HAND SIGNALS Raise one finger – “I wish to speak” Two fingers – “I wish to leave my seat” Three fingers – “I need your help”
GIVE ME FIVE PLAN! Eyes on Speaker Quiet Be still Hands free (putting things down) Listen
HEADING UP YOUR PAPERS Name Date Title
DESCRIPTIVE FEEDBACK What's working? What's not working? What's next?
IT’S ALL ABOUT THINKING!
AFL STRATEGIES 1. Learning Destination / Learning Outcomes 2. Criteria 3. Descriptive feedback What's working? What's not working? What's next? 4. Questioning 5. Self-assessment and peer assessment 6. Ownership
GRADUAL RELEASE OF RESPONSIBILITY - model - guided practice - independent practice - independent application
For YOU to see yourself as a THE GOAL For YOU to see yourself as a SUCCESSFUL LEARNER!
Ask Yourself: What am I able to do, considering the criteria for success? What is missing? or What do I need to learn? What is my plan for learning? Who can help me?
6 Well-Known Inclusive Teaching Practices assessment for learning open-ended strategies 3. gradual release of responsibility 4. cooperative learning 5. literature circles and information circles 6. inquiry
Key beliefs about teaching and learning: learning is both individual and social learning should be personally meaningful and authentic learning builds from prior experience and background knowledge
Key beliefs about teaching and learning: Students, grades 5-12: must learn to work with a range of different teachers who may use different instructional styles and may convey different messages must learn subject content and the subject-related thinking strategies to engage with, remember to connect to, process, and synthesize the content
BULLYING… IT’S NOT JUST THE MEAN THINGS IT’S THE NICE THINGS YOU NEVER DO