Literacy Observation Form - TN SPDG



Literacy Observation Form |Teacher: School: | |

|State Improvement Grant |Subject/Grade: Date: |

|Today’s Lesson: |

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|Classroom “look fors”: |

|Text-rich environment representing many genres and reading levels |

|Transitions from one lesson to next |

| Explicit teacher modeling of strategies of expert readers (before, during, after, |

|think alouds, higher order thinking questions, discussions |

| Student practice in authentic texts |

| Small group differentiated instruction |

| Independent reading practice with teacher progress monitoring |

| Teacher read aloud |

| Text-based instructional conversations |

| Active Word Wall |

|Variety of texts: textbook, pictures, photos, young adult novels/historical fiction, primary source documents/artifacts, expository pieces, |

|magazine articles, newspaper articles (current events), journals/diaries, question and answer books, picture books, poetry, web sites, art, |

|music, |

|Variety of literacy: hooks, read alouds, independent reading, guided reading, shared reading, reading for research, partner reading, |

|think-pair-share |

|Vocabulary instruction: |

|Phonics instruction: |

|Fluency instruction: |

|Graphic Organizers used: |

|Student Engagement: |

|Comprehension strategies – modeling, supporting, building, prior knowledge, predictions, visual imaging |

|Learning to find information in text: point out various forms of text layout, i.e. speech bubbles, words in sidebars, captions, |

|Student independent reading levels taken into account: |

|Building background knowledge: |

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|Writing: |

|Building writing engagement |

| Building writing fluency |

| Writing opportunities during this class |

| Shared writing and writing conferences |

|Assessment: |

|Formal |

| Informal |

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|Content knowledge built in today’s lesson: |

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|Content literacy built in today’s lesson: |

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|NOTES: |

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