Ashley Becker

by Miki Herman

Session Time: 04/29/2026 5:00 pm | Phase: Take Action | Session Length:

Goals

By the end of April, Ashley will deepen vocabulary knowledge (especially those listed in the Deep Dive and Direct Assessment List) of her students in the Good Eating unit of Wit and Wisdom, by utilizing vocabulary strategies suggested in the unit (mainly the Frayer model), but striving to include other vocabulary activities to more effectively engage students throughout the 24 lessons with the end result being integration of these words into their vocabulary as well as doing well on the Unit Assessment (which will be given after the completion of this course).
Stage: Three-Quarter Point

Goal Information

Date: April 9, 2026

Attainment Scale:
Starting Point:

Review Lesson 1's Deep Dive/ Direct Assessment vocabulary words (digest, system), along with the Unit's Essential Question, and determine if the Frayer model is the best activity to use for students for them to have a deep understanding of those words.


Midpoint:

Review Lesson 8-13's Deep Dive/ Direct Assessment vocabulary words (trudged, hobbled, hurried, sped, rushed, cooperate), and determine if there are other activities, other than the Frayer model, is the best activity to use for students for them to have a deep understanding of those words.


Target Goal:

By the end of April, Ashley will deepen vocabulary knowledge (especially those listed in the Deep Dive and Direct Assessment List) of her students in the Good Eating unit of Wit and Wisdom, by utilizing vocabulary strategies suggested in the unit (mainly the Frayer model), but striving to include other vocabulary activities to more effectively engage students throughout the 24 lessons with the end result being integration of these words into their vocabulary as well as doing well on the Unit Assessment (which will be given after the completion of this course).


Notes

Coach Log Note 1:

Ashley is starting lesson 14 this week (which is the first lesson in the Target goal section). She did a great hands-on activity to involve her students in talking more deeply about nutrients (nourish is part of the essential question for the Unit. Nourish/nutrients/nourishing are all vocab words within the unit). Since nutrients is fresh in their brains, tomorrow, kids could write about what they ate today and how is was nourishing or full of nutrients, instead of doing a Frayer model. In addition, the writing task would provide a ‘birds eye view’ of how students might do with the final writing task that’s part of the end of unit assessment. Ashley mentioned several times, how integrating hands on activities/games for vocabulary words helps all of her students, but especially her ESL students, student with low exposure to vocabulary, identified students, etc.