July 31, 2009 1

High School Summer Professional Development

WorkshopKemper Fitch, Principal

Nancy Moody, Director of High School CurriculumPenny Crooks, Assistant Principal

John Eggleston, Assistant PrincipalJulie Pack, Assistant Principal

Tina Webster, Technology Facilitator

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Reflections from Day Four

What am I squared away with?

What am I still circling around?

What three things do I need to do in priority order to advance the work?

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Essential VocabularyEssential Vocabulary“teaching vocabulary becomes not a simple process of teaching words but one of teaching particular words to particular students for a particular purpose”

~Handbook of Reading Research, Vol. 3, Blachowicz and Fisher (2000)

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Big Questions What is essential

vocabulary? What words do students

need to learn for a given essential standard?

How do we determine which words are essential?

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Essential VocabularyCriteria: Critical to understanding of

essential standards and clarifying objectives

Require in-depth knowledge in order to understand essential standards and clarifying objectives

Likely to be encountered in other content areas

*Refer to Quality Check Handout

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Essential Vocabulary Quality Check Handout

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Article Introduction All – read pgs. 226-229 (stop at

Level 1 subheading)

Flanigan K. and Greenwood S. “Effective content vocabulary instruction in the middle: Matching students, purposes, words, and strategies”

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Introduction Four Factors of Content Vocabulary:

The students we teach The nature of the words we decide to

teach The instructional purposes in teaching

the words The strategies we employ to teach the words

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Article - Jigsaw Group #1 – read Level 1 sectionGroup #2 – read Level 2 sectionGroup #3 – read Level 3 sectionGroup #4 – read Level 4 sectionAll – read pgs. 231-233

(begin at “A process for choosing. . / stop at “How does this look . .)

Remainder of article can be read at your leisure.

Flanigan K. and Greenwood S. “Effective content vocabulary instruction in the middle: Matching students, purposes, words, and strategies”

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Guiding Questions What defines Level ___ words?

How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?

In reference to the previous definition, are words in this level essential vocabulary?

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Jigsaw Response – Level 1

What defines Level ___ words?

How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?

Are words in this level essential vocabulary?

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Jigsaw Response – Level 2

What defines Level ___ words?

How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?

Are words in this level essential vocabulary?

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Jigsaw Response – Level 3

What defines Level ___ words?

How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?

Are words in this level essential vocabulary?

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Jigsaw Response – Level 4

What defines Level ___ words?

How important are these words to students learning the essential standard at hand?

Are words in this level essential vocabulary?

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Essential Vocabulary – The Process (modified)

Determine the instructional goals specifically related to the essential standards and clarifying objectives.

Brainstorm words that students will need to know/learn to meet instructional goals.

Determine which words from the initial brainstorming are necessary for students’ understanding and mastery of the essential standards and clarifying objectives. Refer to essential vocabulary quality check.

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ConnectionsStrategies

PurposesWords

StudentsStudents

PlanningPlanning

TimeTime

TeachingTeaching

TimeTime

Essential StandardsEssential Standards

21st Century Skills

Collaboration

Assessment

Essential Standards21st Century SkillsCollaborationAssessment

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Essential Vocabulary - Quality Check

• Measure the words on the sample curriculum guides against the criteria for essential vocabulary and

• Determine if there are any words that need to be removed or added to the list.

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“Rubber Meets The Road”Process:

Determine the instructional goals specifically related to the essential standards and clarifying objectives.Brainstorm words that students will need to know/learn to meet instructional goals.Determine which words from the initial brainstorming are necessary for students’ understanding and mastery of the essential standards and clarifying objectives. Refer to essential vocabulary quality check.

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Vocabulary Work

Take a break on your own!

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Essential Questions What is an Essential

Question?

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What is your explanation for how to evaluate

whether or not a question meets the criteria for being

an essential question?meaningful connections with prior learning

require students to consider alternatives, weigh evidence, support ideas, and justify answers

promote understanding

arguable, provokes deep thought, discussion, inquiry

do not have one “right” answerinquiry into

core content

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Why are essential questions a key Why are essential questions a key component of planning and classroom component of planning and classroom

instruction?instruction? Assessment of student learning

Potpourri problem

Lack of focusLong term recall

Communication between students and teachers and between teachers

Clarifying purpose

Set direction for learning

Focus learning

Student engagement/application

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Purpose: Essential Questions

Essential questions Essential questions become . . . the become . . . the

“mental velcro”“mental velcro” for content learning.for content learning.

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How do you determine appropriate essential

questions for content area learning?

Essential Standards

Formatting Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

Assessment

21st Century Skills

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Developing Essential Questions

Working with subject area partner, develop Essential Questions that reflect identified Essential Standards and incorporate 21st century skills and RBT.

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Quality Check for EQs Quality checks vertically

by subject areas.

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LUNCH!!

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Ticket Out the Door

What am I squared away with?

What am I still circling around?

What three things do I need to do in priority order to advance the work?