable resource supports many thousands of educators through a range of face-to-face, online and print resources and services developed around a classroom-proven approach to embedding critical thinking. Their aim is to help students learn to think and think to learn.
What is The Critical Thinking Consortium?
500
Learning about report writing in science provides students with authentic opportunities.
What is maximizing time by addressing literacy skills in content areas?
500
Meaning maker, code maker, text user and text analyzer.
What are the four roles of a literate learner?
500
A task that challenges students to discuss, summarize, evaluate, analyze, compare, interpret and synthesize ideas and information.
What is engaging in critical literacy?
500
3 different sources that a teacher collects to evaluate achievement over time.
What are observation, conversation and student product?
500
Word Reading Efficiency Passages, CASI, OWA, Spelling Inventory, Reading and Writing Attitude Surveys and Fluency Passages.
What is in the DSBN Classroom Based Literacy Junior Assessment Portfolio?