Prepared for the FCPS Learning Leader Collaborative Learning Team Members of REGION 4 AND R EGION 5 by Dan Mulligan, Ed. D., flexiblecreativity.com, August 2015 Essential Vocabulary Essential Skills Essential Knowledge LEARNING TARGET H IGH E XPECTATIONS “Sometimes the questions are complex but the answers are simple.” ~Dr. Seuss

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PRELIMINARY 2015 SOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA BY DIVISION & REGION- SPRING 2015 SEARCHING FOR OPPORTUNITIES page 5

Good Instruction (Keep it Simple…Keep it Real) “We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far.” ~Ron Edmonds

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1. Create an Environment for Learning – –Helping students know what is expected of them, providing students with opportunities for regular feedback on progress, assuring students they are capable of learning content and skills 2. Helping Students Develop Understanding – –Integrating prior knowledge with new knowledge – –Procedural knowledge: constructing a model of the steps required of the process and practicing its variations; using the process or skill fluently or without any conscious thought 3. Helping Students Extend and Apply Knowledge – –Moving beyond ‘right answer’ learning to an expanded understanding and use of concepts and skills in real-world contexts. McREL, 2012 Framework for Instructional Planning McREL, 2012 Page 8

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page Essential Question: How can I engage my students with the VA math process standards?

The second question (math version) This is what the process standards ‘sound-like’…

H ELPING S TUDENTS E XTEND AND A PPLY K NOWLEDGE

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Thank you for your commitment to children! "It's your attitude, not just your aptitude that determines your ultimate altitude." -- Zig Ziglar Dan