It’s All about Thinking: �teaching reading and writing

across the grades, within different disciplines, throughout

the day Borderland,Gr6-12March21,2016FayeBrownlie

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Learning Intentions •  Ihaveabe@erideaofwhatcountsinadolescentliteracyteaching.

•  Ihaveaplantotrysomethingthatisdifferentforme.

•  IknowtheassessmentFORlearningstrategiesandcanfindevidenceoftheminmyteaching.

•  Increasingdisciplinaryunderstanding•  IncreasingstudenttalkJme

•  Hear–speak–read–write•  Constrainedvsunconstrainedreadingfocus

FeaturesofHigh-EngagementLearningEnvironments

•  availablesupplyofappropriatelydifficulttexts•  opJonsthatallowstudentsmorecontroloverthetextstobereadandtheworktobeaccomplished

•  thecollaboraJvenatureofmuchofthework•  theopportunitytodiscusswhatwasreadandwri@en

•  themeaningfulnessoftheacJviJes

•  Allington&Johnston,2002;Presley,2002;Wigfield,1997;Almasi&McKeown,1996;Turner,1995

•  JusJnTrudeau•  BarackObama

•  VladimirPuJn

•  WabKinew

•  MarineLePen

•  HilaryClinton

Findsomeonewho…

Yanniegetsaloanforanewcarfor$18000.Heispaying5%interestfora5yearterm.Howmuchwilltheinterestbeforthatloan?

Daniellegetsaloanforanewcarfor$18000.Sheispaying6%interestcompoundedsemi-annuallyfor5years.HoymuchwilltheloancompoundedaDer5years?

12x15

Solvethis.Explainyourthinking.

Convinceyourself.Convinceapeer.ConvinceaskepJc.

IfaEurois1.50USD,howmanyUSDis5Euros?

a)  30quartersb)  50dimesc)  70nickelsd)  90penniesSource:Whowanttobeamillionaire?

•  ‘…childrenages8to18spendnearly7.5hourseachdayconsumingentertainmentmedia–listeningtomusic,watchingTVandmovies,surfingonline,reading,etc…”

•  KaiserFoundaJonStudy,2010•  ReportedinEducaJonUpdate,ASC,Sept2014

1. Learning Intentions “StudentscanreachanytargetaslongasitholdssJllforthem.”-SJggins-

2. Criteria

Workwithlearnerstodevelopcriteriasotheyknowwhatqualitylookslike.

3. Questions IncreasequalityquesJonstoshowevidenceoflearningWhosequesJons?Whoanswers?

4.DescripFveFeedbackTimely,relevant,personal,descripJvefeedbackcontributesmostpowerfullytostudentlearning!

5. Self & Peer Assessment Involvelearnersmoreinself&peerassessment

6. Ownership HavestudentsunderstandtheirlearningandCommunicateItwithothers

Grade 9 Science – Starleigh Grass & Mindy Casselman�

Electricity

•  TheChallenge:

•  Manyofthestudentsaredisengagedanddislike‘booklearning’.Theyacquiremoreknowledge,conceptandskillwhentheyareacJve,collaboraJveandreadinginchunks.

•  StarleighandMindyinIt’sAllaboutThinking(MathandScience)2011.

Essential Question •  Ifweunderstandhowmaterialsholdandtransferelectriccharge,canwestoreandmoveelectricchargeusingcommonmaterials?

•  Individually,brainstormwhatyoucanrecallaboutthecharacterisJcsofanatom.

•  Meetingroupsof3toaddtoandreviseyourlist.

•  Comparethislisttothemasterlist.

•  …(wordderivaJons,labelanatom…)

•  Exitslip:2characterisJcsyouwanttorememberaboutatoms.

TheAtom

•  Allma@erismadeofatoms.•  Atomshaveelectrons,neutrons,andprotons.Electrons

move,protonsandneutronsdonotmove.•  AtomshavenegaJveandposiJvecharges.•  ElectronshaveanegaJvecharge;protonshaveaposiJve

charge.•  Protonsandneutronsarelocatedatthecentreoftheatom,

inthenucleus.•  Electronsorbitaroundtheoutsideofthenucleus,inenergy

“shells.”•  AnobjectcanbenegaJvelyorposiJvelycharged,

dependingontheraJoofprotonsandneutrons.

Inquiry Unit •  300000

•  1.2million

•  85million

•  WhatistheconnecJonamongthesenumbers?

How are children still being exploited in the 21st century and what can we do

about it? •  300000

–  EsJmatednumberofchildsoldiersintheworldtoday.

•  1.2million–  AccordingtoUNICEL,thenumberofchildrentraffickedorsoldeachyear

•  85million–  EsJmatednumberofchildreninvolvedindangerouswork

Children’s Rights, Issues 21, Scholastic, grades 6-9

•  Chooseyourpassage.•  Readitandhighlight/note:

–  NewinformaJon–  SurprisinginformaJon–  QuesJons–  Specializedlanguage,technicalvocabulary

•  Findsomeonewhohasreadyourpassageandcomparewhatyouhighlighted/noted.

•  Meetwith2otherswhohavereaddifferentpassagesandshareyourunderstandings.

•  Quickwrite:–  Whatsurprisedyou?Whatmoredoyouwanttoknow?How

haswhatyouread/learned,connectedtothequesJon?

Gallery Walk – writing lesson •  Ingroups,3thingsthatcountinwriJng•  Madeclasslistandcategorized•  Focusonmeaningandthinking

–  DescripJon–  ImaginaJon–  Detail–  Knowledge–  Focus–  Ideas–  Passion–  Intriguing–  Understandable

•  Placeaseriesofpicturesaroundtheroom•  Studentsingroupsof3•  3minutesperpicture

•  Chat–HowcouldyouusethisimageinyourwriJng?

•  Buildononeanother’sthinking•  View3pictures

•  EagleDreams-WriLenbySherylMcFarlane;IllustraFonsbyRonLightburn;

•  ISBN:1-55143-016-9

•  Task:apieceofwriJng,chooseyourgenre,thinkaboutthecriteria

•  Asyouaremovingtoyourdesk,keepwalkingunJlyouhaveyourfirstlineinyourhead

•  12minutestowrite

•  AsstudentsarewriJng,moveabouttheroom,underliningsomethingpowerful(criteriaconnected)ineachperson’swriJng

•  Eachstudentshareswhatwasunderlined•  Listentohearsomethingyoumightwanttoborrow

•  Asaclass,decideonwhyeachwasunderlined•  Createthecriteria:– WordsthatareWOW– DetailsthatshowedemoJonormadeapicture

– Hook–firstlinemademewanttokeepreading

Sample1

Onecoolandbreezynight,inaprairie,aboysatontherimofhisopenwindow,lookingoutatthemoon,hopingforsomethingtohappen.Aserafewminutes,hewentbackinandclosehiswindow.Robinsighed.“Iwishedmylifehasmoreexcitementinit,“hethought,beforeheturnedoffhislightandwenttobed,hetookonequicklookathiskiteontopofhisbedthat’sshapedlikeaneagle,andwenttosleep.

Sample3OnceuponaJmetherewasaboythatwasfacinatedbyeagles,he

askedhisfathertogetoneforhimbuthecouldn’t.Thentheboythoughtaboutawaytocatchaneagleandthenadifferentgenderoneformoreeagles.Delightedwithhisideathathethoughtoflastnight,heconJnuedhisplan.Heput3fishesintheopenwithatrap,andwenttobed.Thenheheardanoisethatsoundedlikeaneagle.Whenhehadcheckedthetrap,hefoundaneaglethatwasinhistrap.Happilyjumpingaround,theeaglemadehiminspiredtomakeahomefortheeagle.Hecreatedabondwiththeeagle.Herememberedhowmuchhisfatherdespisedeagles.Heleadtheeagletoasecretplaceintheforestwherehisfatherneverwent.Hecamedownstairsandhisfatherwasinarage.Hethreatenedtogroundhissonifhedidn’tkilltheeagles.Shocked,theboyaskedwhyhetoldhimso.Thefathersaidthey…

Sample4

AtSunday,theXimingandhisfathermothergotravel.On,Ximingsay“I’mseeaeagle!”Hisfatherandhismotherisgoingtohis.Andhismothersay“Oh,Helpit!”OK.Itwasheal.OK.Wearegobackhome!

Athome:Todayisveryfunning.Becausewearehelpaeagle!I’msohappynow!XimingisJmetoeatadinnersaymothersay…

•  Kidscanadd/edit/conJnuetowork•  Setupfornextclass– Workonsamecriteria– Hearagain,piecesthatwork– MovetowherekidscanidenJfycriteriaintheirownworkandaskforhelpwithcriteriathatarestrugglingwith

•  AserrepeatedpracJce,studentschooseonepiecetoworkup,edit,revise,andhandinformarking

•  FeedbackisconJnuous,personal,Jmely,focused

Level 1 Carpentry: Table saws and band saws

•  WiththankstoKevinJanz

•  DemonstraJonandoralexplanaJon•  Completeworksheetwiththestudents•  SummaJveassessment:studentsdemonstratetheirlearning

•  1-2hours•  45fill-in-the-blanks•  4–idenJfyparts•  2-tooloperaJons

Technical,contextualizedlanguage

•  mitre•  gauge•  enclosedbase•  ouueedsupport•  configuraJon

•  Tocutrabbetsusingadadoblade,clamp…

•  Whatdoyouknow?

•  Whatdoyouneedtoknow?

•  Howcanyoufigureitout?

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