The teacher primarilyuses teacher-to-studentconversations insteadof student-to-studentconversationsto supportunderstanding of thetext.Students areallowed to answertext-dependentquestionswithout anyreference to thetext. The teacher usesactive observationstrategies tomonitorstudent responsesand respond totrends.The focus is oncompletingtasks, not ondevelopingdeepunderstanding.  The teachersprovide timely andspecific feedbackto guidestudents towardsmastery. The students areheld accountablefor supporting theirclaimswith evidence fromthe text in completesentences.The teacherutilizes texts orquestions thatare notgrade-levelappropriateThe teacherallows studentsto share ideasorally beforeresponding inwriting. The teacher primarilyuses teacher-to-studentconversations insteadof student-to-studentconversationsto supportunderstanding of thetext.Students areallowed to answertext-dependentquestionswithout anyreference to thetext. The teacher usesactive observationstrategies tomonitorstudent responsesand respond totrends.The focus is oncompletingtasks, not ondevelopingdeepunderstanding.  The teachersprovide timely andspecific feedbackto guidestudents towardsmastery. The students areheld accountablefor supporting theirclaimswith evidence fromthe text in completesentences.The teacherutilizes texts orquestions thatare notgrade-levelappropriateThe teacherallows studentsto share ideasorally beforeresponding inwriting. 

Embedded Discussions - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. The teacher primarily uses teacher-to-student conversations instead of student-to-student conversations to support understanding of the text.
  2. Students are allowed to answer text-dependent questions without any reference to the text.
  3. The teacher uses active observation strategies to monitor student responses and respond to trends.
  4. The focus is on completing tasks, not on developing deep understanding.
  5. The teachers provide timely and specific feedback to guide students towards mastery.
  6. The students are held accountable for supporting their claims with evidence from the text in complete sentences.
  7. The teacher utilizes texts or questions that are not grade-level appropriate
  8. The teacher allows students to share ideas orally before responding in writing.