Bertie

Middle School
2011-2012 Teacher Name: TEACHER A Grade/Subject: 7 Grade Language Arts Date/Time: December 14, 2011 @ 11:15am 11:45am Topic: TEXT STRUCTURES Classroom Checklist: The following items should be visible or implemented each day in your classroom. These best practices are not new. These are some of the non-negotiables at Bertie Middle School. When administrators enter your room, they will be looking for these best practices. Student Friendly Objectives (Today, I will) * Not posted Word Wall (If you are not teaching vocabulary, then you are not fully teaching your content) * posted Rubric: Posted Student Work (Updated regularlySeptembers work should not be posted in November) * Not posted Student Engagement * Students took down notes during the presentation. Lesson Plan Binder: Updated Attendance completed each day by 8:30a.m. Care Time Daily Weekly Subject Level Meetings and Minutes Consistent student monitoring * Around 10 students were not in class today. Use of Technology *laptop, LCD, YouTube video on Text Structure, PowerPoint on Text Structure.
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Please be sure to utilize all resources that are available to you (i.e. Technology, Renaissance Learning, etc.) TEACHER A started the lesson by asking the students what text structure is. She presented a YouTube video on text structure www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNvYs- Awesome! TEACHER A presented the lesson by using PowerPoint. Students were told to take down notes. She went through the different types of text structure with the class. She gave examples of each type. Between 11:25am-11:30am, students gradually returned to the classroom. TEACHER A, told the class that chronological order is not the same as sequence. I enjoyed your lesson today. I love that you started teaching the skill explicitly, then have a whole group practice/exercise applying the skill. Please review your concepts of sequence or order.

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