Direct Teaching Model
The specific practice activities that individual students need to complete daily to understand the subject matter or skills being taught.
What is an agenda?
As students work independently on written work, teachers should move around the classroom looking closely at students' work.
What does actively monitoring look like?
Which level of Bloom's Taxonomy uses the following verbs: demonstrate, solve, produce, apply
What is application?
I tell my thoughts and feelings in order to convince the reader to change their mind. (Hing: Graphic Organizer is OREO)
What is Opinion Writing?
It is a quick, independent or collaborative activity that typically involves no (or minimal) guidance from the teacher. Should be in TCAP format.
What is Do Now?
Teacher watches for predicted areas of specific concern or new issues, and making quick adjustments, such as pulling students into a small group for immediate help or re- teaching an element to the whole class
What is the purpose of Aggressively Monitoring?
Which level of Blooms Taxonomy uses the verbs: list, define, state, and repeat?
What is knowledge?
Provide factual information, explanations, and insights without trying to persuade or argue the point.
What is Informative Writing
To give teachers an opportunity to show students how to do what will be expected of them independently; students may jot down notes very little student participation.
What is I do in the Gradual Release.
You actively approaching every single student in class in order to receive and give immediate feedback during gradual release.
What is Aggressively Monitoring?
Which level of Bloom's Taxonomy use the following questions: How would you decide about ______? What do you think about _____?
What is evaluation
I use strong words and phrases. Yes or No
I use complete sentences. Yes or No
I started my sentences differently. Yes or No
What is a checklist?
(1) To give students another opportunity to practice what was modeled in the “I Do” and what they practiced in the “We Do” with a peer. (2) To give the teacher an opportunity to assess and assist every student (where needed).
What is You Do in Pairs?
What are some tools and methods teachers can use to ensure all students respond in class?
What are Data Tracking Forms?
What is Aggressively Tracking Monitoring Form?
What is analysis?
Hook
Topic Sentence.
3 Supporting Details
Closing Sentence
What is an Introductory Paragraph?
Ongoing formative assessments in the form of questioning, reviews and observations are the foundation for improved instruction and student feedback throughout the learning process. (Hint: Teachers complete Laps to determine small group instruction)
What are Checks for Understanding?
Teacher can then provide feedback on their work and obtain data samples of the successes and struggles of the pupils within the context of the task; this can then influence the approach to the next phase of learning or help determine the nature of future intervention.
What are the benefits of Aggressively Monitoring?
Bloom's Taxonomy verbs are create, compose, plan, and support.
What is synthesis?
Even though Invention Day did not end the way Steve thought it would, he learned something from his teacher. Retell the story from Mrs. Neil's point of view. What type of writing is this?
What is Narrative Writing?