CCSS and Student Engagement ~ Maclay Middle School - May 2, 2015
The School2Home program is all about student achievement, career and college readiness. Therefore, it is logical to begin student achievement conversations by looking at the Common Core State Standards and the technology that can support student achievement of CCSS.
Objectives: Teachers will
- become familiar with CCSS and technology support in meeting them.
- create/revise a lesson focusing on student engagement and the new CCS standards
- become familiar with ways to improve content vocabulary by using technology tools.
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Story from Sara Armstrong Whip around introductions, name, subject taught, one thing others don’t know about you. No more that 30 sec per person |
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Overview of School2Home
Agustin Urgiles |
Website:
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Common Core Standards - what do you really know about CCSS Activity: Starter Quiz Google form: Click on the link at the right and take the quiz! Discussion:
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Google Form |
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Unpacking a Standard:
Teacher discussion about what they saw/heard! |
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/understanding-the-common-core-standards?fd=1 |
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CCSS testing - what do you know about the types of questions being created for CCSS testing CCSS Activity 1: Review sample questions and CCSS standards with technology components highlighted: ELA: by ELA, SS, Special Ed, elective teachers Math: by math, Science, and PE teachers CCSS Activity 2: Pair-share
The 55 critical CCSS vocabulary words |
Common Core in Middle school (14:08 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC4OG11zOC8&feature=relmfu Sample questions for ELA: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/ Sample math items: http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm |
| Break | |
| Magic Moment - Ed Puzzle | |
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Introduction to Gooru 2)Teachers create another collection for a topic that they will be teaching in the near future. |
website |
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CCSS lessons - teacher awareness that their lesson planning will require greater student involvement in learning and the teacher’s role as a facilitator. CCSS Lesson Planning Activity: introduction to lesson planning with templates. Facilitator shows the lesson planning template that teachers can use to prepare their CCSS lessons. Check out CCSS Appendix B: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf Lesson plan creation/modification: Teachers create/adapt a lesson with focus on CCSS, SBAC, and using technology to support success. |
Lesson template See below for template link |
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| Discussion: S2H Home Page, resources, modules; talk about future sessions. |
Resources:
For iPads:
Web 2.0 tools
Kathy Schrocks iPads for Learning page
Next Steps:
Teachers reflect on the module's objectives and how they apply to their teaching practice.- Teachers create a content dictionary with students.
- Teachers use the lesson created/modified and reflect on its presentation and outcome.
Follow-up Suggestions:
- Teachers continue further departmental discussions about using technology in this School2Home program in support of student achievement of CCSS.
- Coaches provide opportunities for additional lesson modification with the template provided.
- Teachers continue to share resources and experiences with other School2Home colleagues and teachers.
Module 3: CCSS and Student Engagement
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