1. Mrs. Padilla 4 th Grade Class Adria Trombley Literacy Facilitator Lowell Elementary Rogers, AR May 2, 2011

2. To give students the opportunity to actively use the nine high-yield strategies: (2) Identifying Similarities and Differences (3) Summarizing and Note Taking (4) Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition (5) Homework and Practice (6) Nonlinguistic Representations (7) Cooperative Learning (8) Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback (9) Generating and Testing Hypotheses (10) Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers

3. G= Goal I can describe the water cycle. Students were asked to score themselves. (8) Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

4. A= Access Prior Knowledge Mrs. Trombley and Mrs. Padilla showed the students a video on the water cycle. The students were given cards with a sunshine on one side and a storm cloud on the other. They were asked to show the sunshine side when they heard information they knew and the storm side when they heard information that was not familiar. (8) Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

5. Mrs. Trombley read a book about the water cycle to the students. (10) Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers

6. Students used index cards to take notes about each stage of the water cycle. (3) Summarizing and Note Taking

7. A song was sung and physical motions were added for each stage of the water cycle. (6) Nonlinguistic Representations

8. Students were asked to put their note cards in order and then explain the order to their partner. (7) Cooperative Learning (3) Summarizing and Note Taking

9. Students were divided into groups and given eight minutes to create a representation of the water cycle. (7) Cooperative Learning

10. Each group shared.

11. Students were asked to identify similarities and differences between the presentations. (2) Identifying Similarities and Differences

12. The students were asked to complete a diagram and write a short summary explaining the water cycle. (5) Homework and Practice (3) Summarizing and Note Taking

13. Students revisited the goal and then scored themselves again.

14. Throughout the lesson Mrs. Trombley and Mrs. Padilla scored students progress towards the goal.

15. Student Use of the High Yield Strategies

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