PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTJANUARY 15 , 2014

MICHELLE JEFFERSON-LAMBERT

Leading up to building Small Group Instruction

Before Lesson Strategy: Video Clip

Warm up Look at the video clip and tell me the topic of the lesson.http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn8faeuQjE0

Before/During Lesson Strategy: Partner Talk

Video: Differenced Instruction

What is the message?Do you identify with the teacher. How So?

A Differentiated Lesson

Means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. content process or learning environment ongoing assessment flexible grouping makes

Tomlinson, Carol Ann. What Makes Differiention Successful.

Objective: SW use context clues to make inferences about the meaning of story.

WHAT IS AN INFERENCE

You make an inference when you use clues from the story to figure out something that the author doesn't tell you.

BLS: Mini Lesson – Inference Game

Evaluation of the Mini Lesson

Story _____ + What I ____ = Inference   I forgot to set my alarm clock

 

Clocks help us to wake up at a certain time

 

I overslept

During Lesson / Read Aloud: I Do

We Do

Transition to Small Group

Small Group

Activity 1  

Response to Literature

Activity 2 

Teacher Intervention

Activity 3  

Exploration / Reinforcement

Evaluations You Do Inference Article: Practice

 

Teacher Tracks Student’s Progress Based on Reading Levels and or Reading O strategy objective(s)  Primary Teachers Balance Literacy - Lambert Intermediate Teachers - RaineyCompletion of Graphic Organizer / Vocabulary Development /Writing

Computer – Selected Program

Art Project – Science Related

POST Learning Strategy:

SUM IT UP

Take a minute to sum what you learned today on the exit slip, a widely used method of summarizing.

Thank you!