LANGUAGE! Classroom Visitation Form (Books A – F)
Date: _______ Time/Hour: _______ Length of Class Period (in minutes): _____ Teacher: _____________________
Grade(s): __________ School: _____________________________ Unit/Lesson: _____/_____ (Ex: Unit 3, Lesson 5)
Observer: ______________________________________________________________
** Teacher Edition should be in the teacher’s hand consistently during the cycle of instruction. This behavior is
critical to the success of the students.
LITERACY STRANDS AND
SAMPLE OBJECTIVES
STEP 1
Phonemic Awareness & Phonics
 Sound & symbol awareness
 Sound-spelling conventions
form common sound/letter
relationships (ex: short vowels,
long vowels, vowel teams)
 Syllable types (ex: closed, open,
final silent e)
 Schwa & stress in words (ex:
con’vict, con vict’)
 Silent letters: mb, kn, wr, mn,
gn, lf, lm, rh, ps
 Suffixation: pronunciation,
spelling; word function impact
 Multiple spelling for long vowel
sounds
POSSIBLE
ACTIVITIES
 Consonant Chart
activities
 Vowel Chart activities
 Phonemic Awareness
Drills
 See and Say
 Say and Write
 Say and Name
 Name and Write
 Listening for Sounds
in Words
 Letter-Sound Fluency
 Letter-Name Fluency
 Move It & Mark It
 Sortegories CD
Activities
 Folder Activities
 Content Mastery Tasks
OBSERVED
Cycle of
Instruction
NOTES
I Do
(Teacher)
Y
N
We Do
(Teacher
and Student
or Student
Teams/Partners)
You Do
(Individual
Accountability)
*This step takes approximately
10 minutes per lesson.
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STEP 2
Word Recognition & Spelling
 Read/spell: new sound-spelling
combinations (ex: doubling
rule, drop “e” rule, drop “y”
rule)
 Read/spell new Essential Words
(Essential words are words that
students are not able to spell
phonetically)
 Fluency: Word Fluency Tasks
 Contractions
 Syllabication process in
multisyllable words
*This step takes approximately
10 minutes per lesson.
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Add It
Build It & Bank It
Double It
Drop It
Chain It
Change It
Word Fluency
Memorize It
Type It
Find It
Handwriting Practice
Sort It (ex: syllable
types)
Syllable Awareness
Sortegories CD
Activities
Folder Activities
Content Mastery Tasks
I Do
(Teacher)
Y
N
We Do
(Teacher
and Student
or Student
Teams/Partners)
You Do
(Individual
Accountability)
STEP 3
Vocabulary & Morphology
 Antonyms, synonyms,
homophones & analogies
 Multiple meanings of words
 Identifying word attributes (ex:
size, color, function)
 Idiomatic Expressions
 Number: Irregular plural nouns
 Possession: ‘s & s’
 Compound words
 Vocabulary expansion through
Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes &
Greek combining forms
*This step takes approximately
15 minutes per lesson.
 Multiple Meaning
Map
 Find It
 Rewrite It
 Draw It
 Identify It
 Degrees of Meaning
 Define It
 Explore It
 Sortegories CD
Activities
 Folder Activities
 Content Mastery Tasks
I Do
(Teacher)
Y
N
We Do
(Teacher
and Student
or Student
Teams/Partners)
You Do
(Individual
Accountability)
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STEP 4
Grammar & Usage
 Writing mechanics
 Sentence patterns (ex: simple,
compound, complex)
 Grammatical functions (ex:
subject, predicate, direct object)
 Grammatical forms (ex: nouns,
verbs, participles)
 Clauses (ex: independent)
 Text-based analysis &
application of grammatical
forms & functions
*This step takes approximately
15 minutes per lesson.
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(Teacher)
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Code It
Identify It
Chose It
Diagram It
(diagramming
sentences)
Masterpiece Sentences
Tense Timeline
Sort It
Categorize It
Sortegories CD
Activities
Folder Activities
Content Mastery Tasks
Y
N
We Do
(Teacher
and Student
or Student
Teams/Partners)
You Do
(Individual
Accountability)
STEP 5
Listening & Reading
 Context-based strategies to
determine word meaning
 Fluency
 Text structure: identification of
topic & details in text
 Text features
 Vocabulary (context-based)
 Comprehension: interpretation
and response questions
 Higher-order thinking (ex: infer,
justify, explain, predict.)
 12 literary terms & devices in
text
*This step takes approximately
20 minutes per lesson.
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Sentence Fluency
Passage Fluency
Sentence Morphs
Decodable,
Instructional, &
Challenge Text
reading activities
Phrase It
Blueprint For Reading
eReader CD Activities
Class Discussions
Folder Activities
Mini-Dialogs
Use the Clues
Comprehension
Proficiency
I Do
(Teacher)
Y
We Do
(Teacher
and Student
or Student
Teams/Partners)
N
You Do
(Individual
Accountability)
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STEP 6
Speaking & Writing
 Pre-writing: graphic organizer
scaffolding (ex: topic/detail,
note taking, outlining)
 Sentence writing
 Paragraph development
 Written responses linked to Step
5 reading activities
 Essay development (ex:
personal narrative,
informational, persuasive)
 Revising and editing written
work
 Oral presentation
 Multi-media presentation
*This step takes approximately
20 per lesson.
 Masterpiece Sentences
 Answer It Questions
(questions related to
Instructional Text)
 Blueprint for Reading
used for BFW
 Blueprint for Writing
 Benchmark Paper
 Challenge Text
Activities (Practice
speaking skills by
answering Challenge
Text questions.)
 Write It
 Creating Mini-Dialogs
 Folder Activities
 Writing Development
(sentence, paragraph,
and essay development
based on L! text)
I Do
(Teacher)
Y
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We Do
(Teacher
and Student
or Student
Teams/Partners)
You Do
(Individual
Accountability)
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