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Part I

SETTING UP YOUR CLASSROOM DANCE FLOOR

Building a dance floor starts with design. Then, you deliver quality materials. After that, you nail down the boards and sand the wood to provide a seamless finish fit for dancing.

The same premise is necessary when creating the “dance floor” in our classrooms. The design is the teacher’s mindset and how they establish, manage, and encourage a passion and enthusiasm for learning. The materials are the research-based best practice strategies a teacher uses to ensure student success, and the framework is of course, the standards. Part I of this book sets the stage. First, get familiar with the formative assessment process: chunk, chew, check, and change in chapter 1. Start planning your daily learning target and formative assessment in chapter 2. Continue planning by learning how to get to know your students in chapter 3. By the end of part I you will understand the frame you need to provide a seamless finish fit for learning.