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Phase One

Goals:

1. Establish classroom routines such as taking out and putting back laptops into carts.

2. Introduce basic skills and strategies that may be precursors to online reading comprehension.

3. Begin to develop collaborative group work skills.

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Develop a climate of supportive teaching of one another in small groups.

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Evaluate which groups work together well and make adjustments.

General Instructional Strategies:

1. Begin with management issues and rules.

2. Teach and record skill development in the Phase One Checklist

3. Use more direct instruction with small group experiences.

4. Provide high levels of teacher scaffolding.

5. Ensure you generally meet and document the classroom checklist of basic skills before Phase 2.

6. Avoid total teacher directed learning while inviting students as experts.

7. Regularly have students work in groups to teach the teacher something they think the teacher does not know.

8. Have students work in groups to determine what they know on the checklist. Then share and exchange.

9. Tell the students what you really liked about the way they taught you. This prepares them for teaching one another during Stage II.