1. Bellwork: Define the following phrase in your spiral notebook: “21 st century skills” Review/skim pages 1-5 of WDILTC wkbk

2. Monday January 13 and 27, 2013 Mentor Contact: Becky Jachym

3. Today’s Objectives: Identify 21 st century skills. Implement 21st century skills into daily lesson plans.

4. Today’s Agenda: 1. Bellwork: Definition and Read/Skim 2. Anuncios: Classroom Central, PEPs, Registration 3. Game: Sillas Musicales 4. Notes: 21st Century Skills 5. Closure: Start, Stop, Continue Tarea: Be An Outstanding Mentee!

5. Vocabulary Practice Sillas Musicales Number your lined paper (going down) 1-15 Before we start: Check to make sure your neighbor has: 1 piece of lined paper 1 writing utensil His/her paper numbered 1-15

6. Let’s break it down… Definition: “a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits, and character traits that are believed—by educators, school reformers, college professors, employers, and others—to be critically important to success in today’s world, particularly in collegiate programs and modern careers.” http://edglossary.org/21st-century-skills/

7. Brainstorming… At your table make sure you have: 2 Pieces of long paper At least 1 marker With your table-mates, brainstorm a list of as many examples of “21 st century skills” as you can on long paper #1. You will have 4 minutes.

8. Categories of 21 st Century Skills Four broad categories: http://atc21s.org/index.php/about/what-are-21st-century-skills/ Ways of thinking Ways of working Tools for workingSkills for living in the world Creativity Critical thinking Problem-solving Decision-making Learning Communication Collaboration Information and communications technology (ICT) Information literacy Citizenship Life and Career skills Personal responsibility Social responsibility

9. Categorizing… On long paper #2, categorize your group’s list into the 4 categories of 21 st century skills. Challenge: After you have categorized all of the items on your list…can you think of any more to add? 4 categories: Ways of thinking Ways of working Tools for working Skills for living in the world

10. Float and Find Leave long paper #2 (the chart) on display at your table. Float to other tables and see what new ideas you can find. Feel free to add these new ideas to your own chart.

11. Tarea: Be an outstanding mentee: 1. Turn in all paperwork on time! 1 st semester observation of colleague – due Wed. Jan. 22 nd January mentor/mentee pink log – due: Fri. Jan. 31 st 2. Meet with your mentor! 1 st year teachers – 4 times per month 2 nd /3 rd year teachers – 3 times per month 3. Reply to all emails within 24 hours! 4. Attend 2 extracurricular AK events 3 rd quarter = polo shirt! Next Mentee Meeting 1 st Year Teachers: Feb. 10 2 nd and 3 rd Year Teachers: Feb. 24

12. Closure: Self-Reflection On your bellwork sheet from today: Start, Stop and Continue Based on what I have learned today… I will START… I will STOP… I will CONTINUE…