iRubric: Developmentally Appropriate Practice rubric

opportunities for rich language use are limited. teachers mostly ask children questions which require "yes" or "no" answers.

creates opportunities for teacher to engage in conversations with individual students as well as with small groups of students that include a rich vocabulary.

creates opportunities for teacher to engage in conversations with individual students as well as with small groups of students using rich vocabulary and complex ideas. Language includes multiple turns in the conversation.

creates opportunity for teacher to engage in conversations with small groups as well as with individual children. conversations are sustained with complex ideas and rich vocabulary. Talk includes experiences outside of school (reading interests and the topics the class is studying accross modalities).

Following directions is comparable to hearing rather than a cognitive skills and behaviors similar to those used for understanding and interpreting written texts. Children are told to follow instructions and procedures instead of taught how to do so through modeling.

Listening skills and following directions are encouraged some of the time. Active listening and the importance fo following directions is modeled some of the time.

Modeling listening skills and following directions is used most of the time. Children are prompted to use active listening and they are asked if they understand what they have been told before they begin their own projects or assignments most of the time.

The skills required for listening are taught through the use of modeling. Children are asked if they understand what they are being taught concerning classroom procedures before they begin on their own projects and assignments. Children are taught how to monitor their own active listening and their own listening comprehension.

There is no evidence of technology in the classroom whatsoever. The text calls for simple use of pen/pencil and paper to expand upon topics introduced by the text.

There is little evidence of technology in the classroom through the use of overhead projectors and cassette recorders to expand upon the concepts in the text.

Expansion of concepts calls for the use of some Internet use. Websites are adapted by and used with this text in order to further understand and view what is being taught through the use of this text book.

LCD projectors and laptops are used in the classroom almost everyday to expand upon the concepts taught through the use of this text. There are links and websites provided in which the teacher is able to link up to the publishers website in order to learn more about the topics in this text book.