1. The Recipe for an Exceeding Student
Strategies for Creating Academic Rigor for ALL Students

2. Question We Will Answer Today
What do our MEETS students need in order to move over to the EXCEEDS category?
- Guiding principles
- Instructional strategies
- Practical ideas

3. Research shows that, “Of all the students in a mixed-ability class, the most capable learners are likely to learn the least or make less notable progress during a school year.”
-Winebrenner, 2005
Think / Pair / Share
Why do you think this statement is true? What can you do to prevent this from happening?

4. CHOICE and CHALLENGE are Essential
Guiding Principle #1
CHOICE and CHALLENGE are Essential

5. Remember, students need opportunities to
Remember, students need opportunities to
NOT succeed with ease if they are to develop their
talent and potential.

7. PREASSESSMENT + PERKY PACE
Guiding Principle #2
PREASSESSMENT + PERKY PACE

10. Sample Pre-assessment Ideas

11. Sample Pre-assessment Ideas

12. Sample Pre-assessment Ideas

14. FLEXIBILITY + FEEDBACK
Guiding Principle #3
FLEXIBILITY + FEEDBACK

15. Take advantage of flexible grouping options to maximize your ability to differentiate. Just make sure your groups are TRULY flexible and change based on the needs of the students!

16. The average student receives 6 seconds of personal feedback from a teacher each day!
Giving immediate feedback is one of the most powerful impacts we can have on student achievement.

17. WHAT SHOULD BE MY NEXT STEP?
Choose from the menu of INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES those that will best meet your students’ needs

20. Shared Inquiry

21. Kaplan Depth and Complexity Model

22. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

23. Most Difficult First

24. Learning Contract

25. Passion Project

26. My Plan to Become an Expert

27. Differentiated Choice Menus

28. Differentiated Choice Menus

29. Tiered Lessons

30. Tiered Lessons

31. Curriculum Compacting

32. Reading Ahead Contract

33. Student Proposal for Replacement Task

34. Which of these strategies would you like to learn more about?
Think / Pair / Share
Which of these strategies would you like to learn more about?

35. Are there specific objectives I can incorporate into my instruction that address higher order thinking skills?
YES

36. Creative and Productive Thinking Objectives

37. Problem Solving Objectives

38. Thinking Skills Objectives

39. Research Objectives

40. Directions for Instructional Objectives Activity:
Break into groups of two or three
Take five minutes to skim through the Instructional Objectives goals in the packet
Each small group selects one goal (section) as
a focus
Select two POs in the section
Use the form attached to describe how that PO can be addressed in a specific content area
Answer the question: How can this skill help engage and challenge my students?

41. Think BIG But Start SMALL!
Final Words of Advice
Think BIG
But
Start SMALL!

42. JUST REMEMBER:

43. JUST REMEMBER:

44. Created by Jason McIntosh October 2009 Template by Animation Factory
Created by Jason McIntosh
October 2009
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