1. PLN 13: Differentiated Instructional Strategies for the Block Schedule
Erie Strong Vincent
September 14, 2013
Co-facilitated by:
Diane Hubona
Chris Singler

2. Introductions
Picture Sort—Find your other three pieces to the puzzle Getting to Know You… Introductions—name, number of years in education, and content area

3. Taking Care of Business!
Course Syllabus
Reading Syllabus
Reflective Journal Entries Online
Final Project Criteria

4. Please Do Now: Food for Thought
“Regardless of the length of the class, some routine procedures must be completed in each class, and when the class is only 45 minutes rather than 90 minutes long, every lost minute takes on added significance…Studies showed that the average minute class only provides minutes of educational instruction after you factor in taking attendance, passing out information, giving instructions, and handing out restroom passes.”
---Transforming Learning With Block Scheduling, Blair Lybbert

5. Table Talk
John Collins 10% Summary

6. Teaching within the block schedule…
Why Block Scheduling?
Teaching within the block schedule…
with an eye to the 4 lenses of learning

7. Four Lenses of Learning Rewind

8. Quotation Mingle!
An Introduction to Block Scheduling

9. Written Conversations
One obstacle I foresee as I transition to teaching within a block schedule is…

10. Text render differentiation graphic in the book…page 4
Graffiti Placemat
Text render differentiation graphic in the book…page 4

11. Differentiation : Providing the opportunity for every student to succeed and reach his or her potential!
Differentiation may be accomplished through attention to :
Content
Process
Product

12. Jigsaw Pages 7-8—everyone reads Learning styles—pages 9-12
Chapter 2:Who Are the Learners?
Pages 7-8—everyone reads
Learning styles—pages 9-12
Thinking styles—pages 12-16
Emotional Intelligences—pages 16-21
The World of the Future—pages 21-23
The Adolescent Brain—pages 24-27

13. Planning for Instruction with a Block Schedule
Page 30, Figure 3.1 – Designing Down (or Backmapping)…
(B) Do Now: What are three Essential Learnings (or Enduring Understandings) in your class or course? Share with a neighbor and add to your list if you can.
(D) Read pages 41-50, marking up three things you do or want to do, two things you are unsure of, and then write one question you have.
(A) Using Figure 3.10 (on page 46) as a template, try rewriting one lesson from this past week.

14. Effective Model of Engagement

15. Putting It All Together
Before/During/After Lesson Design
PLN Lesson Plan Template

16. BDA Lesson Design
“ Good teaching is an art form that requires knowledge not only of how students learn but of best practices and effective lesson design. Expert teachers are constantly refining their skills and stay focused on the essentials. They ask, What do we want students to know and be able to do? How can we meet the needs of all students? Good lesson design addresses these questions.” Gregory and Herndon, 2010

17. BDA Model Lesson
The Yellow Wallpaper

18. To Do List!
Read and text render Chapters 4,5,6 in Differentiated Instructional Strategies for the Block Schedule—pages —using the template
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19. Ticket out the Door…
Give One and Get One