Use this handy Text Complexity Tool from The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 6-8, to help you rate the text complexity of books, articles, or other texts.
Use this handy Text Complexity Tool from The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 6-8, to help you rate the text complexity of books, articles, or other texts.
Use this checklist from Mentoring in Action as a guide to interview your novice teacher mentee to assess their needs and areas for improvement.
Use this observations checklist from The First Years Matter to help keep you organized while meeting with your mentor/mentee.
Use this checklist from Developing Expert Learners to determine whether your teachers are developing expert learners and whether your students are displaying the characteristics of expert learners.
This checklist from Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2, provides instruction on how to compose mathematics tests that truly assess mastery.
The following checklist from Step into STEAM, Grades K-5, includes the crucial elements to incorporate into your STEAM PBL as you embark on a STEAM inquiry using a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) framework.
Whether you will be building your STEAM physical space in your regular classroom setting, have an already-defined STEAM lab in your school, or are conceptualizing other ideas for STEAM physical spaces, consider the following excerpt from Step Into STEAM, Grades K-5, to understand what a STEAM classroom atmosphere looks like—and doesn’t look like.
Use these feedback starters and responses from Teaching the Whole Teen by Rachel Poliner and Jeffrey Benson to inform your strategies for delivering feedback in your classroom that students can use.
Use this checklist from Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-5, to assess your young students’ early understanding of the concepts of print.
Use this chart from Word Study That Sticks by Pamela Koutrakos to help you pick the right assessment type to assess word learning.
Use this observation checklist from The Formative 5 to organize your observations of your students' progress in the classroom related to a specific task.
Learn how to use this Matrix featured in Realizing Rigor to refine strategies and select student actions. (Secondary)