English Monitoring Walk — Prompt Sheet
What to look for during a 10-minute classroom monitoring walk for English. Specific prompts for reading lessons, writing lessons, phonics lessons, and book corner audits. Designed for English Leads doing learning walks without it feeling like inspection.
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