Discussion Before Demonstration Lesson

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Meeting Snapshot: Selecting a Standard for Lesson Study

Jason DiCarlo

In this short video excerpt, Jason DiCarlo works with a first-grade team to select a standard before designing a demonstration lesson. The group explores connections between reading and writing, and has an honest discussion of where children are in terms of understanding differences in fiction and nonfiction.

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Meeting Snapshot: Deciding Look-Fors

Jason DiCarlo

In this excerpt from a meeting before a first-grade demonstration lesson, Principal Jason DiCarlo and teachers discuss potential "look-fors" during the lesson—what everyone will focus on during observations. The lesson and activity is designed to help the children differentiate between fiction and nonfiction.

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Meeting Snapshot: Norms

Jason DiCarlo

At the start of this meeting before a demonstration lesson, Jason DiCarlo reminds the first-grade teaching team of the norms they have agreed to use throughout their time together.