512+Agenda+-+7.25.12

=Standards & Objectives as the Building Blocks for Planning=

9:00 - 9:30 - Introductions; Gallery Walk Review (nametags)

9:30 - 10:15 - Course Overview

10:15 - 10:30 - Day 1 Introduction

10:30 - 10:40 - Break

10:40 - 11:30 - Curriculum Standards
 * Common Core Video
 * Standards Activity - (You may do this alone or with a partner.)

1. Find the standards documents for your subject area. Open the appropriate PDF. Find and read the EALRs. 2. Copy the EALRs for your subject area. 3. Select two grade levels to review. Copy three example GLE's for each grade. How do they connect with the EALRs? 4. Go the website of the professional organization representing your subject area. Find any standards/curriculum documentation. Read enough to get a good feel for the curriculum advocated by this group. How do these standards compare with the EALRs and GLEs for Washington? 5. How do the state and national standards compare with the Common Core ([])? What relationship do you see between these three sources of curriculum?

11:30 - 12:15 - Lunch Break (I need to meet with the 3 individuals who will teach tomorrow.)

12:15 - 1:00 - Bloom's Taxonomy
 * Bloom's According to Seinfeld
 * ||= Original ||= and ||= Revised ||
 * 6 ||= Evaluation ||=  ||= Creating ||
 * 5 ||= Synthesis ||=  ||= Evaluating ||
 * 4 ||= Analysis ||=  ||= Analyzing ||
 * 3 ||= Application ||=  ||= Applying ||
 * 2 ||= Comprehension ||=  ||= Understanding ||
 * 1 ||= Knowledge ||=  ||= Remembering ||
 * Questioning Activity

1:00 - 1:45 - Writing an Objective >
 * Tile Game
 * Objectives Activity: Go to the lesson plan sites below. (Browse the objectives/targets for 5 lesson plans in your subject area. Copy the objectives onto a separate document (include the link to the plan). Evaluate the objective and rate it as poor, satisfactory, or exceptional. Explain why you chose that rating.
 * []
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 * Possible Formula -
 * SWBAT + action verb + specific content [+ format + degree]
 * I can
 * Practice using this text as subject matter - http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/0524/Los-Angeles-to-become-largest-US-city-banning-plastic-bags
 * How do you know if students met the objective?

1:45 - 2:00 - Break

2:00 - 2:45 - Assessment
 * Connecting assessments to objectives

2:45 - 3:05 - Pulling it all together in a lesson plan

3:05 - 3:35 - Pulling it all apart - Thought Question Discussion- "Is the “standardization” of education a step forward or a step backward?"

3:35 - 3:50 - Learning Log

3:50 - 4:00 - Housekeeping
 * For tomorrow's class:
 * Prepare - Direct Instruction
 * Think of an idea for an engaging topic you could lecture on (knowledge you already have); bring a few materials or links
 * Learning Journal option (GoogleDocs)