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This template is centered on the highly effective range of Danielson's rubric for teacher observations. Its sections center around discussion, pre-planned questions, materials, grouping, grouping rationale, data and more. This lesson plan has been tried and true through many observations to bring teachers from developing to effective or effective to highly effective. It covers all of the bases that the higher range of the rubric calls for during lessons for teachers. As you fill in the sections

Essay prompts for the student novel A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park & Salva Dut. Included with the essay prompts are over 20 quotes including both Salva & Nya's sections with page numbers that students can use as a modification or scaffold to support their writing. Additionally, conflicts from the novel are listed to help students brainstorm their writing.

A quick and easy reading log for students to track the Date, Title, Author, Pages Read, and Time Read for their independent or class novel. There is also a section for students to tally and track their total at the end of the log. Multiple copes can be printed and used for students to continue to track their reading throughout the year!

This one pager is a great visual resource for students to use when annotating texts. It contains a small sample passage as a model, and breaks down each of the annotating strategies contingent on what information you're picking out from texts.

A conferencing sheet where teachers can track student data, apply next steps & goals, and detail the data they are conferencing on with students. Students can add their own comments or questions, teachers can take notes, and there is a conferencing guide with different types of conferences depending on student needs. Ideally, conferences would occur frequently throughout the year and teachers can track progress through these data sheets and keep them in the student's portfolio!