Brittany used the CMR diagram to teach a lesson on prokaryotic cells while Angela and I observed during our planning period. Brittany used information given by the students the majority of the time, giving guidance to steer them in the right direction when needed. When classifying the characteristics into categories, Brittany color-coded the 3 different lists on the activboard. Students were comfortable and enthusiastic about sharing their thoughts and ideas. Brittany asked probing questions that required deeper-level thinking from the students.
After exploring examples with the students, Brittany moved on to tieing down a definition without practicing with new examples. We quickly got her attention and reminded her about the step she had forgotten. Brittany was quick to go back and correct her mistake. She wrote some potential examples/nonexamples in the testing ground and had the students discuss each before moving on to tieing down a definition.
CMR Implementation Checklist Link
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwlrrk4Hc2y8VnZNYVBDT1FNMDA
Teacher and Student CMR Diagram Link
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwlrrk4Hc2y8QWh6YUVIbUtjSk0
After exploring examples with the students, Brittany moved on to tieing down a definition without practicing with new examples. We quickly got her attention and reminded her about the step she had forgotten. Brittany was quick to go back and correct her mistake. She wrote some potential examples/nonexamples in the testing ground and had the students discuss each before moving on to tieing down a definition.
CMR Implementation Checklist Link
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwlrrk4Hc2y8VnZNYVBDT1FNMDA
Teacher and Student CMR Diagram Link
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwlrrk4Hc2y8QWh6YUVIbUtjSk0