| Goals/Benefits | Time/Structure | Sample Lessons | Routines | Texts | Assessment |
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“Make a Plan to Stay Engaged”
Sample Lesson
Independent Reading Kindergarten
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Supporting Documents: |
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| Student growth from previously videotaped lesson (December to March) | What questions do you have based on the information provided by the teacher? What might you watch for as you view the clips of the lesson? | Before the Lesson (1:21) | |
| Part 1 – Engage and Model Plan 1 (6:08) | The teacher explains why she will focus on making a plan to stay engaged, and models sorting books into “just right” and “look” books. | How do you think the mini-lesson will help the children to stay engaged with their Independent Reading? | Mini-Lesson: Part 1 (2:22) |
| Part 2 – Model Plan 2 and Prepare for Independence (5:20) | The teacher models Plan 2, allows children time to ask questions, and utilizes familiar routines to send them off to read. | ||
| Conference 1 (3:34) | Teacher confers with individual students while they are independently reading | How does the teacher reinforce the focus of the mini-lesson in her conferences? | |
| Conference 2 (4:12) | Conference 2 (1:06) | ||
| Sharing (4:34) | Students share selections from their reading and strategies they used with the class; students respond to the person sharing | What are your observations about the sharing? | Sharing (2:16) |
| The teacher shares her reflections about the lesson | Reflection and Next Steps (1:56) |