Miami-Dade County Public Schools 2013 Summer Services

Whole Group Instruction
this instruction establishes purpose, models
thinking, demonstrates skills to be learned,
and teaches for metacognition
focuses on a lesson and clearly establishes a
purpose for learning
the teacher uses “I” statements to model
thinking
questioning is used to scaffold instruction,
not to interrogate students
provide students with information about
the ways in which a skilled reader, writer, or
thinker processes information
systematically moves to guided instruction,
not immediately to independent learning
typically lasts around 15 minutes
(depending on the age group)