Pennsbury School District Maureen Gradel

Please… Sign-in for either Act 48 or Stipend Find your assigned seat Help yourself to refreshments Catch up with your colleagues Peruse the provided materials Read pages 1-3 of the Day 3 booklet

The next/final Trade Day is scheduled for Monday, April 21 st. Videotaped lessons and analyses are due by Wednesday, April 30 th. All Demonstration Teacher visits must be completed by Wednesday, April 30 th.

Welcome/Reminders Lesson Design Review Active Participation Checking for Understanding Cooperative Structures Questioning Guided Practice Closure Independent Practice/Homework Next Steps

Participants will be able to… Review lesson design topics Brainstorm ways to check for understanding Examine ways to encourage active participation Review cooperative learning structures Discuss and summarize guided practice, closure, and independent practice

Find a partner Discuss/Review: Anticipatory Sets Objectives Purpose of lessons Input of lessons Graphic Organizers used

Active Participation Critical attributes Covert vs. overt Abuses Wait time Questioning Bloom’s Taxonomy Dignifying responses Cooperative Structures Monitoring and Adjusting

Bring these results to Session B for discussion: Using the provided Reflection Sheet, you are to keep a record of the ways you are… checking for understanding 10 questions asked and the type (Bloom’s) for each

CRITERIA: 1. Consistent involvement 2. Minds of all of the learners 3. Behavior must be on the learning 4. Ultimately must be overt

Think of and script out (pg. 8) an example of how you use active participation in your classroom. Share your example/statement with a partner.

Write the name of the skill to be learned/practiced (Active Participation) and draw a large ‘T’ underneath. Title on the left side of the T, “I already use” and on the right side of the T, “I plan to implement”. Share as a larger group.

Using booklet pages 23-33, read Elizabeth Breaux’s Varying Questioning chapter from Twelve Ways to Differentiate. Upon completion of the reading, discuss your thoughts about it with your table partner.

The time that the student applies the new learning in the presence of the teacher to provide immediate feedback on the accuracy of the learner’s practice.

What do you do for Guided Practice? Give an example of a Guided Practice activity you provided this week with your students.

Find your number. Read your page. Summarize your question. Be ready to discuss your findings with your group. 1.How long? Page 71 2.How much? Page 72 3.How often? Page 73 4.How will? Page 74

Please… Sign-in for either Act 48 or Stipend Find your seat assignment Help yourself to refreshments Peruse the provided materials Discuss the Reflection Sheet from Session A with someone next to you

As a group, be prepared to use a closure activity to sum up Year One Induction