8. Instruction

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Essentials

8.1 Identify needs of students based on assessments and determine instructional setting

Identify whole group needs to plan whole group lessons
Identify students with like skills and/or needs to plan small group lessons
Identify individual student needs for conferring sessions

8.2 Brain compatible lessons

Whole-group instruction is 5–10 minutes in length
Small-group and one-on-one lessons are 2–7 minutes in length
Consider using resources.

8.3 Use instructional protocol and brief focus lesson structure to plan and document.

See Essential 2.2: Instructional Protocol

8.4 Record information in conferring notebook.

Teacher records the following:
- Selection being read
- Goal and strategy being practiced
- What was taught
- Targeted goals for students to work on
- Next steps

8.5 Curricular coherence

Share information with support staff
If using online conferring notebook share students with all staff working with that student.
Goals and strategies for the shared student are the same; how the adults get there may be different.

8.6 Monitor progress (touchpoints)

See Essential 9.1: Touchpoints

8.7 Modify instruction as needed (materials, setting, teaching)

When standard is not met, teacher adjusts one or more of the following:
- Materials
  - fiction, nonfiction, reading level
- Setting
  - individual, small, group
- Teaching
  - explicit explanation, model, think aloud, offer advice

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