Mrs. Kelly introduced her Concept Diagram to a small group of students that are part of an intensive reading support program at our high school. It is the Read 180 program. They enjoyed working through the routine and stated at the end that they wished it was used more often by teachers. They liked that they could work through ideas and create a great understanding of the concept. One student remembered that we had used something similar (the Frame) in my class. She had liked the Frame so she was sold on the Concept Diagram from the beginning.
Once Kim got off to a start with the diagram she did great. She realized part way through that she missed a step and she went back and corrected it before I was able to debrief with her. She simply explained to her students that she was still learning, I think students appreciate being told when teachers are still learning.
We discussed that she needed to give the expectations of students at the beginning to help them with the cue portion of the lesson. She realizes afterward that it would have helped them understand what to contribute and helped with her eliciting of information.
Here is a link to the implementation checklist: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Oe-B6PSzDnN01PUW15b0F0ZjJ1elBfWWVRbDctMFR6b2Rz/view?usp=sharing
Once Kim got off to a start with the diagram she did great. She realized part way through that she missed a step and she went back and corrected it before I was able to debrief with her. She simply explained to her students that she was still learning, I think students appreciate being told when teachers are still learning.
We discussed that she needed to give the expectations of students at the beginning to help them with the cue portion of the lesson. She realizes afterward that it would have helped them understand what to contribute and helped with her eliciting of information.
Here is a link to the implementation checklist: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Oe-B6PSzDnN01PUW15b0F0ZjJ1elBfWWVRbDctMFR6b2Rz/view?usp=sharing