Boston Public Schools Adult Education teacher Brooke Machado reflects on the financial literacy and civics lessons that she filmed in the summer of 2021 for this series, Instructional Practices in

Boston Public Schools Adult Education teacher Karen Greaves reflects on the financial literacy and civics lessons that she filmed in the summer of 2021 for this series, Instructional Practices in

Karen Greaves teaches financial literacy vocabulary, with activities that incorporate technology and provide opportunities for students to make connections to their own lives. Find evidence of the

Watch and listen to how the teachers use formative assessment methods in their remote classrooms to monitor student understanding and inform instruction. Find evidence of the following indicators from

This lesson is focused on the pro/con format and on how to use the claim of and supporting evidence in a text to determine the author’s position on a topic. The texts selected for the lesson focus on

Teacher Brooke Machado engages her remote students in a discussion about First Amendment rights, incorporating digital tools, fostering communication skills, and providing opportunities for students

Teacher Karen Greaves engages her students during a remote financial literacy lesson using digital polling and a digital whiteboard to foster student discussion. Find evidence of the following

This video demonstrates on how to teach vocabulary to a STAR class using explicit instruction. The instructor demonstrates how to use the evidence-based reading instruction (EBRI) quadrant chart

This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a potential STAR student to determine the appropriate level of instruction for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and

In this video, the instructor demonstrates how to teach comprehension using the summarizing strategy, Topic, and Main point. (Massachusetts STAR Team)