THE Classroom Instruction Book

THE Classroom Instruction Book

This book offers a clear path for closing the achievement gap for all students.  Learn the instructional strategies that produce results.  Create and organize instruction so student success is assured no matter their demographics or circumstances.  

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• Overview

  Instruction. It’s what teachers were hired to do—teach!  This book takes decades of research on how to teach effectively and shows in detail how to put it into practice in the classroom with lesson planning, instruction, assessment, and evaluation.  The content covers K-12 grade levels and all subject areas.  Detailed examples, illustrations, photos, and templates are shown in the full-color book.

  This is a companion book to THE First Days of School. It takes one of the three characteristics of effective teaching—lesson mastery—and covers the topic in depth showing how to implement it consistently to produce results for ALL students. 

  Fifty QR codes are scattered throughout the book to extend the learning.

  • 304-page book with Index and Bibliography
  • 50 QR codes of additional resources
  • ISBN:  978-0-9963350-9-6
• Table of Contents

  THE Classroom Instruction Book
  Contents

  Dedication
  Introduction
  Impact                                                                                                             

  Unit A:  Learning and Achievement

    1        How to Ensure Effective Instruction                                                    

    2        How to Teach for Student Achievement                                 

    3        How to Organize Instruction                                                 

  Unit B:  Objectives

    4        How to Use Objectives                                                            

    5        How to Use Learning Targets                                                

    6        How to Use Essential Questions                                           

    7        How to Drive Instruction Using Objectives                          

  Unit C:  Assessment

    8        How to Use Assessment                                                        

    9        How to Use Feedback                                                            

  10        How to Use Personal Assessment                                       

  11        How to Use Group and Partner Assessment                        

  12        How to Use Rubrics                                                             

  13        How to Teach Self-Assessment                                             

  Unit D:  Instructional Strategies

  14        How to Create and Use a Lesson Plan                                  

  15        How to Deliver the Instruction                                             

  16        How to Use Instructional Strategies                                     

  17        How to Use Guided Practice                                               

  18        How to Use Independent Practice                                        

  19        How to Use Evaluation                                                         

  Unit E:  Implementation

  20        How to Use Teacher Clarity                                                  

  21        How to Teach with Collaboration                                       

  22        How to Teach with Impact                                               

  QR Code Summary
  Bibliography
  Index
  Authors
  Acknowledgments
  Implementing THE Classroom Instruction Book

• QR Codes

   

  This information corresponds to the QR code information offered in THE Classroom Instruction Book.  Each code provides additional information, research, templates, or activities that supplement the book.  Click each title to access the content.

  Cover:  Welcome

  Unit A:  Learning and Achievement

  1    Research on Effective Teaching
        Scan the QR code for the complete citations for these studies.  Additionally, access this information and all QR code files at www.EffectiveTeaching.com on the QR code tab for THE Classroom Instruction Book.

   2    Binder Covers
         Download covers for your Classroom Instruction Plan binder.

  3    Ranking of Effect Sizes
        See John Hattie’s complete list of influences on student achievement.

  4    Effect Size
        Read more information on effect size and the statistical implications for learning.

  5    Rising to the Top
        See the list of countries and how to move to the top of the list.

  6    Don't Teach in Panic Mode
        See if you're teaching in panic mode and how to get out of it!

  Unit B:  Objectives

  7     Bloom's Taxonomy
         Access the code to see Bloom's Taxonomy.

  8     For the Love of a Closing Couplet
         If you are curious, scan the code to see a correct response for the Shakespearean sonnet objective.

  9      From Paragraphs to Essay
          See an example of how a student can convert paragraphs into an essay, bit-bybit and step-by-step.

  10    WALT and WILF
          Use these and other ready-made WALT and WILF graphics to bring clarity to your instruction.

  11     Note This Essential Question
           See an example of how a single essential question can be utilized in a year-long general music class.

  12     Sources for Essential Questions
           See this listing of websites for additional essential questions.

  13     How to Design an Efficient and Effective Emergency Room
           This blog essay is a great example of Career and Technical Education where high school students work in teams.

  14     Study Guidelines Define Lesson Objectives
           See an example of a study guide or find it in THE First Days of School on page 240.

  Unit C:  Assessment

  15     Outperform 98 Percent of Regular Students
           Read and learn from studies that show that assessment for learning is comparable to individual tutoring in its effectiveness.

  16     Corrective Feedback
           See how English language learners struggle with corrective feedback.

  17     3.2.1.
           This tool collects specific, detailed information about what students understand to be the most important information about a topic.

  18     Concept Map
           This tool visualizes information so students can connect ideas, concepts, and terms.

  19     Entry Ticket
           This tool gathers information regarding previous learning and may help to prescribe changes for the day’s lesson.

  20     Graphic Organizers
           This tool organizes and structures information to be readily recalled by students.

  21     K-W-L
           This tool assesses what students already Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned.

  22     One-Minute Note
           This tool encourages students to form a concise summary of what they just learned at various points in the lesson.

  23     Stop and Jot
           This tool gives students the opportunity to record their perception of a key concept or idea about a lesson topic while it is still fresh in their minds.

  24     Study Cards
           This tool creates personal note cards to use for study and review.

  25     Triangle-Square-Circle
           This tools accesses information that students feel is important, they agree with, or is still circling in their minds.

  26     Back and Forth
           This tool engages students in activities where they share ideas and discuss how each perceives the new information.

  27     Buddy Journal
           This tool pairs students and engages them in a back-and-forth written discussion about their writing and strategies to improve upon it.

  28     Card Sort
           This tool engages students in activities of sorting and categorizing to help them analyze similarities and differences among concepts.

  29     Quiz, Quiz, Trade
           This tool allows students to assess the knowledge of their classmates in an engaging quiz-game format.

  30     Tableau
           This tool asks students to physically manifest their understanding of a question or concept.

  31     Rubrics on the Internet
           No need to reinvent the wheel. The Internet is awash with websites for creating rubrics at all grade levels and all content areas.

  32     Rubrics in This Chapter
           The full version of all of the rubrics shared in this chapter are here for you to use or adapt to your curriculum needs.

  33     Gaming Challenge
           Read more about the challenge of computer gaming.

  34     Argumentative Paragraph Structure Rubric
           Download the full rubric to use with your students.

  Unit D:  Instructional Strategies

  35     Setting Standards
           View the list of professional organizations to access their set of standards.

  36     Lesson Plan Template
           Download this lesson plan and Karen Whitney’s lesson plan template to use as a guide when planning your instruction.

  37     Middle and High School Lesson Plans
           Access examples of completed lesson plans for middle and high school.

  38     Consistency
           See what Sisseton Middle School does to establish consistency in classroom management

  39     A Sample Elementary Lesson Plan
           See how Amanda Bivens of Dyersburg, Tennessee, creates a lesson on abolitionist leaders.

  40     Kansas Teacher Examples
           Karen Rogersshows how to use spaced learning and interleaving.

  41     Strategies for Instruction
           Read an article about the ten, research-based strategies for instruction.

  42     Role Cards
           Use these role cards to help students with the responsibilities of the Predictor, Questioner, Clarifier, and Summarizer.

  43     Reciprocal Teaching
           Kentucky teacherJeff Gulle reports how he uses reciprocal teaching in his history lesson.

  44     Extending the Learning
           See how a teacher uses the food chain to extend students’ learning beyond independent practice.

  45     Independent Study Rubric
           Download Oretha Ferguson's The Power of Voice rubric to use with your students.

  46     Limitless Possibilities Through Structure
           Learn how Laurie Kash organizes her class to bring out the potential creativity of all her students.

  Unit E:  Implementation 

  47     Ants
           Ants.  What are they busy about?

  48     Katie's Outcome
           Find out what happens to Katie by scanning the QR code.

  49     Lesson Study Process
           Read the process that Shota Matsumoto and his colleagues engage in as they go through the details of a lesson.

  50     Implementation Guide
           Scan the QR code for a free, in-depth Professional Development Implementation Guide for THE Classroom Instruction Book
  or download at www.EffectiveTeaching.com.

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• Implementation Guide

  Bring THE Classroom Instruction Book to life.  This 117-page Implementation Guide was created for staff developers, trainers, administrators, coaches, lead teachers, college professors, or anyone who uses THE Classroom Instruction Book to train teachers.   Each chapter's guide has these features:

  • Background information with key ideas, important facts, terms, and chapter summary for quick reference and review
  • Involvement questions to lead an in-depth discussion
  • An implementation activity to practice the content of the chapter
  • Further exploration questions for discussion of each QR code

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