Targeted Observation Protocol: Academic Literacy (AL) Development Conduct and record careful observation(s) of academic literacy development. Your goal is to observe as many of the activities below as you can, so you will have to observe more than one class period, or in more than one teacher’s classroom. Collaborate with the master teacher(s) and let them know what you are doing—they can help. The text is green is tips and prompts for you and can be replaced. Academic Literacy Activity Teaching Strategy Assessment Your Observations and Thoughts (What are the students doing (How is the teacher getting (How does the teacher know (What is working? What isn’t? Why?) to build their AL?) them to do the activity?) whether students are it”?) “getting 1. Reading in the (e.g., Are they reading (e.g., Does the teacher ask silently, or aloud? Taking questions? What specific content area turns? Teacher reads?) task(s) are students asked to (This could be in the complete? How will their textbook, an article, a work be evaluated?) worksheet, etc.) 2. Writing in the (e.g., Do students have a (e.g., Is a rubric? Are template? Are they students receiving feedback content area (Are responding to prompts? from the teacher or their students asked to use What are the guidelines?) peers? What specific task(s) special or technical words? are students asked to Are students being asked to complete? How will their follow a particular genre? work be evaluated?) This could be a lab report, a geometric proof, a hypothesis, etc.) 3. Vocabulary (e.g., Does the teacher use a (Do students use the in word wall? Does s/he point any way? Do they collect Development to specific uses in the text?) them? What specific task(s) (Are students seeing new are students asked to words for the first time? Are complete? How will their they practicing words they’ve work be evaluated?) already learned? Which words?) 4. Academic Speech (How does the teacher get (What specific task(s) are students to engage in the students asked to complete? (Are students being asked to desired activity?) How will their work be use special or technical evaluated?) words? Are students being
Targeted Observation Protocol: Academic Literacy (AL) Development Conduct and record careful observation(s) of academic literacy development. Your goal is to observe as many of the activities below as you can, so you will have to observe more than one class period, or in more than one teacher’s classroom. Collaborate with the master teacher(s) and let them know what you are doing—they can help. The text is green is tips and prompts for you and can be replaced. Academic Literacy Activity (What are the students doing to build their AL?) Teaching Strategy (How is the teacher getting them to do the activity?) Assessment (How does the teacher know whether students are “getting it”?) Your Observations and Thoughts (What is working? What isn’t? Why?) 1. Reading in the content area (This could be in the textbook, an article, a worksheet, etc.) (e.g., Are they reading silently, or aloud? Taking turns? Teacher reads?) (e.g., Does the teacher ask questions? What specific task(s) are students asked to complete? How will their work be evaluated?) 2. Writing in the content area (Are students asked to use special or technical words? Are students being asked to follow a particular genre? This could be a lab report, a geometric proof, a hypothesis, etc.) (e.g., Do students have a template? Are they responding to prompts? What are the guidelines?) (e.g., Is a rubric? Are students receiving feedback from the teacher or their peers? What specific task(s) are students asked to complete? How will their work be evaluated?) 3. Vocabulary Development (Are students seeing new words for the first time? Are they practicing words they’ve already learned? Which words?) (e.g., Does the teacher use a word wall? Does s/he point to specific uses in the text?) (Do students use the in any way? Do they collect them? What specific task(s) are students asked to complete? How will their work be evaluated?) 4. Academic Speech (Are students being asked to use special or technical words? Are students being (How does the teacher get students to engage in the desired activity?) (What specific task(s) are students asked to complete? How will their work be evaluated?)
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