1. Just DO it: A focus on learning strategies
December 9, 2008

2. 4 types of strategies:
Behaviors: how a student/teacher behaves (ex: be nice)
Expectations: what a student/teacher is expected to do (ex: do my homework; give time to practice)
Emerging “do”: broad academic strategies (ex: work in groups)
True “do”: specific academic, HYIS (ex: use hand up, stand up, pair up to review for quiz; use teacher-prepared notes with fill- in-the blanks on the steps to multiply
decimals)

3. How can you use a sort activity in your classroom?
With a partner(s), sort the strategies into one of the four types of strategies.
Strategies are on white paper.
4 strategy types are on pink paper.
How can you use a sort activity in your classroom?

4. 4 corners activity (modified)
On a sticky note, write down an example of a BEHAVIOR or EXPECTATION strategy.
On a different sticky note, write down an example of a LEARNING strategy (emerging or true).
Number off: 1, 2
Ones: Put sticky notes on behavior board.
Twos: put sticky notes on learning board.
Discuss.
Switch boards.
How can you use the 4 corners activity in your classroom?

5. How can you use an Affinity Diagram in your classroom?
Affinitize
Now that each group has posted both sticky notes and you’ve discussed the various strategies, choose 2 people to affinitize the sticky notes on each of the yellow papers.
Affinitize: group “like” sticky notes together
Report out the most common behavior and learning strategies.
Are there any strategies on your boards that need to be moved? (ex: behavior/expectation posted on the learning strategy board)
How can you use an Affinity Diagram in your classroom?

6. Behavior Strategies
Students tend to want to include more behavior strategies on PDSAs. When this happens, refer back to your classroom norms.
In some classes, using 1-2 behavior strategies could be helpful as a foundation for learning, but should gradually move away from them on PDSA.

7. Learning Strategies
Use specific “true” learning strategies on the DO of your PDSA.
Guide kids to these by creating a strategy board of the true learning strategies that you’ve used—that worked!

8. Sample strategy boards: Discuss
Have the group determine what type of strategy for those marked with arrows. If “emerging,” how can it become “true”?

9. Have the group determine what type of strategy for those marked with arrows. If “emerging,” how can it become “true”?

11. Have the group determine what type of strategy for those marked with arrows. If “emerging,” how can it become “true”?

12. Expectation and Behavior Strategy Board
This is what a 6th grader does:
This is what Mrs. Fox does:
Sample to use in conversation with students. Can refer back to it when students want to use behavior/expectation strategy on DO. Move these behaviors/expectations to class norms.

13. What’s next?
If you haven’t already, create an instructional learning strategy board in your classroom—large print, post by your PDSA. Involve the kids.
Paper provided.
Only include strategies that have worked. It’s okay to only have 1 or 2 learning strategies right now.
You will BUILD your list as you go.

14. Plus, deltas, Rx REMINDER:
Demos, BT1s, new to district, invited CCI folks---please stay for about minutes.