Each teacher was asked to bring three papers to the discussion — one in the top of the class performance, one in the middle, and one in the bottom of the class performance. Papers were chosen before the team defined proficiency. After defining proficiency, teachers often changed their minds about how they ordered their papers. The online discussion will make that clearer.
Question: Write a summary of the article, “Follow That Horse”. Use information from the text to write your summary. (Acrobat)
Top Classroom Response
What did the student understand?
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What does the student still need to learn?
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Where would you go next instructionally with this student?
- Have her reread the article to think about the bigger picture;
Ask, “What do you have that is important information and what can go?”
Where would you go next instructionally with the class?
- Give them lots of examples of different types of text and have students identify the type of text
- Highlight details that support the main idea; point out why interesting details may not support the main idea
- Provide a ‘think about’ page where they can pull information from the article before they write a response
- Give them a chance to revise their work
Middle Classroom Response
What did the student understand?
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What does the student still need to learn?
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Where would you go next instructionally with this student?
- Support her in finding the relevant information
Where would you go next instructionally with the class?
- Highlight what was done well in the response; then ask, “How could we improve this? What would you do to make this better?”
- Have them work together to discuss how to improve an answer
