1. Presented by the SRHS Literacy Team

2.  Recap Last Meeting  Focus For Today - Steps 1 And 2  Activity  Homework

3.  Remember drawing the present? ◦ Very few people made 100 on their present, why?

4. Southern Regional Education Board The Big Six 1.Summarizing 2.Paraphrasing 3.Categorizing 4.Inferring 5.Predicting 6.Recognizing Academic Vocabulary

5. An instructional plan that deliberately focuses on a group of prioritized standards and uses essential questions, pre- & post-assessments, and a daily sequence of engaging instructional activities to teach the standards during a specified time.

6.  Use standards to promote what student need to know and be able to do ◦ Standards-based units change the focus from teaching to learning  Rigorous assignments & assessments, teach critical thinking ◦ Focus on rigorous, meaningful lessons and engagement  Connect assignments to real-world ◦ Students are motivated to succeed when they find relevance to their world in the lessons  Use literacy strategies and habits of success ◦ Help students master the content language ◦ Help students develop time management, study skills  Address learning styles ◦ Different types of assignments and assessments provide attention to different learning styles

7.  If we “begin with the end in mind” (or use “backwards planning”), we will create lessons that are more focused on the daily and weekly activities that lead to the final assessment. ◦ Can result in improved student engagement ◦ Can result in improved comprehension and retention of material ◦ Can result in improved student achievement

8. 1. Pick Your Topic Carefully (Use Standards) 2. ID And Chunk Standards Together (Piles) 3. Write Essential Questions Based On The Standards That Determine Exactly What You Want Students To Know And Be Able To Do At The End Of The Unit 4. Plan The Post Assessment 5. Brainstorm Possible Resources 6. Use Data To Choose Literacy Strategies 7. Choose The Habits Of Success 8. Plan The Daily Sequence For Each Day 9. Teach The Unit 10. Increase The Level Of Proficiency

9.  Step 1 – Choose your first topic (concept) carefully ◦ Choose standards you enjoy teaching ◦ Allow several weeks to plan, organize, and complete the unit ◦ Standards addressed should lend themselves to multiple days of lessons and numerous choices for post- assessment  Tests, projects, presentations, research papers, etc. ◦ Title should be “catchy” to immediately engage students  See pg. 15

10.  Step 2 – Identify and Chunk Standards and Readiness Indicators  Identify – select standards that logically support the topic  Chunk – arrange the standards into similar, closely related groups

11.  Step 2 continued…  Chunking standards allows: ◦ Students to make connections desired by the teacher ◦ Deeper learning (know it past test time) ◦ Time saved by addressing desired outcomes ◦ Data-driven decisions about which activities and strategies would produce desired outcomes ◦ Mastery of standards ◦ Integration

12.  Step 2 continued…  Identify the required standards for this unit ◦ Select standards that support the topic  Begin with the end in mind – use “backwards planning” to determine specific knowledge students should have mastered upon completion of unit

13.  Look through your SCOS  Choose 4 concepts that you enjoy and will teach next semester  With a partner, answer questions on pg. 15, Think It Through (you have already answered first question!)

14.  Choose one topic you would teach as a unit  Consider the questions on pg. 15 and top of pg. 17 when considering topic choice  Give it a catchy name – pg. 15  Determine the standards that will be addressed in the topic  Please have completed by December 1 at our next Literacy Meeting