Instructional Playbook

Structured Classroom Discussion Targeted Observation (SCDTO)

Implementation Checklist: Place a checkmark next to each item observed.

Student Action

Teacher Actions

Follows norms and expectations

Teachers, practices or reinforces norms and expectations Holds students accountable for student talk (e.g. cold callilng, writing down my idea and my partners idea) Questions are planned and prepared around content area standards Strategically and intentionally partner students in advance Assign students roles and responsibilities in partnership/groups Has contingency plan for absent students Models/practices sentence frames and responses Hold students accountable for using academic language/frames Intentionally planned graphic organizer relates to purpose and standards Uses prompts, cues, and modeling to help students construct meaning using the skills Provide specific feedback with purposeful questions that build and deepen understanding Pre-select share out for exemplar responses and ideas Prepares purposeful discussion frames

Listens to partners with care (e.g. 4 L’s)

All students participate and share ideas confidently

Prepares for discussion with materials and information

Students work with identified partners without pause

Uses discussion frames

Poses and responds to questions in complete sentences using academic language

Utilizes graphic organzier to record and organizer ideas

Uses one of more of the following skills: Elaborate, clarify, persuade, paraphrase, synthesize, draw conclusions, support ideas with examples/evidence

Make adjustments to language and ideas based on teacher and peer feedback

Prepare to share through multiple exchanges and task completion