Task+1

= SCENARIO =

Teachers from the visiting schools have asked to specifically see examples of how teachers in your school assess and activate students’ prior knowledge and provide for student reflection during a lesson. Your principal has asked for lessons where students are active and constructing their own knowledge—that it is not being “given” to them. Students should be discovering the ideas or concepts being taught. You must decide what other aspects of a lesson would be critical for the visiting teachers to observe. The lessons should be short, just one to three days, so that visiting teachers can see a good portion of the lesson during their visit. Your goal is to model a 21st Century Teaching style that can be part of your curriculum every day even when your class is not completing a long-term project. The new teacher orientation day is coming soon so your lesson should be something you can complete with your class in the next couple of weeks.

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= TASK =

In order to prepare for the new teacher orientation day, we are going to create a "whole group" scaffold for developing an 21st Century lesson and classroom Look-Fors that can be part of daily curriculum and day-to-day classroom operations.

>>>> >>>> What are strategies for "Assessing Prior Knowledge"? >>>> >>>> >
 * Small Groups
 * Letter off A-C
 * ** A's: ** review "Look Fors" wiki pages and refine. Add the elements you think are the most critical. Explain "What is it?" and "What does it look like?"
 * How are students active, discovering ideas or concepts?
 * Debrief with your "expert" group and add your ideas to the "group" document.
 * Return "home" and teach/share
 * ** B's: ** review the module, session resources, and/or research using the web...
 * What are strategies for "Activating Prior Knowledge"?
 * Debrief with your "expert" group and add your ideas to the "group" document.
 * Return "home" and teach/share
 * ** C's: ** review the module, session resources, and/or research using the web...
 * What are strategies for "Facilitating Student Reflection"?
 * Debrief with your "expert" group and add your ideas to the "group" document.
 * Return "home" and teach/share
 * Group Document: @https://docs.google.com/document/d/1di8GqMgCNE6HgaviS-RUKfODC2lm9EcX_VMbt55ps70/edit