Prepared for the FCPS Secondary Collaborative Learning Team Members of REGION 4 by Dan Mulligan, Ed. D., flexiblecreativity.com, August 2015 Essential Vocabulary Essential Skills Essential Knowledge LEARNING TARGET H IGH E XPECTATIONS “Sometimes the questions are complex but the answers are simple.” ~Dr. Seuss

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page Essential Question: How can I engage my students with the VA math process standards?

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?

H ELPING S TUDENTS D EVELOP U NDERSTANDING Assessing for Conceptual Understanding

If you want a learner to truly understand and own essential knowledge, expand your exploration from ‘what it is’ to also ‘what it is NOT’. page 8

The Power of Our Questions

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The second question (math version) This is what the process standards ‘sound-like’…

Think Pad is a resource designed to: provide evidence of understanding and participation during student-to student dialogue facilitate student reflection on their thinking

Find a friend from another schools and grade-levels (a mix of courses is best). Say ‘hello’. Find 2 comfortable seats and relax. *Please bring your handout and a pen(cil)! Find a friend from another schools and grade-levels (a mix of courses is best). Say ‘hello’. Find 2 comfortable seats and relax. *Please bring your handout and a pen(cil)!

Work collaboratively (e.g., construct viable arguments, critique, agree) to identify key words that capture the essential elements of strategies to assist all students to be successful used last year with fidelity. Enjoy working with your new best friend. Last year’s successful learning strategies

1. Create an Environment for Learning – –Helping students know what is expected of them, providing students with opportunities for regular feedback on progress, assuring students they are capable of learning content and skills 2. Helping Students Develop Understanding – –Integrating prior knowledge with new knowledge – –Procedural knowledge: constructing a model of the steps required of the process and practicing its variations; using the process or skill fluently or without any conscious thought 3. Helping Students Extend and Apply Knowledge – –Moving beyond ‘right answer’ learning to an expanded understanding and use of concepts and skills in real-world contexts. McREL, 2012 Framework for Instructional Planning McREL, 2012 Page 8

A. C REATING AN E NVIRONMENT FOR L EARNING A. C REATING AN E NVIRONMENT FOR L EARNING ADDITIONAL SAMPLE RESOURCES pages

A. C REATING AN E NVIRONMENT FOR L EARNING A. C REATING AN E NVIRONMENT FOR L EARNING F OSTERING C OLLABORATION WITH T ECHNOLOGY

PRELIMINARY 2015 SOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA BY DIVISION & REGION- SPRING 2015 SEARCHING FOR OPPORTUNITIES page 5

Good Instruction (Keep it Simple…Keep it Real) “We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far.” ~Ron Edmonds

WHY ACADEMIC VOCABULARY? Briefly share what you know about: photosynthesis Tell a chain story about the process of photosynthesis… …without using words that begin with: P, L, T

Research on Imagery as Elaboration 6 37 percentile pts. higher than… …students who kept repeating definitions percentile pts. higher than… …students who were using the terms in a sentence. Students who used imagery to learn vocabulary, on average, performed # of studies

50 POINTS50 POINTS50 POINTS 100 POINTS 200 POINTS Principal Organizing Theme: Things someone would say… Student TeacherSuperintendent Parent Cafeteria Worker EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDER EDITION EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDER EDITION page 17

50 POINTS50 POINTS50 POINTS 100 POINTS 200 POINTS Geometry PLANE FIGURE VOLUME TYPES of ANGLES CONGRUENTCYLINDER ISOSCELES TRAPEZOID

White All SOL Math: Grade 7 Results Does the system perform? Asian Black Hispanic Poverty LEP SWD

White All SOL Math: Pre-algebra Results Does the system perform? Asian Black Hispanic Poverty LEP SWD

White All SOL Math: Algebra I Results Does the system perform? Asian Hispanic/ Black Poverty LEP SWD

White All SOL Math: Algebra II Results Does the system perform? Asian Hispanic Black/Po verty LEP SWD

White All SOL Math: Geometry Results Does the system perform? Asian Hispanic/ Black Poverty LEP SWD

Self Reliance There are three types of baseball players-- those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened. Tommy Lasorda teachers/administrators

Things to Know page 3

FAIRFAX MATH ACHIEVEMENT BY REPORTING CATEGORY - SPRING 2015 SEARCHING FOR OPPORTUNITIES page 6 - 7

Introduce your partner to the other people at your table. Form groups of three (3) or four (4). Note: This may require recruitment from a neighboring table.

H ELPING S TUDENTS D EVELOP U NDERSTANDING

Things to Know page 4

FAIRFAX MATH ACHIEVEMENT BY REPORTING CATEGORY - SPRING 2015 SEARCHING FOR OPPORTUNITIES page 6 - 7

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Thank you for your commitment to children! "It's your attitude, not just your aptitude that determines your ultimate altitude." -- Zig Ziglar Dan