Rounds Momentum Plan Round Visit #4

Campus __A.V. Cato_____________________

Analysis
Questioning:
*86% of the questions were at the 2 lower levels of Blooms.
* 14% were at the higher level of Blooms Taxonomy

Responses:
*68% of our student verbal discourse is at the level 2 (answer in complete sentences).

Talk Time:
*Teacher talk was at 36%
* Student talk was at 64%

Task:
*62% were of tasks were whole group. 38% of the time tasks were small group

Next Level of Work

1. Have students justify their answers/responses.

Targets
1. Increase student responses at the level 3 by 15%.

Rounds Momentum Plan Round Visit #4

Campus __A.V. Cato_____________________

Professional Development
Short Term Goal #1: Increase student responses at the level 3 by 15%.

Short Term Goal #2: Increase student talk rated at the level 3 verbal discourse rubric by 10% .
Next Level of Work: scaffold student responses for justification of answers.
How to Help students Justify their answers:

http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/dec13/vol55/num12/Making-aHabit-of-%C2%A3How-Do-You-Know%C2%A2%C2%A3.aspx

http://712educators.about.com/od/teachingstrategies/tp/Educational-Probing-Techniques.htm

http://eduplace.com/math/mathsteps/1/d/index.html

http://allthingsupperelementary.blogspot.com/2013/02/teaching-students-to-justify-in-math.html

2. Focus on a 5 seconds Think Time for students to answer questions before prompting a
response, scaffolding the response, or moving to another student with the intention of
coming back to that initial questioned student

3. Walkthrough feedback on the use of verbal discourse level 3

Peer Coaching:
Do between May 4th and May 15th
Focus: Student Discourse Level 3; looking for students to justify their answers/thinking.
1. Observe peers instruction
2. Using the Peer Coaching feedback form to give feedback on the focus