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High School Summer Professional Development Workshop Kemper Fitch, Principal Nancy Moody, Director of High School Curriculum Penny Crooks, Assistant Principal John Eggleston, Assistant Principal Julie Pack, Assistant Principal Tina Webster, Technology Facilitator. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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High School Summer Professional Development
WorkshopKemper Fitch, Principal
Nancy Moody, Director of High School CurriculumPenny Crooks, Assistant Principal
John Eggleston, Assistant PrincipalJulie Pack, Assistant Principal
Tina Webster, Technology Facilitator
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Reflections from Day Four
What am I squared away with?
What am I still circling around?
What three things do I need to do in priority order to advance the work?
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Essential VocabularyEssential Vocabulary“teaching vocabulary becomes not a simple process of teaching words but one of teaching particular words to particular students for a particular purpose”
~Handbook of Reading Research, Vol. 3, Blachowicz and Fisher (2000)
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Big Questions What is essential
vocabulary? What words do students
need to learn for a given essential standard?
How do we determine which words are essential?
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Essential VocabularyCriteria: Critical to understanding of
essential standards and clarifying objectives
Require in-depth knowledge in order to understand essential standards and clarifying objectives
Likely to be encountered in other content areas
*Refer to Quality Check Handout
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Essential Vocabulary Quality Check Handout
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Article Introduction All – read pgs. 226-229 (stop at
Level 1 subheading)
Flanigan K. and Greenwood S. “Effective content vocabulary instruction in the middle: Matching students, purposes, words, and strategies”
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Introduction Four Factors of Content Vocabulary:
The students we teach The nature of the words we decide to
teach The instructional purposes in teaching
the words The strategies we employ to teach the words
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Article - Jigsaw Group #1 – read Level 1 sectionGroup #2 – read Level 2 sectionGroup #3 – read Level 3 sectionGroup #4 – read Level 4 sectionAll – read pgs. 231-233
(begin at “A process for choosing. . / stop at “How does this look . .)
Remainder of article can be read at your leisure.
Flanigan K. and Greenwood S. “Effective content vocabulary instruction in the middle: Matching students, purposes, words, and strategies”
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Guiding Questions What defines Level ___ words?
How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?
In reference to the previous definition, are words in this level essential vocabulary?
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Jigsaw Response – Level 1
What defines Level ___ words?
How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?
Are words in this level essential vocabulary?
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Jigsaw Response – Level 2
What defines Level ___ words?
How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?
Are words in this level essential vocabulary?
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Jigsaw Response – Level 3
What defines Level ___ words?
How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?
Are words in this level essential vocabulary?
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Jigsaw Response – Level 4
What defines Level ___ words?
How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?
Are words in this level essential vocabulary?
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Essential Vocabulary – The Process (modified)
Determine the instructional goals specifically related to the essential standards and clarifying objectives.
Brainstorm words that students will need to know/learn to meet instructional goals.
Determine which words from the initial brainstorming are necessary for students’ understanding and mastery of the essential standards and clarifying objectives. Refer to essential vocabulary quality check.
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ConnectionsStrategies
PurposesWords
StudentsStudents
PlanningPlanning
TimeTime
TeachingTeaching
TimeTime
Essential StandardsEssential Standards
21st Century Skills
Collaboration
Assessment
Essential Standards21st Century SkillsCollaborationAssessment
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Essential Vocabulary - Quality Check
• Measure the words on the sample curriculum guides against the criteria for essential vocabulary and
• Determine if there are any words that need to be removed or added to the list.
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“Rubber Meets The Road”Process:
Determine the instructional goals specifically related to the essential standards and clarifying objectives.Brainstorm words that students will need to know/learn to meet instructional goals.Determine which words from the initial brainstorming are necessary for students’ understanding and mastery of the essential standards and clarifying objectives. Refer to essential vocabulary quality check.
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Vocabulary Work
Take a break on your own!
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Essential Questions What is an Essential
Question?
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What is your explanation for how to evaluate
whether or not a question meets the criteria for being
an essential question?meaningful connections with prior learning
require students to consider alternatives, weigh evidence, support ideas, and justify answers
promote understanding
arguable, provokes deep thought, discussion, inquiry
do not have one “right” answerinquiry into
core content
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Why are essential questions a key Why are essential questions a key component of planning and classroom component of planning and classroom
instruction?instruction? Assessment of student learning
Potpourri problem
Lack of focusLong term recall
Communication between students and teachers and between teachers
Clarifying purpose
Set direction for learning
Focus learning
Student engagement/application
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Purpose: Essential Questions
Essential questions Essential questions become . . . the become . . . the
“mental velcro”“mental velcro” for content learning.for content learning.
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How do you determine appropriate essential
questions for content area learning?
Essential Standards
Formatting Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Assessment
21st Century Skills
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Developing Essential Questions
Working with subject area partner, develop Essential Questions that reflect identified Essential Standards and incorporate 21st century skills and RBT.
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Quality Check for EQs Quality checks vertically
by subject areas.
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LUNCH!!
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Ticket Out the Door
What am I squared away with?
What am I still circling around?
What three things do I need to do in priority order to advance the work?