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Curriculum and Rigor in your Classroom

Curriculum and Rigor in your Classroom. “Teaching is only as good as the learning that takes place.” International Center for Leadership Education. Warm-Up.

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Curriculum and Rigor in your Classroom

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  1. Curriculum and Rigor in your Classroom “Teaching is only as good as the learning that takes place.” International Center for Leadership Education

  2. Warm-Up If you could provide schools with your perfect 5-step recipe for implementing Rigorous Lessons using the phrases below, what elements would your recipe include? • A pinch of … • A teaspoon of… • A cup of… • A quart of… • A gallon of… • Assessment • Relevance • STEM activities • Standards • Common Core • Benchmarks • Eligible Content • Difficulty • Complexity • Progress Monitoring • Quality Instruction • Planning • Coaching support • Lesson Study • Problem solving • Scaffold support • Standards aligned system

  3. Discussing Rigor and Relevance • Cloze • Frayer Model • Rigor • Relevance • Use Total Participation Technique-BOUNCE card to discuss • Bounce • Inquire • Sum it Up

  4. Rigor is not… • Something else you have extra to do on top of everything else • More. • More pages • More of the same math problems • More homework

  5. Rigor is… • Part of quality instruction • Part of a quality schooling experience • You cannot have quality instruction or a quality school without rigor

  6. #1 How rigorous is this assignment? • Design a controlled experiment investigating bacterial growth • Develop a question • Develop a hypothesis • Design and carry out the experiment to test the hypothesis (changing only one variable at a time) • Write up the experiment and results • Use the rubric to evaluate your report before turning it in

  7. #2 How rigorous is this assignment? • Using the materials in the class and what you have learned about sound… • Design a musical instrument that changes pitch at least three times • Name your instrument and write a description that includes an explanation of how the instrument makes different pitches • Play your instrument for the class, showing how it changes pitch • Use the rubric to review the instrument and description before turning them in

  8. Is Your Lesson Rigorous? Examine your lesson using: • Bloom’s and Webb’s DOK • Three Elements of Rigor • Rigor Quick Check

  9. Examples of Instructional Strategies

  10. Rigor Quick Check Reminder: Look at what students are being asked to do. Content: Is the content part of the state standards? Does it include basic skills and important concepts? Does the content require students to apply core academic knowledge to problems or issues? Instruction: Does the instruction require students to engage in higher order thinking skills? Are students required to engage in elaborated communication? Do they have to explain or justify their conclusions or thinking? Assessment: Is the assessment aligned to the lesson goals? Do students have to use higher order thinking skills on the assessment? Do students have to explain or justify their conclusions or thinking?

  11. My only skill is taking tests.

  12. Resources • http://www.leadered.com/ • http://www.pdesas.org/ • http://www.serve.org/ • Total Participation Techniques by Himmele and Himmele

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