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 * Date**: Oct. 16, 2007
 * School**: K-8 500 students
 * Classroom**: Self-Contained 4th Grade (28 Students)
 * Teacher**:Ms. Smith
 * Coach Submitting Report**: Group 1 - Brad, Andrew, Carolyn

Grade 4 Writing 2 - 4 Grade 4 Listening 2 - 4 Grade 4 Speaking 1 - 4** Guided Practice Strategies Used: Independent Practice: **//(What independent practice strategies were required of the students?)//** Closure Strategy: **//(How did teacher conclude lesson?)//** Classroom Lesson/Project Observation: **(//What did you observe during the lesson?//)**
 * Standards Addressed:** ([|NYS ELA], [|NYS Math], [|ISTE])
 * ELA:
 * Grade 4 Reading 2 - 4
 * Math: N/A
 * ISTE: N/A
 * Lesson Objective:**
 * Objective: **Students will analyze literary text in order to produce final drafts of narrative descriptions.**
 * Lesson Opening:**
 * Opening: **Teacher read a memoir excerpt. Students provided opinions about good descriptions to share with class.**
 * Instructional Strategies** //(if any)//:
 * Strategy:
 * Whole-Class Discussion
 * Group work to compare notes
 * Share with whole class
 * Flip chart
 * Peer review
 * Collaboration
 * Individual note-taking
 * Student Grouping Methods Deployed:** //(In what ways did students work together?)//:
 * Students were grouped by... **Set writing groups (pre-determined by teacher)**
 * Technology Used during Lesson/Project:**
 * Technology was used to ... **No evidence of technology integration**
 * Student Understanding:** //(How did teacher check for student understanding?)//
 * Students demonstrated their understanding by...
 * Whole class discussion
 * Group discussions
 * Sharing
 * Taking notes
 * Producing final drafts
 * Peer-review, collaboration
 * Writing in journals
 * Guided practice strategies used include...
 * Workshop model
 * Mini-lesson
 * Collaborative groups
 * Whole class discussion
 * Teacher circulation
 * Independent practice strategies include..
 * Taking notes from read aloud
 * Final drafts in journals
 * Plan revisions and edits
 * Lesson closing...Journal entries and planning for revisions


 * We observed constant engagement of students
 * Hand-written journal entries
 * Good collaboration skills
 * Peer-Review
 * Mini Lesson
 * Group work
 * Independent work
 * Arrangement of class into groups
 * Teacher circulation
 * Good classroom displays
 * Unused technology resources

Follow-Up (Next Steps):**


 * Possible use of resources such as readwritethink.org - http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=722&title=55
 * Use of online collaborative tools such as Google Docs / Wiki / blogs for each group
 * Presentation of student journal entries via LCD or SmartBoard
 * Text presented on board (LCD or SmartBoard) for students to physically identify descriptions
 * Flip chart could have been done on Inspiration/ Word / PowerPoint
 * Use of graphics to visualize words
 * Students could have created a booklet or pamphlet of descriptive words
 * Utilize mobile laptop cart available in school