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Lesson from:
https://www.teachingchannel.org/video/lesson-claims-evidence-reasoning
Critique:
I think that the visuals in this lesson were a definite strength. The teacher had a very large
KLEWS chart in the classroom that information was added to throughout their scientific
investigations. I liked that new vocabulary was added to the chart and always visible. She also
went at a slow pace through the scientific method by having 1 lesson per section of the KLEWS
chart. I think that the pace that the teacher spoke at was also beneficial to all students,
especially ELLs. In this lesson, there was also a professional development coach that was
circulating among the students during their discussions. I think she did an exceptional job of
getting students to extend their thinking by asking them “why” and “explain” type questions.
There was also a good balance of teacher talk and student group talk with the teacher
circulating among and checking in with the different groups.
For this lesson, I would be sure to carefully create the groups with my ELLs (particularly
beginning level) in mind because there were some strong personalities in the class that were
somewhat argumentative with their opinions. I would be concerned that putting those students
in the same group as my beginning ELLs could discourage the ELLs from participating in the
discussion.