Creating Clear Learning Targetsfor

STUDENTS

SIM: February 26th, 2010

The Big Five

Teacher ModerationHigher Order Thinking(Curriculum)

Teacher Moderation

Student Work

Effective Feedback Qualitative Rubrics

Where we are…

SMART goals: defined and deconstructed

3 Part Lesson: Frontload, Construct, Extend Understanding

Anchor Charts Qualitative Rubric

Where we are going…

Create “Student Friendly Targets” Collaborative Inquiry approach in your

class (extend students’ oral language using different thinking devices)

Quality Feedback Next steps: planning (Inquiry Model),

gathering evidence of student learning and their feedback about what helped them learn

Today…

Develop “Student Friendly Rubrics” to be used as an instructional tool

Develop level 3 & 4 exemplars to support the rubric

Plan the lesson to introduce the clear learning target using a model text

Purpose: make our learning targets accessible to students

TEACHER does: Step 1:

Identify learning targets Step 2

Choose words to be defined Define these words

TEACHER & STUDENTS do: Step 3

Alter definitions to make them more student friendly

Step 4 Create “I can…” statements for levels 3 & 4

TEACHING

Teacher chooses a good read aloud to be the MODEL TEXT (based on the criteria handout)

Plan a read aloud that has a clear connection between the learning target(s) and the inquiry question

Create a level 3 & 4 exemplar based on the Model Text and inquiry question with students

Next Step: Collaborative Inquiry

Decide who will be the teacher who invites us into their classroom

lesson date with your coach will be schedule between March 1st and 8th 2010 (see your coach)

ON THE LESSON DAY: Reflect and review your lesson plan with the team Teach the lesson to the class (1 teacher, coach =

co-teacher, others = observers) Debrief:

What you saw and what you didn’t see during the lesson

Discuss what changes or accommodations need to be made next time

Between Sessions: Teacher Responsibility

After the model text has been presented and exemplars have been created, teacher will choose other texts centered around the same learning target.

This will provide opportunities for students to deepen their understanding of the learning target by using the rubric and your feedback

Provide timely quality feedback (oral & written) during the lessons (session @ Confed, March 9 or 11)

Collect samples of work (oral or written) for the April 9th session

Planning time