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Premise of the Workshop. As the United States continues to compete in a global economy that demands innovation, the U.S. education system must equip students with the four Cs: critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation.
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Premise of the Workshop As the United States continues to compete in a global economy that demands innovation, the U.S. education system must equip students with the four Cs: • critical thinking and problem solving, • communication, • collaboration, and • creativity and innovation.
a. The number of cavities the sixth graders have? b. The number of people in the sixth graders’ families? c. The ages of the sixth graders’ mothers? d. The heights of the sixth graders in inches?
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SPREAD the LOVE Introduce your partner to the other people at your table.
The process of identifying and articulating similarities and differences among items. Comparing The process of grouping things into definable categories on the basis of their attributes. Classifying The process of identifying and articulating the underlying theme or general pattern in information. Creating Metaphors The process of identifying relationships between pairs of concepts (e.g., relationships between relationships). Creating Analogies What processes can students engage in to identify similarities and differences?
Similarities and DifferencesAnalogies dime is to dollar as a decimeter is to meter What is the common relationship?
Similarities and DifferencesAnalogies putter is to a set of golf clubs as 2 is to the set of primes 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, … What is the common relationship? putter
Hey… This looks familiar… Which of the high yield instructional strategies do you see in this structure?
Latoya and Kirk
Latoya and Kirk LaToya – 159 cm Silk – 108 cm • 42 • + 135 • 177 • 108 • 69 • 73 • 4 cm below Shoulder – 135 cm Counter – 73 cm Stool – 42 cm
Kinds of Evidence – Continuum of EvidenceInformal Check for Understanding
THINKING GOES TO SCHOOL: Research-based Strategies to Improve Achievement ALL means ALL Session 1: The Overview Prepared for the Instructional Coaches of ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS by Dan Mulligan, Ed. D. September 2012
4 – second partner Find a new friend in the room. Introduce yourself and share what you ‘do’. Find 2 comfortable seats and relax. *Please bring your handout and a pen(cil)!
Research on Imagery as Elaboration Students who used imagery to learn vocabulary, on average, performed # of studies
WHY ACADEMIC VOCABULARY? • Find another 4-second partner • Tell them who you are and one summer joy; • Find 2 seats. • Tell a chain story about the process of photosynthesis… • …without using words that begin with: P, L, T, S
Organizing Theme: Things someone would say… EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDER EDITION Trivia Triangle Cafeteria Worker 200 POINTS Parent Student 100 POINTS 100 POINTS Principal Superintendent Teacher 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS
Science Energy 200 POINTS Hypothesis Electron 100 POINTS 100 POINTS Atmosphere Experiment Dissolve 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS
Health/PE Body Mass 200 POINTS Equipment Nutrition 100 POINTS 100 POINTS Movement Wellness Endurance 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS
FINE ARTS RHYTHM 200 POINTS VISUAL MELODY 100 POINTS 100 POINTS ILLUSION ARCHITECTURE COMPOSER 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS
Grade 9 English Irony 200 POINTS Hyperbole Opinion 100 POINTS 100 POINTS Repetition Summarize Inference 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS
U.S. History CONSUMER RIGHTS 200 POINTS PRIVATE PROPERTY GLOBAL ECONOMY 100 POINTS 100 POINTS CIVIC DUTY LAWS PATRIOTISM 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS
Great Sites for Images http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm
YOUR TURN!!! 200 POINTS 100 POINTS 100 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS
Instructional Strategies that Facilitate Successful InclusionMust … • Supply students with STRUCTURE and ORGANIZATION • Encourage student COMMUNICATION and COLLABORATION • Provide students with VISUAL and HANDS-ON learning experiences
Glossary in the back of the notebook for Essential Vocabulary
SPREAD the LOVE Form teams of (4) four people at your table.