SALTA 1st Grade Curriculum Map

Structured Classroom Discussion Implementation Checklist

Environment

Critical Actions for Teachers

Student Participation Moves

ž Learning intentions and success criteria posted and referred to

ž Set clear learning intentions and success criteria ž Reference throughout the lesson

Know and understand learning intentions and success criteria by answering the questions: ž What am I learning? ž Why am I learning it? ž How will I know I’m successful? ž Follow Norms and Expectations ž Listen to partners with care (4L’s) ž Prepared for discussion with materials and information ž Automatically identify partner and participation roles ž All participate and share ideas confidently using sentence/discussion frames

Teacher Clarity

ž Norms / Expectations Poster (4 L’s) ž Safe and promotes risk taking by students ž Active supervision ž Content materials easily accessible for students ž Sentence/Discussion frames posted / provided for student use ž Graphic organizers / structured notes posted and accessible for students ž Anchor charts (e.g., word wall, images, instructional poster) posted for students to easily for prompts and cues ž Room arranged to facilitate conversations amongst students

ž Set, teach, practice or reinforce norms and expectations ž Encourages all to participate

PBIS

ž Assign student roles and responsibilities in partnerships ž Strategically partner students in advance ž Has partnership contingency for absent students ž Preselect share out for exemplar responses ž System in place to choose students for sharing organizer/structured notes related to purpose and standards ž Questions planned and prepared around content area standards ž Prepare purposeful sentence / discussion frames ž Hold students accountable for academic language ž Encourages all to participate equitably and accurately ž Ensures all participate equitably and accurately ž Intentionally plan graphic

Scaffolding / Grouping

ž Use sentence/discussion frames ž Utilizes graphic organizer / structured notes to record and organize ideas ž Use one or more of the following skills: ž State an opinion/claim ž Support Ideas with examples ž Build on or challenge another's ideas ž Paraphrase ž Clarify ž Elaborate ž Comparing Ideas

Opportunities to Respond

ž Synthesize ž Persuade ž Draw Conclusions

ž Model/Practice frames and

responses using academic language verbally and/or in frames

Explicit

Instruction

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