What Is
Rigor?
1. It means your lessons are planned to the
second. Use a timer!
2. It means your activities are rigorous and
on grade level.
3. It means your content and language objectives
are visible, useable and aligned to the lesson. Students should be writing
down the objectives each day in a notebook and can refer back to them when they
need to.
4. It means you are differentiating the
lesson to reach all students in front of you. You must know where students are
in relation to the standard. Objectives should be written using language
from Bloom's Taxonomy.
5. It means you are using your assessments to
drive your instruction, grouping plans and re-teaching objectives. Do not
teach students what they already know or fail to have a plan to be certain
every child has mastered today's objectives. Know how to challenge your
students, how to push them beyond proficiency.
6. It means your lessons are purposeful
and meaningful to all students. They understand why today's learning is
personally important, useful and relevant.
7. It means that students are using the
language of the lesson. There is ample opportunity for student
conversation, reading and writing to solidify the concepts and skills. It
means there should be more student talk than teacher talk, it means that
students are expected to explain their thinking, it means you don't accept
yes/no answers orally or in writing.
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