A Curtis Artifact Sheet Group 4
A Curtis Artifact Sheet Group 4
A Curtis Artifact Sheet Group 4
Exploratory Question: Are the strategies being used to teach this standard effective? If not, what
can be changed to ensure that more students are able to be successful?
Artifact Type (be Observed Learning Gap Relative Prominence
specific) (as evidenced by artifact) Significance (if learning gap
• Data Table or (if learning gap observed)
• Student work Observed Instructional Gap observed)
• Teacher lesson Speculate as to how
(as evidenced by artifact)
plan(s) How important is this widespread this gap
• Teacher instruction skill/concept? is with all the
calendar students.
• Test items
• Unit plan
Lesson Plan for Let’s Play Ball by LG IG 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Mo Willems Lack of Activating Prior Knowledge
How Teachers Can Turn Data into Action by Daniel R. Venables. © 2014 by ASCD.
Artifact Type (be Observed Learning Gap Relative Prominence
specific) (as evidenced by artifact) Significance (if learning gap
• Data Table or (if learning gap observed)
• Student work Observed Instructional Gap observed)
• Teacher lesson Speculate as to how
(as evidenced by artifact)
plan(s) How important is this widespread this gap
• Teacher instruction skill/concept? is with all the
calendar students.
• Test items
• Unit plan
Post test data (test Day 5) LG IG 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Students were unable to retain information to
recall/respond to story elements.
How Teachers Can Turn Data into Action by Daniel R. Venables. © 2014 by ASCD.
We started with our Data Checklist focusing on a team-member's data. She is working with Pre-K students and the focus is on the
ELA Standard: Reading: Story/Text Comprehension-Demonstrate comprehension by responding to interactive read-alouds of texts
before, during, and after the texts are read.
Then we focused on Objective 3: After is after reading a story, students will respond to questions such as who and what about texts
read aloud.
From there we chose an Exploratory Question: Are the strategies being used to teach this standard effective? If not, what can be
changed to ensure that more students are able to be successful?
We used artifacts from a sample lesson one team member shared with the group. When we calculated the relevance in relation to our
own teaching experiences, knowledge about age-expected skills, the Venables text, and teaching outcomes and strategies. Then when
calculating Prominence, we utilized the data on the number of students scoring below or above 5.
Then my group came up with possible solution for the data that was presents. Below are some solutions:
Coloring activity to get to know the characters
reread the story and asks specific questions about the characters at a few points in the story
Simplifying stop and ask questions
Participate in memory recall activities- *turn & talks*- 2 or 3 before, during and after story
Lack of introductory activity
Modeling how to reflect on your learning
Using picture cues or sentence starters for student responses
How Teachers Can Turn Data into Action by Daniel R. Venables. © 2014 by ASCD.