OCOEE MIDDLE SCHOOLRTTT – OCTOBER 3, 2012

Common Core = TEAMWORK…

“Coming together is a beginning.Keeping together is progress.Working together is success.”

Blue Angels… TEAMWORK

http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/the-power-of-teamwork/store

OMS YOU are the “Blue Angel” TEAM- everyone is a member… TEAMWORK.

Common Core State Standards = Time to raise the bar

Shared Values = Peak performance Purpose-OMS will provide a secure and challenging learning environment which will

empower all students to achieve their greatest potential. We will be the bridge that allows students to reach the next level of learning.

Mission- To provide a curriculum focused on the total development of the child through a variety of educational experiences. We are committed to fostering in students the desire and the capacity to become life-long learners and responsible citizens.

Actions- Primary commitment of OMS is student learning. Actively involved in the learning

process with a variety of instructional approaches used to support their learning abilities. Experience success. Student’s self-esteem and self-discipline are enhanced by positive relationships. Learning must be to move beyond memorization of essential information toward the development of problem-solving skills. Learning is promoted best in a safe, clean, and comfortable environment.

OMS YOU are the “Blue Angel” TEAM- everyone is a member…TEAMWORK.

Teamwork taps the innate strengths that each one brings to the table.

Peak performance requires—rest, reflection, recharging

Communication = vertically & horizontally

Synergy = when people align on a common objective & the interaction of all combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements= TEAMWORK

Each member has a role in Team’s success.

OMS YOU are the “Blue Angel” TEAM- everyone is a member…TEAMWORK.

Each member accepts full responsibility and strives for excellence –the OMS TEAM is ready for

TAKE OFF…

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDSLITERACY & INSTRUCTIONAL SHIFTS FOR

ALL…

Instructional Shifts--CCSS

ELA- 1-Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction. 2-Reading, writing, & speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary & informational. 3-Regular practice with complex text & its academic language.

MATH- 1-Focus strongly where the Standards focus. 2-Coherence: think across grades, & link to major topics within grades. 3-Rigor: require conceptual understanding, procedural skill & fluency, & application with intensity.

These shifts can be applied in ALL classes/disciplines.

MODEL UNIT – ELA PILOT – “The Gettysburg Address”

http://engageny.org/resource/the-gettysburg-address-a-curricular-exemplar-in-literacy/

Do NOT take the salmon colored Sample units. See me after today if you want a copy to keep. THANKS!

 

CLOSE READING Activity…

Read to yourself the Exemplar Text From “The Preamble: We the People”

Once everyone has finished reading, write down your responses to the questions you will hear.

Share time. First, Table group. Then, Whole group.

*This is an example of what close reading will look like. This puts accountability for all students to think deeply about the passage instead of waiting for the teacher or partner to tell them what it means.

“Common Core Classroom Project”

America Achieves website. Teachers who have incorporated text-dependent questions into a close reading activity as part of their classroom instruction. Gr.9 “Symbolism in ‘The Lottery’”

http://commoncore.americaachieves.org/landing#module/3?&_suid=1349112873953028086396745871933

Think about:How instructional shifts are incorporated. How the teaching is similar to or different

from current practices in your district &/or school.

Any evidence of Backward Planning?

OMS Commitments to Common Core Roll Out... August 2012

1. Provide opportunities for all teachers to increase awareness of Common Core and to learn to teach within its frameworks.

2. Create a Professional Library of tasks across the curriculum. Each teacher will assign a task (once a month) that requires students to articulate their thought process in arriving at a solution. This task will be submitted to the Professional Library.

3. Communicate with all stakeholders the value and rationale of Common Core.

Have a great rest of the week… Be sure you have signed the Attendance

Sheet for today’s RTTT— Be sure to fill out the Evaluation Form for

today and turn it in.

COUNTDOWN TO FALL BREAK…

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