SALTA 4th grade
Structured Classroom Discussion Implementation Checklist
Environment
Critical Actions for Teachers
Student Participation Moves
Learning intentions and success criteria posted and referred to
Set clear learning intentions and success criteria Reference throughout the lesson
Know and understand learning intentions and success criteria by answering the questions: What am I learning? Why am I learning it? How will I know I’m successful? Follow Norms and Expectations Listen to partners with care (4L’s) Prepared for discussion with materials and information Automatically identify partner and participation roles All participate and share ideas confidently using sentence/discussion frames
Teacher Clarity
Norms / Expectations Poster (4 L’s) Safe and promotes risk taking by students Active supervision Content materials easily accessible for students Sentence/Discussion frames posted / provided for student use Graphic organizers / structured notes posted and accessible for students Anchor charts (e.g., word wall, images, instructional poster) posted for students to easily for prompts and cues Room arranged to facilitate conversations amongst students
Set, teach, practice or reinforce norms and expectations Encourages all to participate
PBIS
Assign student roles and responsibilities in partnerships Strategically partner students in advance Has partnership contingency for absent students Preselect share out for exemplar responses System in place to choose students for sharing organizer/structured notes related to purpose and standards Questions planned and prepared around content area standards Prepare purposeful sentence / discussion frames Hold students accountable for academic language Encourages all to participate equitably and accurately Ensures all participate equitably and accurately Intentionally plan graphic
Scaffolding / Grouping
Use sentence/discussion frames Utilizes graphic organizer / structured notes to record and organize ideas Use one or more of the following skills: State an opinion/claim Support Ideas with examples Build on or challenge another's ideas Paraphrase Clarify Elaborate Comparing Ideas
Opportunities to Respond
Synthesize Persuade Draw Conclusions
Model/Practice frames and
responses using academic language verbally and/or in frames
Explicit
Instruction
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