This is the indicator that connects best to the descriptor, "Activities and materials include activities that induce student curiosity or suspense."
What is Motivating Students?
100
This is an activity where you create a poster with your information on it, post it on the wall, and then walk the room to look at each others' information.
What is a carousel?
100
This is one of Ryann's favorite ways to Motivate Students.
What is a GLITTER BOMB?
200
These are the 5 descriptors that connect directly to the content.
What is support lesson objectives, are challenging, elicit a variety of thinking, provide time for reflection, and are relevant to students' lives?
200
Using different colored markers for each student during an activity like a round table is an example of this.
What is holding students accountable for their group work?
200
This indicator is essential when planning groups that are varied by ability level.
What is Teacher Knowledge of Students?
200
This is the activity where you pass a paper around the table and each person gets to write an answer or idea.
What is a round table?
200
This activity (that we've been doing in most of our TAP Rubric Trainings) allows large chunks of information to be obtained, but without each person needing to read each large chunk.
What is a jigsaw?
300
In a student-centered classroom, these are things you would see in a room with a teacher who is proficient with Activities and Materials.
What is activities that sustain students' attention, provide opportunities for student-to-student interaction, induce student curiosity and suspense, and provide students with choices?
300
These are the four different examples of grouping arrangements.
What are whole class, small group, pairs, or individual?
300
These are twp indicators that have a connection to the descriptor, "Activities and materials are relevant to students' lives."
What are Standards and Objectives and Motivating Students?
300
This is an example of something that motivated you during our last training.
What is a glitter bomb, prizes, choice, etc?
300
"We will analyze and describe a character." is an example of this.
What is an objective?
400
This is the indicator that connects closely to the new common core math kits.
What is incorporating resources beyond the school curriculum texts?
400
This is the reason behind having group roles and responsibilities.
What is to ensure that all students participate and are held accountable for their learning?
400
These are 2 connections to the descriptor, "All students in groups know their roles, responsibilities, and group work expectations."
What are Standards and Objectives and Teacher Knowledge of Students?
400
This is a way to set up partners in your classroom.
What is think, pair, share, numbered heads, cards, sticker picker, etc.?
400
This is the MOST important descriptor under the indicator of Presenting Instructional Content.
What is modeling?
500
This is the most important descriptor for the indicator of Activities and Materials.
What is they support the lesson objectives?
500
This is a question you could ask that would help you make sure that students are held accountable during a grouping structure.
How will I ensure equal participation and accountability for all students?
500
This is the biggest benefit of using high quality Activities and Materials and Grouping of Students.
What is high student interest/motivation which leads to high achievement?
500
Using manipulatives in math is an example of this descriptor under Teacher Content Knowledge.
What is subject specific instructional strategy?
500
This is the most important thing to know about the TAP Rubric.
What is that there are many, many connections between indicators and descriptors?