Planning Preparation Lesson plans are visible, current, reflect clear goals, standards, leaner objectives, and assessments. Appropriate reading level materials are selected for small groups. Students are meaningfully engaged in reading and writing activities. Classroom transitions are smooth, noise level is appropriate, and students exhibit on task behavior. Informal Reading Inv.
Environment is clean, neat, print rich.
Students' original work is posted. Classroom library exhibits a variety of reading materials and levels for independent reading. Shared Reading Guided Reading Independent Reading Teaching points are selected and made that illustrate the reading process. Questioning strategies elicit higher order thinking skills. Reading strategies are modeled and prompted during direct instruction.