Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Alignment: The lesson obj is a logical sub-question The lesson obj is not a
of the overarching EQ and points the logical sub-question of
Lesson to student back towards the larger the overarching EQ
Overarching EQ enduring understandings established for and/or fails to points
this unit.. the student back
towards the larger
enduring
understandings
established for this
unit..
There is a clear sense that the weekly There is not a clear sense
Alignment: that the weekly lessons are All activities observable were
lessons are building smaller outcome
Assessment assessments that can be ultimately
building smaller outcome
assessments that can be
aligned; there were some
Product to used to answer the larger EQ in a more ultimately used to answer planned that were rushed or
all-encompassing end-of-unit authentic the larger EQ in a more all-
Lesson and EQ EQ product. encompassing end-of-unit missing due to lack of time
authentic EQ product.
goal
Progress Thorough PM of S outcomes is PM of S outcomes is PM of S outcomes is I collected all data for later
evidenced throughout the lesson sometimes evidenced rarely evidenced
Monitoring of planning and teaching. throughout the lesson throughout the lesson review. All instructional
Student planning and teaching. planning and teaching. decisions were made based
Responsiveness upon the student’s past
to Instruction performance.
Responsive T gives deep reflection to (1) planning Depth of reflection in Watching this lesson not just by
by providing justification statements to connection to the
Teaching ground instructional decision making, cyclical process of myself like I normally do but also
Reflection and (2) student outcomes as a direct planning--instruction-- with Bri helped me to reflect
result of the instruction provided, with PM--reflection is not
an eye towards student responsiveness readily apparent. even more deeply than usual
to instruction and how such will inform about not only my teaching, but
future planning. The cyclical process of
planning--instruction--PM--reflection is also the reasons behind my
very apparent. T has clear student’s academic actions. It
understanding that responsiveness in
RTI applies to both the teacher and the was extraordinarily helpful to
student, and as such, both warrant have someone else offering
monitoring.
their perspective.
Explicitness of Explicit instruction is provided across all Some of the following More attention to detail I would say that I was too
lesson plan areas; appropriate are missing: Explicit in these areas are
Instruction instructional scaffolds are provided by instruction is provided needed: Explicit explicit. I think I wasted a bunch
the T before gradually releasing the across all lesson plan instruction is provided especially introducing fluency
ownership of independent "work" to the areas; appropriate across all lesson plan
S; appropriate balance of T and S talk instructional scaffolds areas; appropriate and word study. I believe it
and "heavy lifting" of the learning are provided by the T instructional scaffolds helped my student’s
before gradually are provided by the T
releasing the before gradually performance, but I know I
ownership of releasing the ownership cannot continue to talk as much
independent "work" to of independent "work"
the S; appropriate to the S; appropriate as I did during this lesson or we
balance of T and S balance of T and S talk will never get everything
talk and "heavy lifting" and "heavy lifting" of
of the learning the learning accomplished.
Looking through the lens of a reading coach, what feedback would you provide to the teacher going forward? Be sure to
address the explicitness of instruction.
Strengths noted in the lesson:
Explicit—took time to ensure that the student understood what was being asked of him;
Provided visuals for the student as reminders of what his tasks were so he could reference what he was supposed to be doing;
Word knowledge instruction was clear; provided in depth explanations;
Explained purpose of activities/why it was important that we were doing them; enthusiastic