221+Agenda+-+11.1.12

8:00 - 8:10 - Welcome >
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2RmxzTh7m8 - Learning Centers in Kindergarten!

8:10 - 8:30 - Cooperative Learning Rubric

8:30 - 9:00 - Lesson Demo - Jack

9:00 - 9:30 - Lesson Demo - Klara

9:30 - 9:40 - Break

9:40 - 10:10 - Discuss Fried 10-11 (Poll Everywhere)
 * What is your stance as a teacher?
 * How can we make school more fun and also produce deeper learning?

Notes on Discussion
 * We started with texting our stances to a website, and discussing them.
 * Picked out common themes: Relationships, opportunities to succeed/high expectations, respect, teacher guided/supported.
 * Fried means by stance, that it is your approach to teaching, your mindset about teaching, what reflects your core belief. Your teaching should revolve around this stance
 * Where we saw these stances/lived them out in our classroom: Forming relationships with students, supporting and guiding students in their learning, developing respect.
 * In the chapter, what resonates with us: Shouldn't be more concerned with homework and grades, than individual students and fairness, sameness and fairness are not the same thing; attitude is very important, how your stance affects your attitude, how you relate to your students; be able to make mistakes, creating a safe classroom; making learning fun, essential to learning.
 * What doesn't: won't forget teacher stances; school wide mission statements, can't always relate to daily student life.

10:10 - 10:35 - Lesson Design Plan Model
 * [[file:221-512_sample_key assessment.pdf]]


 * Use common core for learning targets.
 * Academic language--OK right now to do vocab, not expected to do much.
 * Can plan for certain kids in mind.
 * Plan for what you are doing and what the students are doing.

10:35 - 10:40 - Closure & Housekeeping
 * CL Activity Plan - due Nov 6
 * For next Thursday - Prepare: Differentiated Instruction
 * Fried - chapters 12-14 - This is good stuff! Select 3 quotes you'd like to share with the class.
 * **Carefully read** the Key Assessment Directions and study the applicable TPA Rubrics
 * [[file:221S Key Assessment_F12.docx]]