1. Centennial Public Schools Instructional Implementation
Toby Boss
Jill Johnson
Lenny VerMaas
ESU 6

2. Teacher/Student Relationships Adherence to Rules and Procedures
ENACTED ON THE SPOT
Student Engagement
High Expectations
Teacher/Student Relationships
Adherence to Rules and Procedures
INVOLVES ROUTINES
Learning Goals and Feedback
Rules and Procedures
ADDRESSES CONTENT IN SPECIFIC WAYS
Interacting With New Knowledge
Practicing and Deepening
Generating/ Testing Hypotheses 2

3. ADDRESSES CONTENT IN SPECIFIC WAYS
The Art and Science of Teaching
Content Segments
ADDRESSES CONTENT IN SPECIFIC WAYS
Summarize where we’ve been, where we’re heading: ENGAGEMENT
Interacting with New Knowledge
Practicing and Deepening
Generating/ Testing Hypotheses 3

4. Content Segments Interact with new knowledge
Practice and deepen content
Generate and test hypothesis

5. The Art and Science of Teaching ADDRESSES CONTENT IN SPECIFIC WAYS
INVOLVES ROUTINES
Learning Goals and Feedback
Rules and Procedures
ADDRESSES CONTENT IN SPECIFIC WAYS
Review—again
Interacting with New Knowledge 5

6. If the segment involves new knowledge what do you expect to see?
Previewing activities
Identify critical information
Info presented in small chunks
Students processing each chunk in small groups
Students summarizing and taking notes after content has been introduced
Students reflecting on their learning

7. A Memory Task
I am going to quickly read a list of 10 things you might find in your desk.
After I have read the list you will write down as many of the items as you can.

8. Paper clips
Stapler
Marker
Sticky notes
Notepad
Pencil
Ruler
Calculator
White out
Glue

9. Some ideas for chunking…
King of Queens
ABCs

10. Chunking helps us remember…
Pythagorean Theorem
a2+b2=c2
Right triangles, hypotenuse, legs, square roots, exponents
Color wheel
Primary, secondary, and tertiary colors
Mixing techniques
Other ways we naturally chunk information to assist in remembering
License plates
Social security numbers

11. Primacy–Recency Effect
During a learning episode we remember best that which comes first, second best that which comes last, and least that which comes just past the middle.
What does this look like in your classroom?

12. (Sousa, How the Brain Learns, 2007, p. 90)
Introduce only correct information during the prime time 1, this is not the time to be guessing; practice, review, time for processing occurs in the middle; closure is the time to make sense and put into order.
Primacy-Recency
(Sousa, How the Brain Learns, 2007, p. 90)

13. Amount of Prime Learning Time
20 minute episode
18 prime time (90%), 2 down time
40 minute episode
30 prime time (75%), 10 down time
80 minute episode
50 minute time (62%), 30 down time

14. The Importance of Processing Time
The brain needs time to create connections and pathways to create long term memories.
The hippocampus can only hold so much
Example of glass of water.
Too much, to fast, it won’t Last.
10-2 or 5-1 rule

15. So why is it necessary to change up instruction
So why is it necessary to change up instruction? As your brain gets numb-er Your brain gets dumber

16. Changing STATES Change up instruction 5-10 min
Changing STATES Change up instruction 5-10 min. for pre-adolescents, and Every minutes for adolescents into adults.

17. Thinking About It
Why would you want to change states when you finally have students quiet, sitting in their seats, and looking like they are listening to you?
Because the brain needs a chance to refocus and start again.
When you stand up blood flow to the brain increases.

18. Reflection
How will you chunk the new content? At what strategic points will you stop for processing? Consider:
Primacy-Recency
What will you use to help students process new information?

19. Processing Think – pair-share Elbow partner Close partner
Summarize in own words
Interaction sequence
Other ideas?

20. Resources http://marzanoresearch.com/site
ESU 6 YouTube:

21. Next Steps October 21 – Chapter 3 in BART Challenge:
Work on new ways to have students interact with new content.
Post ideas with the Centennial Community