Academics
Collaborative Practices
Implementing instructional strategies that provide students with frequent opportunities to collaborate and converse with their peers.
- Complex Think-Pair-Share
- Think-Pair-Square
- Numbered Head
Cognitive Rigor
Ensuring ALL students have the opportunity to engage in cognitively complex tasks aligned to grade-level standards.
Academic Discourse
Elevating student conversations to include appropriate academic vocabulary, building stronger and clearer ideas, and increasing content or skills related to the lesson objective.