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Progress Pulse

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Lesson Plan

Pulse Check Session Plan

Enable students to rapidly self-assess and record mastery of target skills through quick quizzes and data recording, informing immediate instructional adjustments and celebrating progress.

This session equips students with timely feedback and empowers teachers to target interventions, ensuring each learner’s growth is tracked and celebrated in a structured small-group format.

Audience

6th Grade Small Group

Time

45 minutes

Approach

Fast-paced quizzes, real-time data logging, and reflective discussion.

Materials

Prep

Teacher Preparation

10 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up & Objectives

5 minutes

Step 2

Quick Quiz Carousel

10 minutes

  • Divide students into pairs/small teams at 3–4 quiz stations
  • At each station, answer 2–3 rapid questions on a target skill
  • Rotate stations every 3 minutes on teacher cue
  • Teacher circulates to observe and support

Step 3

Record Data

5 minutes

  • Students tally correct responses at each station on the Pulse Data Sheet
  • Teacher reviews entries to identify mastery patterns
  • Celebrate any stations with 100% accuracy

Step 4

Skills Snapshot Review

10 minutes

  • Project Skills Snapshot Slides showing class performance summary
  • Discuss strong-mastery areas and skills needing growth
  • Invite students to share strategies that helped
  • Note intervention targets for next session

Step 5

Targeted Strategy Practice

10 minutes

  • Group students by the skill area needing focus based on data
  • Provide guided practice problems or strategy prompts
  • Offer immediate feedback and encouragement
  • Encourage students to update their Pulse Data Sheet if they notice improvement

Step 6

Reflection & Cool-Down

5 minutes

  • Distribute the Reflection Pulse Exit Ticket
  • Students respond to prompts about their progress and next steps
  • Collect exit tickets to inform upcoming instruction
  • Close with positive reinforcement and preview of the next Pulse Check
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Slide Deck

Progress Pulse: Session Goals & Objectives

• Understand purpose of Pulse Check: rapid skill mastery assessment
• Objectives:
– Complete quick quizzes at each station
– Log results on Pulse Data Sheet
– Identify strengths and areas for growth
– Set targets and strategies for next steps

Welcome everyone! On this slide, introduce the Progress Pulse session’s purpose and review the learning objectives. Emphasize that today’s focus is rapid self-assessment, data logging, and celebrating growth.

Quick Quiz Carousel Stations

Station 1: Reading Comprehension
– Identify main idea of a short passage
Station 2: Math Computation
– Solve two 2-digit multiplication problems
Station 3: Vocabulary Usage
– Fill in blanks with correct prefixes/suffixes
Station 4: Writing Conventions
– Correct punctuation in sample sentences

Explain how students will rotate through stations every 3 minutes. Point out that each station targets a specific skill and has 2–3 rapid-fire questions.

Steps to Record Data

  1. After each station, count correct answers
  2. Enter tally in corresponding station row on your Pulse Data Sheet
  3. Circle any station with 100% accuracy
  4. Teacher will review and note mastery patterns

Walk students through how to tally correct answers and record them on their data sheet. Stress accuracy and honesty in self-reporting.

Performance Snapshot Template

Use this chart to summarize class results:

Station | % Correct
——————————|——————
1: Reading | ____%
2: Math | ____%
3: Vocabulary | ____%
4: Writing | ____%

• Highlight stations ≥ 80% mastery

Demonstrate how to use the class performance snapshot to guide discussion. Invite a volunteer to suggest where to plot data points.

Reflection & Next Steps

Please respond to:

  1. Which station was easiest and why?
  2. Which station challenged you most and how can you improve?
  3. What strategy will you use for your targeted skill?
  4. One win I’m proud of today: ________

Prompt students to reflect on what they learned and set a target for the next Pulse Check. Collect their responses to inform Instruction.

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Activity

Quick Quiz Carousel

Overview: Students will rotate through four 3-minute stations, answering 2–3 rapid-fire questions at each. They work in pairs or small teams, record answers on scratch paper, and tally correct responses on their Pulse Data Sheet.

Materials:

  • Question cards for each station (pre-loaded with prompts)
  • Station number signs (1–4)
  • Timer or stopwatch
  • Scratch paper and pencils

Rotation Protocol

  1. Divide into four small teams and assign each to a different station.
  2. Start timer for 3 minutes. Teams answer all questions at their station.
  3. On the teacher’s signal, rotate clockwise to the next station.
  4. Repeat until each team has visited all four stations.
  5. After final rotation, return to original seats for data recording.

Stations & Questions

Station 1: Reading Comprehension

Skill Focus: Identifying main ideas and supporting details

  • Q1: Read the passage:
    “Many bats use echolocation to find insects at night.”
    What is the main idea?
  • Q2: Which sentence supports the main idea?
    a) “Echolocation helps bats navigate dark caves.”
    b) “Bats are mammals.”
    c) “Echolocation uses sound waves.”
  • Q3: Name one detail that tells how echolocation works.

Station 2: Math Computation

Skill Focus: 2-digit multiplication

  • Q1: 14 × 6 = ______
  • Q2: 23 × 4 = ______
  • Q3: 17 × 5 = ______

Station 3: Vocabulary Usage

Skill Focus: Prefixes & suffixes

  • Q1: Add the prefix un- to the word “happy” and use it in a short sentence.


  • Q2: Which suffix makes “joy” into a noun meaning “state of joy”?
    a) –ful b) –ness c) –ly
  • Q3: Fill in the blank:
    The glass was so _______ (break + able) that it shattered easily.

Station 4: Writing Conventions

Skill Focus: Punctuation & capitalization

  • Q1: Correct the punctuation in this sentence:
    “did you see the rainbow asked maria”


  • Q2: Identify and fix the error:
    “My brother, who lives in Texas is coming to visit.”
  • Q3: Rewrite the following with proper commas:
    “On Saturday I will go to the park buy ice cream and play soccer.”

Teacher Notes

  • Circulate to confirm students stay on task and to clarify questions.
  • Prompt students to work collaboratively but record their own tallies honestly.
  • After rotations, guide students to transfer correct counts to their Pulse Data Sheet and circle any station with 100% accuracy.
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Worksheet

Pulse Data Sheet

Use this sheet to record your results at each station. After each rotation, tally your correct answers, calculate your percentage, and note any observations or goals.

StationCorrect Answers (out of 3)% CorrectCircle if 100%Notes / Observations
1: Reading Comprehension______ / 3______%( )__________________________________________________
2: Math Computation______ / 3______%( )__________________________________________________
3: Vocabulary Usage______ / 3______%( )__________________________________________________
4: Writing Conventions______ / 3______%( )__________________________________________________

• To calculate %: divide Correct Answers by 3, then multiply by 100.
• If you circled a station, celebrate your 100% mastery!

Overall Takeaways

What patterns do you notice across the stations? Which skills feel strong? Which need more practice?











My Target & Next Steps

Based on today’s data, which skill will you focus on next? What strategy will you use to improve?











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Cool Down

Reflection Pulse Exit Ticket

Please answer the following to help plan our next steps:

  1. Which station did you find easiest today and why?



  2. Which station challenged you the most and how can you improve?



  3. What specific strategy will you use to get better at that skill?



  4. One achievement I’m proud of from today’s session:



  5. My goal for our next Pulse Check:



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