After conducting a ten-minute walk-through of a third-grade classroom, a school leader makes the following observations: Students worked in flexible groups to sequence story events on cards that have key plot points. Students, when asked, were unable to explain why they were sequencing story events. A word wall presented key vocabulary terms: first, last, then, finally. Which of the following is the most appropriate feedback for the school leader to give the teacher in a postobservation conference to improve the quality of the lesson?
a) Complimenting the teacher on the engaging group activity
b) Suggesting the teacher eliminate group activities for individual work
c) Ensure that students can articulate the lesson objectives or learning targets.
d) Ignoring the lack of student understanding and praising the word wall