Instructional Minute

• Celebration!
• Moving the Needle on Student Growth
• The Workshop Model: A Recap
• Do Now
• Direct Instruction: I Do (Teacher Modeling), We Do
• Work Time (You Do)
• Debriefing and Formative Assessment

Your hard work has not gone unnoticed! Growth is happening!

The data shows we are moving the needle in the right direction. A massive THANK YOU to every one of you working the Workshop Model, using MDE state standards, and District adopted curriculum!

For the struggling, gifted, and in-between learner.

• Takes place at the beginning of every class or subject area transitions
• It is a consistent procedure
• Located in the same place every time (on the Clevertouch, on a table, on student desks, etc.)
• Completed with little to no direction from the teacher
• Limited to 5-10 minutes maximum
• Thoughtfully planned to relate to previous content or priming the learning pump for today's content

• I Do is the first point of access to content for ALL learners - makes the content accessible to ALL
• Modeling shows students how to complete the task with accuracy
• Think Alouds make the learning visible
• Increases academic vocabulary
• Helps develop problem solving skills
• Helps students process new content
• Gives students the "why"
  
• Lecture (in small bites) can be an important strategy, but should always be complimented with I Do

Used as a vehicle to get to independent practice and not stay in We Do for the entirety of the lesson. We Do is just one piece of Direct Instruction.

• Gives all students an opportunity to practice the skill (low stakes) that was modeled in the I Do
• Gives the teacher an opportunity to know what the students understand and identify/correct any misconceptions
• Helps the teacher gather formative assessment data to make sure 75% of students are ready for collaborative or independent practice

• The time for students to dig in and practice the learning and apply what they have learned to the specific learning tartget.
• Gives the teachers an opportunity to release responsibility to the students
• Can include independent practice, collaborative learning, and/or small group instruction

• Student opportunity to synthesize and reflect on learning
• Maximizing student achievement through consistent monitoring and checking progress
• Teachers can correct and minimize obstacles of student learning
• Often quick and ungraded

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Direct Instruction (mini-lesson) follows the gradual release model, in which the teacher first demonstrates the teaching point, models the new learning (I Do), then provides the students guided practice (We Do).

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This is from the Teach Like a Champion Field Guide

ELA - Math - Science - Social Studies - Career and Technology In Education - Physical Education Standards - Visual and Performing Arts - World Language Standards