ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the Classroom Routines, Jot Notes, Traction Planner, and several routines to support the daily teaching habit of recording student responses all increase teachers awareness of teachers knowledge of students and invite us to draw on student strengths in teachers lesson plans. The varying starting positions and rates of change among students, along with a fixed amount of class time and required learning standards, create a tension for teachers. Domino Discover provides an efficient means to collect and organize formative assessment data from the class that teachers can use to tailor instruction to better meet the needs of students. In planning, the Traction Planner prepares teachers thinking prior to unit and lesson planning to recognize teachers own and student characteristics that can strengthen or challenge learning. Reminding students of the listening goal helps students discuss and organize responses. There are four parts to Inclusive Directions: roles, turns, rules, and time.
