1. Taking Steps Towards a Personalized Learning Classroom
Megan Crew
Natalie DiFusco-Funk

2. Megan Crew “ No one corners the market on wisdom” -Anonymous
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3. Natalie DiFusco-Funk True leaders don’t create followers.
They create more leaders.
-From the Trailer of Marshall
all of you
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4. Today’s Goal
Leave here with at least ONE practical idea to implement in your classroom this school year.

5. Teacher Language: Power of Our Words
Three Types
Reinforcing
Reminding
Redirecting
Teaching Communication
Presenter’s Job
Listener’s Job
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6. Student Driven Assignments Performanced Based Learning
Goal: Identify the standard(s) and what the students will know and be able to do.
Role: What role will your students take on?
Audience: Who is the intended audience?
Situation: Create a statement or prompt that engages the students.
Product: What will students create to demonstrate understanding?

7. Choice Chart Practical Tool Combination of student and teacher choice
WHAT
Subject area or content
HOW
Demonstrate knowledge
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8. Passion Projects Student Driven Projects Based on Passions Hobby
Social Awareness
Career
Lessons on Researching
Independence on their Project
Authenticity
Passion Project Fair
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9. Geography Undercover Agent
Option for choice chart
Alternatives to:
multiple choice test
map identification
Results:
student engagement
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10. Good Dog Carl
Goal: Use your descriptive language skills to write the words to go along with the pictures in Good Dog Carl.
Role: Author
Audience: Frankie Funk
Situation: Frankie is coming to visit our classroom. He loves looking at books and having stories read aloud to him. One of his favorite books is Good Dog Carl, but there are no words throughout the book, only pictures! Your job is to work with a partner and use your knowledge of descriptive language to write the words that would go on each set of pages.
Product: Good Dog Carl with descriptive language so that Frankie has words to go along with the pictures!

11. Closing Addressing Social Emotional Learning Student Engagement
Research
Questions
Contact Information:
@ndf81 @Crewmeg22
Salem City Schools
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12. Sources
The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language That Helps Children Learn
by Paula Denton, EdD
Students at the Center: Personalized Learning with Habits of Mind
By Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda
Understanding by Design
By Grant Wiggins

13. Disclaimer
Reference within this presentation to any specific commercial or non- commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.