Which lesson or lessons are shown in the video clips? Identify the lesson(s) by
lesson plan number.
2. Promoting a Positive Learning Environment
Refer to scenes in the video clips where you provided a positive learning
environment.
a. How did you demonstrate mutual respect for, rapport with, and responsiveness to
students with varied needs and backgrounds, and challenge students to engage
in learning?
3. Engaging Students in Learning
Refer to examples from the video clips in your responses to the prompts.
a. Explain how your instruction engaged students in developing an essential literacy
strategy and related skills.
b. Describe how your instruction linked students’ prior academic learning and
personal, cultural, and community assets with new learning.
4. Deepening Student Learning during Instruction
Refer to examples from the video clips in your explanations.
a. Explain how you elicited and built on student responses to promote thinking
and apply the essential literacy strategy using related skills to comprehend OR
compose text.
b. Explain how you modeled the essential literacy strategy AND supported students
as they practiced or applied the strategy to comprehend OR compose text in a
meaningful context.
5. Analyzing Teaching
Refer to examples from the video clips in your responses to the prompts.
a. What changes would you make to your instruction—for the whole class and/or for
students who need greater support or challenge—to better support student
learning of the central focus (e.g., missed opportunities)?
