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Engage:

-Student
focus students attention on the topic
Identify prior understanding of a concept or idea
-Teacher

Piques student's curiosity and generates interest


Invites students to express what they think
Invites students to raise their own questions

Explore:
-Student

Gather information
Generate questions
Interact with materials
Consider different ways to solve a problem
Acquire common experience and thoughts
Compare results and ideas of evidence
Observe, describe, record, compare and share results and experience

-Teacher

Encourages student-to-student interaction


Observers and listens to the students as they interact
Asks probing questions to help students make sense of their experiences
Provides time for students to puzzle through problems

Explain:
-Student

Connect previous experience with current learning


Establish a sense of main idea
Discuss concepts and ideas in own words using formal language
Debate ideas and revise thinking
Record ideas and current understanding
Compare current thinking to previous ideas
Express developing understanding

-Teacher

Encourages students to use their common experiences and data from the Engage and Explore lessons to
develop explanations
Asks questions that help students express understanding and explanations
Requests justification (evidence) for students' explanations
Provides time for students to compare their ideas with those of others and perhaps to revise their thinking
Introduces terminology and alternative explanations after students express their ideas

Elaborate:
-Student

Make conceptual connections between new and former experiences


Connect ideas and solve problems
Apply ideas to new situations
Draw conclusions from evidence and data
Deepen understanding of concepts and processes
Communicates understanding to each other
Record observations and explanations

-Teacher

Focuses students' attention on conceptual connections between new and former experiences
Encourages students to use what they have learned to explain a new events or idea
Reinforces students' use of scientific terms and descriptions previously introduced
Asks questions that help students draw reasonable conclusions from evidence and data

Expand:

Apply previous introduced concepts to new situations


Use of vocabulary to demonstrate understanding of concept
Link concept to authentic situations

Examples:

Use scientific terms and descriptions


Use of vocabulary to demonstrate understanding of concepts
Use formal labels, definitions, and explanations to previous understanding

Extend:

Stretch understanding to new experiences


Problem solve and make decisions during an activity
Use thinking skills to compare, classify and apply new understanding

Evaluate:
-Student

Continues throughout the Learning Cycle


Determine understanding of scientific knowledge
Share current understanding with others

-Teacher

Assess progress of prior knowledge with current understanding


Ask questions that take them deeper into the concept
Actively listen to others ideas, thoughts, and understanding of concept
Observes and records as students demonstrate their understanding of the concepts and performance of
skills
Provides time for students to compare their ideas with those of others and perhaps to revise their thinking
Interviews students as a means of assessing their developing understanding
Encourages students to assess their own progress

Explicit:
-Teacher
Activate prior knowledge
Pre-teach vocabulary

Enrich:
-Student
Authentic application of new knowledge
Problem/project driven

E- Cycle Learning Environment

Engaging students and allowing them to Explore


the concepts being introduced, discover
Explanations for the concepts they are learning,
and Elaborate on what they have learned by
applying their knowledge to new situations
through defining Examples, Extend
understanding, and Expand on concepts with
multiple opportunities for Evaluation.

Explicit and Enrich are implemented to meet the needs of learners below and above the learning targets.

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