Interactive Direct Instruction- Stanley

Providing specific feedback to students has been a struggle for me along with time management. I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math to ESL students so it's been a stretch just feeling prepared to teach the content let alone having to adapt it for beginning ESL students. We move slow in class which means there is some time management issues (pacing...etc), but there is student growth. I use warm-ups and homework to ensure students' understanding of the content. I would like to use exit tickets, but it's just another element of planning that I'm not quite ready for at this point teaching this curriculum. As students complete their warm-ups I check their homework and give feedback. I often am able to clear up misconceptions at this point. The warm-up is also designed as a review of recently taught skills so if students are struggling with that I know that they are having difficulty with the content. This tells me I need to work with them in a small group. When students are working in small groups I try to give them roles to make sure that they all participate. I keep these on popsicle sticks and either assign roles or let them choose them randomly. The roles include: reader, look for examples, Ask questions, keep pace. I like to assign as many students as possible to look for examples, this is a huge skill aligned with CC that many students struggle with. If they can reference their own work and apply it to other situations they will be more successful as they move forward in their education.