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GO TOs
Core Values (TIU3)

humility authenticity

Learning Styles (TIU4) Learning styles with 2 examples – place a star by your preferred styles

Style: Visual* Style: Auditory* Style: Kinesthetic

ex. ex. ex.

Drawing diagrams or plot Read aloud time Acting out the plot
lines
ex. ex. ex. Building elements of the
Interactive powerpoint Small group work/analysis
story/scene

Activate the Brain – The R’s (TIU7)

1. Rigor 4. Routing 7. Rehearsing

2. 5. 8.
Relevance Re-exposing Reorganizing
3. 6. 9.
Retrieve Retaining Relationships

Teach the Vocabulary (SS1)

1. 3.
Frayer model Word walls

2. 4.
Word games Password

Strategies for Differentiation (SS2)

1. Student choice: choice board worksheet for 3. Formative assessment: exit slips
reading assignments
2. 4.
Tiered
Strategies forinstruction: accommodative
Success (SS2-7) Student reflection: individual journals and
Provide 2 examples of each
assignments/activities based on individuals “brain dumps”
Strategies for Success (SS2-7) – Provide 2 examples of each

Think-pair-share: small cooperative Jigsaw grouping: home group and

groups that promotes engagement project group example

Anchor chart: on display, for students to Concept map: easy to relate/adapt to

add to throughout the unit writing assignments

Connect 4 thinking KWL Chart: know, want to know,

learned material

Venn diagram Analogy and metaphors: especially

fitting for English

3-2-1 summary Cornell notes

Questions web wall Sentence stem cues

Blooms Verbs (SS8 and SS9)

Create Investigate, design, illustrate, generate, write

APPS: Canva, iMovie/YouTube

Evaluate Critique, synthesize, summarize, judge, asses

Evernote, Twitter
APPS:

Categorize, predict, contrast, apply, use, interpret

Analyze
Google Sheets, Google groups
APPS:
Demonstrate, construct, practice, change, modify
Apply
Google Docs, Seesaw: digital portfolio
APPS:
Explain, describe, infer, paraphrase, review
Comprehension
Digital Readworks: for reading comprehension, inClass: for organizing and referencing
APPS:
Define, identify, outline, recognize, recall
Remember

APPS: Kahoot!, Freckle: for practice/reinforcement

Four Questions to redirect behavior (CBM5)

1. What are you doing?

2.
What are you supposed to be doing?

3.
Are you doing it?
4.
What are you going to do about it?

Modifications and Accommodations (E6)

Quantity
Definition
Adapt the number of items the
student is expected to learn or the
number of required activities to
complete prior to assessment.
Example
Reduce the number of definitions
they may need to learn at one time
and provide extra practice.
Time
Definition
Adapt the time allotted for learning,
testing, or completing a task
Example
Provide more time to complete complex
tasks or less time to complete shortened
tasks if necessary
Level of Support
Definition
Increase support or assistance to keep the
student on task or reinforce things and
enhancing the relationship between student
and teacher
Example
Assigning peer partnerships to help
keep students on track and assist in
necessary areas.

Input Difficulty Output

Definition Definition Definition
Adapt the way instruction is Adapt the skill level, problem type, or Adapt how the student can respond to
presented the rules on how they can approach the instruction.
work.

Example Example Example

Accommodating based on their needs Allowing students to use a word bank Allowing students to respond via a
whether that be larger text, different or reference additional materials to communication book or provide a
visual aids, or pre-teaching. complete work. verbal response rather than written.

Participation
Definition
Adapt the extent the learner is
actively involved in the task
Example
Have the student play a different role
than their peers or “assist” the teacher
by writing definitions on the board
instead of providing them verbally.
Suggestions for working with Students in Poverty (E12)

Keep an area of shared supplies for students to access if Do not lower your expectations.
they were not able to provide their own

Provide access to devices and things that promote learning as
well as computers just in case they do not have access to them at
home
Do not ask students to participate in activities that require
additional costs because that limits their ability to participate.
Maintain a structured environment where students
understand the “why” behind every rule.
Do not comment on their appearance or things unless
they are in violation of dress code.

Reading Strategies to Strengthen Literacy Skills (R8)

Anticipation guide Before independent reading to guide students Comprehension strategy used before
into close reading with a recollection of prior reading to activate prior knowledge
knowledge

As a way to teach and use figurative language to A way to describe something that
Descriptive writing paints an image in students’ minds and
help create an image of the story in the reader’s
mind. appeals to all 5 senses

A collaborative activity where students work to define Collection of words displayed on the
Word walls high frequency words that they will be able to quickly wall, board, or other display
and easily reference

Making content comprehensible for ELL students (R9)

Write at least 3 strategies / techniques that you could easily implement in your classroom for your content

1. Prepare the lesson

Identify the language demands of the content, plan the language objectives, explicitly state the language objectives for students
2. Build background
Emphasize specific academic vocabulary development, activate prior knowledge, build on and strengthen prior knowledge
3. Make verbal communication understandable
Promote oral interactions through class discussions, review vocabulary and common phrases, provide feedback during conversation to
help students understand and self-correct
4. Learning strategies (this one should be easy!)
Partner reading activities or audio-assisted reading, concept mapping and story mapping, active application of concepts
5. Opportunities for interaction
Small group discussion and instruction, interactive activities such as acting out stories, having students help define terms
6. Practice and application
Descriptive writing with easy access to definitions, blending and segmenting games, listen-read-discuss activities
7. Lesson delivery
Providing visual aids, clear and repetitive communication, using multiple mediums to present info, encouraging peer interaction

8. Review and assess

Exit slips for informal assessment, conferences to check for understanding, group assessments to assist ELLs