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

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