language as a cultural force
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THE POWER OF LANGUAGE as a cultural force in our classrooms
Emily Freeman [email protected]
@emmytbots
FIRST, A GAME!
➤ Use your smart phone or tablet.
➤ Go to kahoot.it in your browser (i.e. Safari)
WHAT ARE THINKING ROUTINES?
http://youtu.be/IFNpxBLyFQk
CONNECT
What sounds familiar?
EXTEND
Did anything surprise you or make you think differently about routines?
CHALLENGE
Is there anything you'd like to question?
No, really! Are our ideas of routines aligned with their intentions?
The Four C's ➤ Connections - What connections do you draw to the text and
your own life or other learning?
➤ Challenges - What ideas, positions, or assumptions do you want to challenge or argue with in the text?
➤ Concepts - What key concepts or ideas do you think are important and worth holding on to from the text?
➤ Changes - what changes in attitudes, thinking, or action are suggested by the text, either for you or for others?
DISCUSSING DEBBIE MILLER
LANGUAGE RESOURCESTeacher Talk prompts
to hang and use Types of classroom
language
TEACHER LABS
THROUGH A LANGUAGE
LENSSchroeder's Approach
➤ Support vs competition - NO Rockstars!
➤ Learning with vs learning from
➤ Starting with a puzzle of practice
➤ Co-teaching as exploration
➤ Follow-up
➤ Labs
➤ Grade-banded teams, ALL teachers participate
SETTING UP FOR SUCCESS
➤ Using a protocol - modified Ladder of Feedback
➤ Impartial facilitator who will stick to the protocol!
➤ Focus on implications for our own teaching, not on the teacher we observed
➤ Thank the demonstration teachers
FACILITATING
LET'S PRACTICE!➤ Take a few minutes
to read the Ladder of Feedback protocol
➤ As we watch the video, jot down your observations using the prompts
➤ Focus on implications for your classroom https://vimeo.com/channels/853164
Using the protocol in observing classrooms
“Becoming a culture of thinking is best viewed as an ongoing process, one that may well begin with using thinking routines, but doesn't end there.
-Ron Ritchhart
