Precision Teaching: Writing: Shared Writing

Students are applying their newly learned skill of drawing inferences. They
are writing a character trait description of the animals in a fable they have
recently read. As students decide on the characteristic to describe, they are
required to give evidence from the text or their schema to support their
ideas. The teacher models the thinking involved in selecting the appropriate
adjectives and asks probing questions to push students' thinking deeper.
Students are referred back to the success criteria for guidance. The teacher
models how success criteria must be flexible in order to adapt to new
thinking as the writing evolves. Students reflect, self-assess and decide
on next steps.

• What strategies does the teacher use to lead students to become more
reflective writers?
• What evidence of assessment do you notice in this clip?
• What important behaviours is this teacher modelling? Which of these
behaviours might you focus on with your students and why?
• How do you involve your students in self-assessment and make themaware of the benefits of ongoing self-assessment?

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Writing
• Shared Writing
• literacy