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Feedback	Content	Context
Providing and Communicating Clear Learning	Direct Instruction Lessons	Engagement
Goals and Daily Learning Outcomes	6. Chunking Content	23. Noticing When Students Are Not Engaged and Reacting
1. Providing Scales and Rubrics	7. Processing Content	24. Increasing Response Rates
2. Tracking Student Progress	8. Recording and Representing Content	25. Using Physical Movement
3. Celebrating Success		26. Maintaining a Lively Pace
	Practicing and Deepening Lessons	27. Demonstrating Intensity and Enthusiasm
Assessment	9. Structured Practice Sessions	28. Presenting Unusual Information
4. Informal Assessments of the Whole Class	10. Examining Similarities and Differences	29. Using Friendly Controversy
5. Formal Assessments of Individual Students	11. Examining Errors in Reasoning	30. Using Academic Games
		31. Providing Opportunities for Students to Talk About Themselves
	Knowledge Application Lessons	32. Motivating and Inspiring Students
	12. Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks
	13. Providing Resources and Guidance	Rules and Procedures
	14. Generating and Defending Claims	33. Establishing Rules and Procedures
		34. Organizing the Physical Layout of the Classroom
		35. Demonstrating "Withitness"
	Strategies that Appear in ALL Types of Lessons	36. Acknowledge Adherence to Rules and Procedures
	15. Previewing (Activate Prior Knowledge and/or Create Shared Knowledge	37. Acknowledging Lack of Adherence to Rules and Procedures
	16. Highlighting Critical Information
	17. Reviewing Content	Relationships
	18. Revising Knowledge	38. Using Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors that Indicate Affection for Students
	19. Reflecting on Learning	39. Understanding Students Backgrounds and Interests (Affirm Identity)
	20. Purposeful Homework	40. Displaying Objectivity and Control
	21. Elaborating on Information
	22. Organizing Students to Interact (Plan for Peer Interaction)
	22 1/2. Six-Step Vocabulary	Communicating High Expectations
		41. Demonstrating Value and Respect for Reluctant Learners
	ELD Supports and Strategies	42. Asking In-Depth Questions of Reluctant Learners
	-Focus on Learning	43. Probing Incorrect Answers with Reluctant Learners
	-Support Meaning with Realia/Sensory Input
	-Make Text Accessible
	-Develop Student Learning Strategies
	-Cross Linguistic Transfer

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