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8:00 - 8:10 - Welcome and Good News

8:10 - 8:30 - Share something that stood out to you from the Tomlinson reading

8:30 - 9:00 - Brainstorm student characteristics that influence academic achievement and school performance

9:00 - 9:30 - Diversity examples

9:30 - 9:40 - Break

9:40 - 10:30 - Diversity examples

10:30 - 10:40 - Upcoming Assignments Read these three assignments for Thursday, Feb 2

1. http://www.ucpress.edu/content/pages/10454/10454.ch01.pdf 2. "An Indian Father's Plea" 3. Tomlinson, chapter 4

(Expect to discuss the readings in class on Tuesday.)

Who will do the first microteach? Zach! A 15-minute lesson based on something from Chapter 4.
 * 1) Prepare a plan and email that to Anny by Wednesday night. The plan can be one page and needs to answer the following questions:
 * 2) What do I hope the students will learn and/or be able to do at the end of my lesson?
 * 3) How will I know if they really learned it?
 * 4) A step-by-step outline of how you will teach the lesson