1. + Getting Their Attention: Frontloading Activities EDC 448

2. + Objectives Reflect and discuss with your colleagues the use of materials and instructional techniques designed to capture students’ attention and address prerequisite knowledge needs at the beginning of your lesson Buehl Frontloading Ch. 2 Connect Two, Anticipation Guides, K-W-L Plus Picture Books in Your Content Area Explore and share examples of how interactive websites may help activate, assess, and/or build pre-requisite knowledge

3. + Seminar Part 1: Getting Their Attention 1. Prior knowledge plays a large role in reading comprehension and content area learning. How will you determine how much knowledge your students bring to your lesson? How will you explicitly activate that knowledge to help students connect it to new information? What will you do if/when you realize students have little to no “assumed knowledge” of the content in your lesson? Please share your reactions, questions, ideas, and concerns about how these activities and materials may or may not make complex texts and challenging content more accessible to all students.

4. + Seminar Part 2: Technology Smackdown SEMINAR PART 2: Technology Smackdown with Interactive Websites at http://edc448uri.wikispaces.com/interactivewebsitesInteractive Websites http://edc448uri.wikispaces.com/interactivewebsites Please share an online resource you explored and explain how it can be useful to (a) activate; (b) assess; and/or (c) build students' pre-requisite knowledge for a lesson/unit BEFORE you teach.

5. + Feedback for Argumentation Paper 32 points (2) A 29-30 points (2) A- 23 points (2) C 18-12 points (5) Argumentation Rubric Feedback for Revisions

6. + Homework READ (2 short and 1 long) and Complete Reading/Synthesis Guide (TYPE AND PRINT) Lawrence, White, & Snow (2010) The Words Students Need (short website with links) Fang & Schleppegrell (2010) Disciplinary Literacies and Functional Language Analysis (longer article; read for generalities and key examples) Buehl, Chapter 3: Text Frames (read and connect to other readings)

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9. + Homework Please note: Your Diverse Text Set Assignment is due next Tuesday (March 26). You should have a paper copy to hand in AND upload a version to the wikispace.