Meeting Snapshot: Examining Standards for Vertical Alignment

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Meeting Snapshot: Exploring Terms in Standards

Jason DiCarlo

Jason DiCarlo pauses for a minute with a team of first-grade teachers to examine a standard together, projected with an LCD to ensure everyone has the same understanding of terms and definitions in the standard.

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Meeting Snapshot: Checking In

Jason DiCarlo

Jason DiCarlo launches the monthly lesson study with the first-grade team by checking in on learning since the last meeting—what was applied from the previous study (especially when it comes to standards), what went well, and what was surprising.

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Meeting Snapshot: Evidence of Learning

Jason DiCarlo

In this brief excerpt from a first-grade team planning meeting, Principal Jason DiCarlo asks for evidence of learning from previous work together. Before beginning new lesson design, the group always reflects on changes in classrooms since the last gathering.