District Inservice November 25, 2009 Thankful Partners

Why are We Here?

What is Our Mission? Academics Behavior Civic Engagement

The Vision Use Essentials to guide Academics, Behavior, and Civic Engagement Use data to assess goal attainment Work as a team to determine student strengths and areas of need Design professional development opportunities to help educators meet these needs

Taking Active Learning One Step Further Students need to be actively involved through higher level thinking skills Math- Math talk as evidence of reasoning SS- Analyzing Graphs LA- Comprehension SC- Lab activities relate to concepts Developing reading comprehension in all subject areas SQ3R Etc.

How Do We Do It??? Research-based Strategies

Instruction that Works Nonlinguistic Representations- Visuals Practice IIIIII II I I I I I I I I I I I Grade level appropriate strategies

Summarizing Rule-based Summarizing Frame-based: Argumentation Delete trivial and redundant material Substitute superordinate terms for more specific terms (i.e. fish for rainbow trout) Select a topic sentence or invent one Frame-based: Argumentation Evidence Claim Support Qualifier

More Instruction That Works Note-Taking Generating and Testing Hypotheses

Note Taking What is the purpose of taking notes? Turn to your partner and discuss Be ready to share

Purpose: Identify key ideas Record information for later review Help students learn the material

Note Taking: Variety of Strategies Informal outline Webs Double –entry Visuals Combination notes Partner notes Progressive notes Expanding Notes Entry Cards

Teaching Note Taking 1 How to identify key information The Qualities of effective notes The Uses of different formats How to use notes to study and get information

Example: PreK 2 How to identify key information “Listen for the animal noises” The Qualities of effective notes “ Did this help you remember?” The Uses of different formats “We can draw to remember, use our letters, or tell a friend…” How to use notes to study and get information “Let’s look at our drawing- what do you remember …”

Example: PE ES 3 How to identify key information “What is the most important rule I shared?” The Qualities of effective notes “Did this picture help us remember how to hit a ball? Why or why not?” The Uses of different formats “We are going to create a word web to help us remember the different types of games…” How to use notes to study and get information “Take this home and tell your parents how it can help us remember…”

Example: HS Science 4 How to identify key information “Read this paragraph and be ready to tell your partner which idea will be the hardest for you to remember.” The Qualities of effective notes “Exchange notes with your partner. Using our rubric, score his or her notes.” The Uses of different formats “Yesterday you took notes, today you have 5 minutes to record the key points in a different format…” How to use notes to study and get information “When I call your name, read aloud a key idea from your notes…”

But Why Does It Work??

Note Taking- Involvement Partner notes (Assigned sections) Each partner reads aloud what is on a note card and one person summarize. Progressive (Start a card and pass it on) Each partner reads aloud what is on a note card and one person summarize. Expanding ( Take notes) Pass each card around the group, each person adds a detail, makes a correction, or clarifies a point then gives the card back to the original author

What Next? Meet with your Needs-based groups Follow the agenda Designed to help you meet your professional development goals Follow the agenda Record notes and thoughts Share with principal as evidence of goal

Why?

Working in Partnership We Can… Formative Assessment: Thomas Nonfiction reading: Phillips* Brain-based learning: Stiller * Technology Integration: 106 Promethean: 107 Career Academies: Davis Math: Klein Vocabulary: Classen Differentiated Instruction: Nielsen ACT: Media Center Discrete Trials: Davidson