In This Article:
Part 1: Review Your Lesson Resources
First, let's look at all the tools included in each lesson. You have a mix of online and printable materials to choose from.
Lesson Material | Online / Print | Potential Time |
Lesson Slides | Online | 10-15 mins |
Online Group Activity | Online | 15-20 mins |
Primary Worksheet (Same as Online Group Activity) | 10-15 mins | |
Intervention Worksheet (Optional) | 10-15 mins | |
Adaptive Practice (Independent) | Online | 5-10 mins/session |
Study Hall Video Lesson (Testing Courses only) | Online | 10-15 mins |
Review Classes (Testing Courses only) | Online | 30-45 mins |
Part 2: Create a Two-Day Plan 🗓️
Since there's so much content, we recommend spreading it out over two days. Here are a couple of popular methods:
Common Method A (Online Focus)
Day 1: Lesson Slides ➡️ Online Group Activity ➡️ Adaptive Independent Practice
Day 2: Lesson Slides (Review) ➡️ Print Primary Worksheet (Group) ➡️ Print Intervention Worksheet (Ind.)
Common Method B (Print Focus)
Day 1: Lesson Slides ➡️ Print Primary Worksheet (Group) ➡️ Adaptive Independent Practice
Day 2: Lesson Slides (Review) ➡️ Study Hall Video Lesson (Ind.) ➡️ Adaptive Independent Practice
Part 3: Bring Your Lesson to Life! ✨
This is the fun part! Here are tips for maximizing student engagement:
Start with a Spark: Introduce the topic with a light warm-up like a "Mad Minute" or a KWL Chart.
Invite Debate: 🗣️ When using the walk-through examples, let students debate why an answer is correct or incorrect.
Use Engagement Strategies: Incorporate strategies like Turn and Talks, or Pair-Shares.
Celebrate Growth: Review the Practice Details tab and celebrate skill improvements or the top 3 most active students.
Set Note-Taking Expectations: Show students what great notes look like. For math, notes should include models of computation, not just written text!
Part 4: Taking Attendance (And Why It's a Big Deal!) 🙋
We know you already take attendance in your SIS, but taking it in ChalkTalk is super important for a few key reasons:
Admin Tracking: It's the metric your school and district admins are tracking.
Triggers Review Classes: This is the only way to trigger our adaptive Review Classes algorithm.
Accountability: It makes it easy to hold students accountable for the lesson.
Navigation: It allows you to easily navigate to the next lesson.
How to Take Attendance:
It's just one click!
Inside the lesson, select "Record Attendance".
On the pop-up, you can select "Present" or "Absent" at the top to mark all your students at once.
Alternatively, you can mark students individually.
Pro-Tip: We recommend marking all students "Present" first, then just marking the few who are absent.
Part 5: Marking Your Lesson as "Taught" (The Easy Way) ✅
We've streamlined your workflow to make this effortless!
The system now automatically marks a lesson as "Started" when you spend five minutes or more on the Lesson tab. This removes the need for you to manually update it, ensuring your progress is tracked without a single extra click.
Just browsing? No problem!
If you’re simply reviewing a lesson without teaching it, you can easily revert the status. Just use the new option in the dialog box to set the lesson back to "Not Started".
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