The teacher models a skill or strategy for students using a gradual release method that follows the pattern: “I do, we do, you do.” The teacher uses a variety of instructional methods while thinking aloud and explicitly modeling a skill or strategy for students. Then, the teacher models the strategy alongside the students before allowing them to work independently.

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Say Something cards provide students who are learning English with scaffolded sentence stems to help guide conversations.

Model, Model, Model

The teacher uses a variety of teaching styles during a “think aloud” to explicitly model for students what they will be doing during their...

Example: Learner-Led Classroom Management (IgnitED Research)

This video shares evidence from the learning sciences and a practitioner perspective around classroom management.