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Getting Ready

OK, so you’ve finished a week or so of lessons on craft and structure, and you’ve seen your students really starting to get the hang of it... but now what?

Your best coach (and reality check) is your own class. That is, the daily (informal) assessment you do of students’ learning gives you the surest data for the most needed next steps. From there, decide where exactly it is you think you can take the class in three weeks. Define that for yourself (see www.corwin.com/thecommoncorecompanion for an example) and then devise an end of unit assessment task that measures students’ proficiency with the task. It doesn’t have to be a big, scary task, but it should be something that asks students to apply what they learned to a brand new setting: that is, a text they have never read before, a writing task that requires them to demonstrate independence and understanding of the requirements of the standard. Generally speaking, I administer these end-of-unit assessments in class and students finish them in an hour.

What might an assessment look like? Here’s a possibility:

Informal assessments:

 Observations

 Conferring

 Group work

 Student work

 Written responses to reading

It goes without saying: While the calendars at www.corwin.com/thecommoncorecompanion show a template for direct instruction, guided practice, and tasks, remember that students should be reading independently every day! As they read, hold them accountable for asking and answering key questions about the books they have. Remember—the goal is independence and internalizing these questions. While students are reading, confer or pull needs groups together—continue to use that time to instruct!

Photocopy the My Unit Planning Notes, on the next page, to begin jotting ideas.

Extending Instruction: How to Build Out Into a Unit of Study

Please go to www.corwin.com/thecommoncorecompanion for weekly calandars that plot out how you might deepen the work students have done in this sequence. You’ll also find other teaching resources.