1. Level 2 - Session 1 Instructional Shift: Focus (1B) Using Focus to Plan Classroom Instruction ?

2. Learning Goals Understand the “Critical Areas”. Understand the “Critical Areas”. Explore ways to make learning visible. Explore ways to make learning visible. Discover what “Teaching less, learning more” means. Discover what “Teaching less, learning more” means.

3. Report Out on Understanding the shifts Critical Areas (Created in Previous Session)

4. Handout: Making Thinking Visual Link Posters Handout 3 – H Beyond Fingers– KG Video

5. Reflection Journal: “Teaching less, learning more” Summary of Focus Explain what this quote means: “Teaching less, learning more.” Explain what this quote means: “Teaching less, learning more.” Describe the importance of focus in planning and delivering instruction. Describe the importance of focus in planning and delivering instruction. Explain how the Publishers Criteria helps define focus? Explain how the Publishers Criteria helps define focus?