Think Aloud Planning Sheet

Directions for Full Credit: Use the think aloud strategy planning sheet below to plan your strategy instruction. Please submit
this completed template to Canvas with the reflection.

Name: Emily Sudol

Strategy: KWL Chart
Content Area Standard:
● QR.FR.2: Understand and apply strategies to monitor income and expenses, plan for
spending, implement a diversified investment strategy, and save for future goals.
ELA Standards:
● 9-10.RST.7: Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into
visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or
mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
Objective:
Students will develop a deeper connection to the idea and expand on the idea of budgeting through a
KWL prior and after reading an article on tips for budgeting for high schoolers with an expansion of
understanding growing by 75%.
Text:
https://www.theamericanacademy.com/blogs/articles/budgeting-for-high-school-students
Link to Screencast:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OZvYpskgtCeTHSRSKz8uAB-MSh4UDwfi/view
:*You may use bullet points if desired in the blue sections below*

Strategy Awareness & Explanation (Purpose for selecting the strategy)

How will this text provide students with a clear picture of the why and how?
● This text will help students in developing extra ideas on budgeting based on the
prior knowledge around the word budget and the meaning behind it.
● This is important to understanding the meaning behind the article as it allows for
a deeper look at what prior knowledge students have on the topic before going so
deep into the project and guided interactive PowerPoint.
● This article builds the students’ thoughts and understanding of the topic as a how
this topic builds on the thoughts and ideas of past events and what they caused
and how we can improve as a society.
Strategy Demonstration & Modeling (Think Aloud)
How will you model, explain, practice, and reinforce the rules or procedures of the strategy?
This will be modeled into this idea by building on the thoughts brought forward with budgeting. Using a
KWL chart leads students to think of what they know prior to the article.
What the students want to know from reading the article.
Then after reading the article what they have learned about budgeting in high school.
What the Text Says
“A new leader came into power in
1933. He was head of the National
Socialist, or Nazi party.
“High school students have a
wide range of expenses, from
school supplies to social
activities”
“Learning to budget money is a
life skill that will benefit both
high school students who are
supporting themselves and
students whose parents finance
the majority of their expenses.”
“The costs of attending public
school can be high, even in the
absence of tuition.”
“At this point, you might decide
to adjust the figures in your
weekly budget to support your
goals.”
“Establishing credit and growing
a savings account in high
school allow students to pursue
many opportunities after
graduation, such as getting their
first apartment, buying a new
car or covering tuition costs for
their first year of college.”
Budgeting tips for high school students. The American Academy. (n.d.). Retrieved
November 1, 2021, from
What I Say What Comprehension Strategy
I Model
“This part makes me ask all sorts of Asking questions
questions. Was Hitler elected the
head, like we elect presidents? Or was
he born into a family of leaders like a
king and queen.”
Ask questions with each other
What this part makes me think is about their different expenses
what is inside these wide range of
expenses.
Allow students to discuss with one
What this tells me is that there another privortly to take lk ablout
multiple ways to budget money how they cover their expenses.
while in high school. There is not
one distinct way to do it.
Ask questions with text support
This part makes me question,
What costs make attending public
school high even if there is no
tuition.
Build a look at the KWL on what
This part makes me ask what are they didnt add
some key decided adjustments,
what makes me want to adjust my
weekly budget.
Ask questions
This part makes me wonder what
is credit, how do I get credit, are
there different types of credit.
https://www.theamericanacademy.com/blogs/articles/budgeting-for-high-school-
students.

Guided Practice
How will you have students practice the strategy with support?
● Students will begin by filling out the beginning parts of the KWL
● This can be done by the students just looking over the article and understanding
the basics of what it is looking to talk about.
● Using this strategy with guided instruction students can focus on the parts of the
chart instead of the whole chart at once.
Strategy Application
How will students apply the strategy independently?
● Students can use this strategy Independently by taking articles they’re asked to
read as homework and other classes and presenting them in a similar way when
asked to reflect on what was learned from the reading.
● Students can also apply this strategy independently by helping them in
understanding basic knowledge that they already know in a deeper aspect of the
content
Reflection Write a 2-3 paragraph detailed reflection about your teaching experience based off your
own self-assessment.
● How did the structure (awareness & explanation, demonstration & modeling, guided practice,
application) help support your instruction and student learning?
○ I think the fact that the students in this situation couldn’t see me on the video I was harder to demonstrate
this type of instruction. Math is a lot harder to do things online without visual representation as you do it.
As without that, there may be points where you lose students and the instruction on aware of where you
have lost them.
● How does this strategy support learning in your discipline specifically?
○ This strategy helps me in developing an understanding of where the students know before going into a
lesson. For example, if I were teaching concepts of the Pythagorean theorem and I know when starting the
lesson that students can find the square values and square root function it would be a lot easier to start
but not assuming at all. Starting a the very beginning learning that they know it without anything
prepared to move forward faster than anticipated.
● What were your strengths, and areas for growth (please consider both your planning and your
instruction of the strategy)?
○ I think I could grow in every aspect of this idea of a think-aloud. Possibly if I was in a better mindset going
into the assignment I would've been more successful and allowed for a better understanding of where I
can improve and where they have the greatest strength in the idea.