IID Aug 2025

During the 2025-2026 school year Jennings staff and students will increase in accountable talk and student voice by

• monitoring OTR's (opportunities to respond) and using a vocab routine.

• Using Phase 1 notes

• Practicing for OST

• Using graphic organizers

In Anita Archer's Explicit Instruction strategy ...

• Student volunteers are called on often.

• Everyone does everything so students cant opt out of engaging.

• The teacher does most of the talking.

• Students must raise their hand to participate.

An OTR is an

• Other teaching reference

• Opportunity to relax

• Opportunity to respond

• Open thinking reflection

When creating my structured vocab routine I should ...

• Use my unit/curriculum to decide on the terms I want my students to know.

• Explicitly teach each word using the EI structure and phases of learning 1-4

• Supplement with any other vocab routine that I know works for my students.

• All of these.

EI (Explicit Instruction) helps me increase accountable talk/student voice by using

• Silent reading

• Choral reading, response cards, and turn and talks.

• Writing vocabulary definitions

• Test prep