Do students develop Teacher develops Students engage in (PreK-5 classrooms) higher-level thinking higher-level thinking activities, tasks, and/or Instruction and materials skills by engaging in skills. discussions that build on connect acquisition of some of the lesson solid foundation of foundational skills to Teacher models strategies or activities? knowledge. making meaning from thought process for reading. Does the teacher model generating and asking Students generate their his thought process for questions. own questions. Questions and tasks generating and asking require students to cite Teacher provides Students move beyond questions, so that evidence from the texts helpful suggestions their initial thinking. students generate their to support analysis, and/or redirects with Students cite relevant own? inferences, and claims. questions, rather than evidence. Does the teacher simply providing the The teacher encourages Students engage in provide helpful answer. reasoning and problem tasks, activities, and suggestions or redirect solving by posing Teacher asks questions strategies that address with questions? challenging questions and includes tasks that one type of thinking and tasks that offer Does the teacher ask move students beyond relevant to learning opportunity for questions and include their initial think. objectives and content. productive struggle. tasks that move Teacher requires students beyond their students to cite relevant initial thinking? evidence. Does the teacher model Teacher thoroughly and implement teaches and engages appropriate strategies students in task, that teach or reinforce activities or strategies one of the 9 types of that address one type of problem-solving? thinking relevant to the Does the teacher learning objective and engage students in content. tasks that address one of the 4 types of thinking outlined in the TEM Rubric? TEACH 6: Check for Understanding Check for understanding and respond appropriately during the lesson. LEVEL 3 Evidence-Based Reflection Questions TEM Teacher Behaviors TEM Student Behaviors CLIP Look Fors
Do students develop higher-level thinking skills by engaging in some of the lesson strategies or activities? Does the teacher model his thought process for generating and asking questions, so that students generate their own? Does the teacher provide helpful suggestions or redirect with questions? Does the teacher ask questions and include tasks that move students beyond their initial thinking? Does the teacher model and implement appropriate strategies that teach or reinforce one of the 9 types of problem-solving? Does the teacher engage students in tasks that address one of the 4 types of thinking outlined in the TEM Rubric? Teacher develops higher-level thinking skills. Teacher models thought process for generating and asking questions. Teacher provides helpful suggestions and/or redirects with questions, rather than simply providing the answer. Teacher asks questions and includes tasks that move students beyond their initial think. Teacher requires students to cite relevant evidence. Teacher thoroughly teaches and engages students in task, activities or strategies that address one type of thinking relevant to the learning objective and content. Students engage in activities, tasks, and/or discussions that build on solid foundation of knowledge. Students generate their own questions. Students move beyond their initial thinking. Students cite relevant evidence. Students engage in tasks, activities, and strategies that address one type of thinking relevant to learning objectives and content. (PreK-5 classrooms) Instruction and materials connect acquisition of foundational skills to making meaning from reading. Questions and tasks require students to cite evidence from the texts to support analysis, inferences, and claims. The teacher encourages reasoning and problem solving by posing challenging questions and tasks that offer opportunity for productive struggle. TEACH 6: Check for Understanding Check for understanding and respond appropriately during the lesson. LEVEL 3 Evidence-Based Reflection Questions TEM Teacher Behaviors TEM Student Behaviors CLIP Look Fors