The Strategic Learner “The Strategic Teacher is the one who grows the Strategic Learner. Without us, the student's capability will wilt and die .” Jackie Flowers

Learning Target I can gain a deeper understanding of how strategic instruction grows strategic learners.

Using Instructional Strategies to Engage Learners AQTS-educate Alabama Using Instructional Strategies to Engage Learners 2.5 - Engages learners in developing and monitoring goals for their own learning and behavior. (The Strategic Learner)

Growing The Self-Directed Strategic Learner “A highly self-directed learner, based on the survey results, is one who exhibits initiative, independence, and persistence in learning; one who accepts responsibility for his or her own learning and views problems as challenges, not obstacles; one who is capable of self-discipline and has a high degree of curiosity; one who has a strong desire to learn or change and is self-confident; one who is able to use basic study skills, organize his or her time and set an appropriate pace for learning, and to develop a plan for completing work; one who enjoys learning and has a tendency to be goal-oriented.” (Guglielmino, 1977/78, p.73)

Give one, Get one Reflect on your practice. On the back of the half sheet of paper, write down 3-5 strategies you use in your classroom. Find a “thinking” partner to give a strategy to and get a strategy from. Discuss the strategies you got from each other as well as your successes or struggles with these strategies. Working with your thinking partner, discuss how the strategy makes the students strategic.

Why Reflect Over Lesson Planning? “The goal of reflection is not necessarily to address a specific problem or question defined at the outset, but to observe and refine practice in general on an ongoing basis.” M. C. Florez, Reflective Practice, 2001

Strategic Lesson Planning Guide Learning Target________________________________________________________ Before Strategy_________________________________________________________ Purpose(s): ____activate prior knowledge ____build background knowledge ____generate questions ____make predictions ____discuss vocabulary ____establish a purpose for reading ____other___________________________________________________________ Comments/Questions__________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ During Strategy_____________________________________________________________ ____engage with the text ____verify and formulate predictions ____self-monitor comprehension ____construct graphic organizers ____summarize text ____use mental imagery ____integrate new information with prior knowledge ____other_____________________________________________________________ Comments/Questions____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ After Strategy_______________________________________________________________ ____reflect on the content of the lesson ____evaluate predictions ____examine questions that guided reading ____respond to text through discussion ____respond to text through writing ____retell or summarize ____other______________________________________________________________ Comments/Questions_____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Formative Assessment Strategy (may be your after strategy)_________________________________________ How will this information be used to adjust your instruction?______________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Strategic Lesson Planning Guiding Statements and Questions   Step 1 Plan/Determine the Learning Targets Decide what it is the students will be able to do today as a result of this lesson. Ensure that the learning target of the lesson moves the students closer to mastery of content standards.  Decide on formative assessment(s) that will be used to determine if learning target has been met. Step 2 Reflection of Before, During & After Think about the strategy and purpose(s) of each part of the lesson. Is it connected and related to the learning target? How is the strategy guiding the student to be a strategic learner? Step 3 Plan for Assessment of Learning Target How will the learning target be formatively assessed? Consider: Work products Separate assessments Exit slips Observational data Self-assessments

Step 1 Plan/Determine the Learning Targets Decide what it is the students will be able to do today as a result of this lesson. Ensure that the learning target of the lesson moves the students closer to mastery of content standards.  Decide on formative assessment(s) that will be used to determine if learning target has been met.  

Step 2 Reflection of Before, During & After Think about the strategy and purpose(s) for each part of the lesson. Is it connected and related to the learning target? How is the strategy guiding the student to be a strategic learner?  

Step 3 Plan for Assessment of Learning Target How will the learning target be formatively assessed? Consider: Work products Separate assessments Exit slips Observational data Self-assessments How will this information be used to adjust your instruction?  

Reflection "Reciprocity is the belief that each learning interaction is an opportunity for everyone to learn - an embodiment of the saying, 'When one teaches, two learn.' When we look at everyone else as a learner and a teacher, regardless of their credentials or years of experience, we're often delightfully surprised by new ideas, concepts, strategies, and passions. If we go into an experience expecting to learn, much more often than not, we will.“ --Jim Knight Unmistakable Impact Pg. 44 Silently reflect over this quote. Share out if moved to do so. See Strategic Lesson Observation Guide

Before You Go Exit Slip 3 Things I am more prepared to do with my lesson planning and/or instruction 2 Commitments I will make to my team members as we work and grow together 1 Concern or question I still have