Classroom Expectations

1. Teacher standing by the door greeting pupils as the enter the classroom

2. Aim, Do Now, Collect previous day's homework

3. Motivation of 5 minutes in the form of a visual, audio, or pop culture tie in connection to the lesson

4. Mini Lesson in which the skill to be learned is modeled, and the content is discussed.

5. Think Aloud with the class. Pose questions, create text to self,text to world, text to text connections and model close reading and comprehension

6. Distribution and explanation of the rubric

7. Explanation of the group work, or differentiated instruction with designated group roles or steps pre-posted on chart paper, PowerPoint, or handout

8. Teacher walking with a seating chart monitoring the progress of the students by taking anecdotal notes as to who is on task, who is advancing, and who is struggling

9. Students either do a gallery walk of posted group work, or share out core understandings that build toward answering the aim

10. Final summary provided by the students. Pupils can either repeat, or elaborate on the answer to the aim

11. Homework assignment