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2. 21 st Century Skills: Teaching a New Generation of Learners Nonprofit. Research Based. Mission Driven. Since 1980.

3. © Developmental Studies Center To help children develop to their full potential - academically, ethically, socially, and emotionally Developmental Studies Center  Non-profit organization, Oakland CA  Working with schools since 1980  Mission-Based A Commitment to the Whole Child

4. Funding for DSC generously provided by:

5. © Developmental Studies Center DSC Guiding Principles. Build on intrinsic motivation in learners. Build an inclusive learning community. Integrate academics with social and ethical learning. Set up the learning situation so learners do the thinking. Provide intellectual rigor and accessibility. Advance teacher practice.

6. Literacy Programs Reading Comprehension Grades K-8 Making Meaning Vocabulary K-6 Comprehensive Writing Curriculum Grades K-6 Intervention: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Sight Words Single-syllable and polysyllabic decoding Grades K-12 Complete Spelling Program Grades 1-6

7. Character Education & After School Programs Community Building Grades K-6  Class Meetings  Cross-age Buddies  Schoolwide Community-Building  Homeside Activities Caring School Community KidzLit, K-8 KidsMath, K-6 Math Explorer, 6-8 Science Explorer, K-3 NEW! KidzScience 3-5 After School Enrichment

8. © Developmental Studies Center  Think and talk about the skills students will need to be successful in the 21st Century  Reflect on the challenges to developing 21st Century learners  Explore the DSC approach to preparing 21st Century learners and teachers Session Goals

9. 21 st Century Skills in Action As you watch the video, ask yourself: What does it really mean to be equipped with skills for the 21 st century? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCNlIif0h HY

10. © Developmental Studies Center Team Builder: Fold the Line Q What are they going to need to know? What are the skills they are going to need to help them get there? Q Think about a time when you learned something really well. What are some of the things that made your learning experience invaluable?

11. © Developmental Studies Center  Design, evaluate, and manage one’s own work  Frame, investigate, and solve problems using a wide range of tools and resources  Collaborate strategically with others  Communicate effectively in many forms  Find, analyze, and use information for many purposes  Develop new products and ideas Skills Required in the 21st Century

13. © Developmental Studies Center Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as the skills that separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future. -Partnership for 21st Century Skills

14. © Developmental Studies Center Learning & Innovation Skills: The 4 Cs  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication  Collaboration

15. . The DSC Way In the classroom. How we want our class to be.

16. © Developmental Studies Center Students Develop 21 st Century Skills by  Working with a partner  Learning and using cooperative structures  Learning and using social skills  Discussing their work  Solving problems

17. © Developmental Studies Center  Focus: Inferring About Causes and Effects  Students have experienced: —Exploring expository text (text features & questioning) —Analyzing literature —Making inferences in literature and poetry Lesson on Inference - Grade 6 1.34

18. © Developmental Studies Center Day 1: Read-aloud  Class brainstorms prompts to extend conversation  Teacher introduces and reads Train to Somewhere  Students discuss plot, setting, and characters in the story  Students reflect on partner conversations Day 2: Strategy Lesson  Teacher reviews prompts to extend conversation  Teacher highlights clues to inferences in Train to Somewhere  Partners discuss inferences at various stops in the story Grade 6 Lesson - Days 1 and 2

19. © Developmental Studies Center Day 3: Guided Strategy Practice  Teacher reviews prompts to extend conversation  Partners work with an excerpt to explore causes in text  Class discusses excerpt together Day 4: Independent Strategy Practice  Students read texts at their independent reading level  Teacher models “Stop and Ask Why Questions”  Students reread to ask why questions in their own books  Partners use the questions to discuss their books Grade 6 Lesson - Days 3 and 4

20. © Developmental Studies Center View the Video with a Partner With your partner, decide who will focus on  The students’ thinking and behavior  The teacher’s actions

21. © Developmental Studies Center Video Discussion Questions What did you notice about students’ thinking and behavior? How did the teacher support students’ thinking and behavior? How might this approach help students develop the 4 Cs? - Creativity and Innovation - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving - Communication - Collaboration

22. © Developmental Studies Center. Critical Thinking The Power of the Read Aloud

23. . Critical Thinking “What in the text made you think that?”

24. © Developmental Studies Center. Communication & Collaboration Responding in Pairs or Groups

25. © Developmental Studies Center. Creativity Reading & Writing Independently

26. © Developmental Studies Center Social Values  Responsibility  Respect  Caring  Fairness  Helpfulness

27. © Developmental Studies Center Explicitly Teach Cooperative Structures  Think, Pair, Share  Turn to Your Partner  Think, Pair, Write  Heads Together  Group Brainstorming

28. © Developmental Studies Center Discussion Prompts: Explicitly Taught  “I agree with _______ because…”  “I disagree with _______ because…”  “In addition to what _______ said, I think…”  “I heard you say ________. Did I get that right?”

29. © Developmental Studies Center Developing Social Skills Utilize class meetings for building community and resolving conflict Engage students in setting classroom norms Expect students to learn and use cooperative structures Expect students to learn and use social skills Facilitate opportunities for students to discuss their work and solve problems as they arise Ask questions that engage students with “big ideas” that challenge their thinking and understandings

30. 4 th Grade “First Days” and “Mama Sewing” Genre: Personal Narrative Childtimes: A Three- Generation Memoir By Eloise Greenfield and Leslie Jones Little

31. © Developmental Studies Center Quick-Write: Early Memories If you were to write a story about your own “remembered life,” what memories could you write about?

32. © Developmental Studies Center Writing Time Write about an early memory. Write about anything you want.

33. © Developmental Studies Center Lesson Reflection  How might this lesson help students develop their writing?  What social skills might students need to participate in this lesson?

34. © Developmental Studies Center  To teach students to write skillfully, creatively, abundantly, and with motivation in various genres  To teach students to work together and to help them develop socially and ethically Dual Goals of an Effective Writing Program

35. © Developmental Studies Center  Building intrinsic motivation  Abundant writing practice  Learning from published works and authors  Developing writing in the primary grades  Guided support through each step of the writing process  Learning skills and conventions when most helpful  Collaboration, sharing, and conferring Best Practices in Writing Instruction

36. © Developmental Studies Center Video: Grade 1 Writing Stories About Me Students have already experienced units on  The Writing Community (5 weeks)  Getting Ideas (6 weeks)  Telling More (4 weeks)

37. Unit 4: Writing Stories About Me (Personal Narrative)  In Week 1, students —Explored stories with a Beginning, Middle and End —Wrote stories of their own  In Week 2, students will: —Revisit Chrysanthemum to explore feelings in writing —Write stories that express feelings —Learn how to Tell More by adding details

38. View the video Decide with your partner who will focus on The students’ thinking and behavior The teacher’s actions

39. © Developmental Studies Center Discuss Video  What did you notice about the students’ learning and behavior?  How did the teacher’s actions impact the students’ learning and behavior?

40. . The DSC Way Partners give and get ideas

41. © Developmental Studies Center  Prewriting  Drafting  Revising  Proofreading  Publishing Collaborating Through the Writing Process

42. © Developmental Studies Center  Immerse students in a genre  Provide models for specific aspects of craft  Demonstrate how professional authors approach writing  Stimulate imagination and fuel motivation High Quality Read-aloud Texts

43. . The DSC Way Audience and Feedback

44. © Developmental Studies Center Students Develop 21 st Century Skills by  Working with a partner  Learning and using cooperative structures  Learning and using social skills  Discussing their work  Solving problems

45. © Developmental Studies Center Children who feel connected thrive. You see them:  Listening to one another  Reaching agreement  Considering other points of view  Being respectful  Explaining their thinking  Asking questions  Supporting their own reasoning  Taking personal responsibility  Achieving more academically - and they like it!

46. .Wha The DSC Way What resonated with you?

47. © Developmental Studies Center Class Meeting  What did you learn or experience today that you’ll take back into your classroom this year?

48. © Developmental Studies Center What questions do you have? wendy_williamson@devstu.org