Team Building -Professional Learning - September 2024

Exit Ticket Questions and Check for Understanding Questions are different

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Amplify Word Work Component expects teachers to use the traditional way of teaching vocabulary.

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Amplify provides opportunities for students to discuss and write about the text purposefully.

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The (a)   will help you identify which section(s) of a lesson are completed in a small group.

When internalizing lessons, as long as teachers have an answer key, it is not necessary for the teacher to complete the formative assessment.

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Amplify embeds Research Based Instructional Strategies in the curriculum.

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When students trust their teachers, it creates space for trust in the process of Amplify Implementation.  Creating joy and celebrating small victories can help sustain momentum and consistency in the more challenging times.

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The TEKS are located in the (a)   of the Teacher Guide.

Since the curriculum uses texts across contents, students will also learn TEKS from those content areas.

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You notice some of your students struggle to answer some of the more challenging comprehension questions. A colleague tells you that you should just skip those questions if your students aren’t ready for them. Should you follow your colleague’s advice?

• Yes, you should accommodate however best fits your students’ needs, even if that means skipping questions.

• 1. No, but suggest you work together or as a grade-level team to simplify questions for all students.

• 1. No, but you should only ask a small group of students to answer the more challenging questions if they don’t think the whole class is ready. 

• 1. No. You know it’s important that all students answer the questions, so you use digital images and universal access suggestions to support students in answering. You also reread pertinent lines of the read-aloud or point out images to guide students in responding when necessary. 

  
  

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