LWISD TEACHING AND LEARNING
One year of learning for one year of teaching!
Welcome to the 2016-17 School Year!
LWISD will engage, challenge, and empower--every student every day.
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Our Initiatives . . .
How We Plan for Learning . . .
4-Part Learning Objectives
LWISD teachers write 4-Part Learning Objectives in order to ensure that teacher and student know what students will learn and how they will know when they learn it.
Gradual Release Lesson Plan Model
LWISD teachers use the Gradual Release Lesson Plan Model to transfer the responsibility from teacher to student with an "I do, we do, you do together, you do alone" model.
Classroom Caddy
We print our week of lesson plans and place them in our caddy along with TEKS, YAGS, and Scope and Sequences (when available).
How we are helping ALL students to think, read, and write . . . As well as how we are helping ourselves to grow too.
Thinking Maps
Maps that represent all eight types of thinking. They become powerful when students speak or write from the map. As a K-12 structure, students are able to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Write from Beginning and Beyond
WB&B includes a structure for writing, as well as embedding grammar and mechanics. Writer's workshop and writing products are also developed.
Guided Reading
Small-group reading instruction on the reading level of the student increases the likelihood that all students will read on grade level by 3rd.
Leveled Literacy Intervention
And for students who are below grade level in reading, LLI offers the possibility of helping all students to read proficiently by third grade.
Professional Learning Communities
PLCs offer the possibility of ensuring that all students receive the same level of quality instruction regardless of the classroom in which he or she resides.
LWISD PLC Vocabulary . . .
Our Tier 1 Frameworks . . .
Reading Block Framework
LWISD teachers have created reading block frameworks for K-2 and 3-5 classrooms.
Gomez and Gomez Framework
LWISD teachers have created a framework for Gomez and Gomez implementation.
Math Framework K-4
LWISD teachers have created a framework for K-4 math instruction.