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Why We’re Here ?

New Mexico School Start Up Conference SREB/HSTW   Dr. Michael Hickman “Mickey” mickeyhickman@yahoo.com. Why We’re Here ?. Why We’re Here ? To do business slightly different (than in the past!). Why We’re Here ? To do business slightly differently (than in the past!) To learn about what is new!.

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Why We’re Here ?

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  1. New Mexico School Start Up ConferenceSREB/HSTW  Dr. Michael Hickman“Mickey”mickeyhickman@yahoo.com

  2. Why We’re Here ?

  3. Why We’re Here ?To do business slightly different(than in the past!)

  4. Why We’re Here ?To do business slightly differently(than in the past!)To learn about what is new!

  5. Why We’re Here ?To do business slightly differently(than in the past!)To learn about what is new!To learn something new!

  6. Why We’re Here ?To do business slightly differently(than in the past!)To learn about what is new!To learn something new!To understand new foci!

  7. Why We’re Here ?To do business slightly differently(than in the past!)To learn about what is new!To learn something new! (Hopefully)To understand new foci!Enable you to spread the message!through working with other Social Studies teachers!

  8. CONFERENCE AGENDA

  9. Conference Agenda Part I • Are We Aligned?: • Looking At the New Mexico State Social Studies Standards • Preview of Common Core State Standards

  10. Conference Agenda Part II Building Writing Across the Curriculum: Gates Writing Prompts

  11. Conference Agenda Part III Building More Rigor in Our Assessments

  12. Conference Agenda Part IV Building Student Engagement Practical, Engaging Classroom Strategies

  13. Lets Get Started!

  14. Are We Aligned? New Mexico State Social Studies Standards

  15. Are We Aligned? “Unpacking Standards”

  16. Are We Aligned? “Choose and think about one unit from a SS Course that you teach”

  17. Are We Aligned? “Essential Questions” Essential Questions are questions every student must be able to answer about the Course/Unit

  18. Are We Aligned? Write 6 to 8 Essential Questions about the unit. We will share your questions

  19. “Essential Knowledge”The FRAME ROUTINE

  20. “Essential Knowledge”The CLARIFYING ROUTINE

  21. SUCHMANINQUIRYRichard Suchman

  22. Common Core State StandardsCCSS

  23. Common Core Standards EMPHASES Reading (Comprehension) Writing Speaking and Listening Language Media and Technology • SOCIAL STUDIES • The Standards are designed to help students prepare for real life experiences that occur in college and in their careers. • Students must acquire and understand knowledge; they must also know how to apply, work with, and re-shape that knowledge and create new knowledge.

  24. Common Core Standards • SOCIAL STUDIES • The Standards are designed to help students prepare for real life experiences that occur in college and in their careers. • Students must acquire and understand knowledge; they must also know how to apply, work with, and re-shape that knowledge and create new knowledge.

  25. Common Core Standards • Overview Presentation

  26. SPEAKING and LISTENING THE SOCRATIC SEMINAR

  27. EFFECTIVE ENGAGING INSTRUCTION “Sometimes the problem is not a teaching issue but a thinking issue.” “In order to get people to think… create disequilibrium…”

  28. EFFECTIVE ENGAGING INSTRUCTION Research says: “Make students participate in your class! Students who participate more achieve more and are more successful…”

  29. WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

  30. WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM RAFT

  31. WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM GATES PROMPTS “The Write Way”

  32. PART IVAssessing with Rigor and at a Higher Level

  33. High Achieving students Average Achieving students Low Achieving students 6 to 8 interactions with that knowledge for acquisition 8 to 14 interactions with that knowledge for acquisition 14 to 20+ interactions with that knowledge for acquisition Research says…If content is truly new knowledge then it takes…

  34. Bloom’s Taxonomy • COGNITIVE LEVELS • Synthesizing • Evaluating • Analyzing • Applying • Understanding • Memorizing Cognition at a higher level means that student can operate cognitively at all the levels below

  35. Higher Ordered Cognitive Processes • Problem Solving Critical Thinking • Creative Thinking Decision-Making • Metaphorical Thinking Inquiry Thinking

  36. Cognitive Processes for Extending Knowledge • Comparing Classifying • Abstracting Inductive Reasoning • Deductive Reasoning Summarizing • Analyzing/Defending Perspectives

  37. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. Assessing at a Higher Level ___ This passage is found in the content of which of the following documents? A- Gettysburg Address B- I Have A Dream C- Preamble to Constitution D- “Give Me Liberty “ (or Give Me Death)

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