“In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps.” -Dave Berry

Classroom instruction that works…Presented by Erik Jespersen McNary High School Instructional Coach

What is the most important service we should provide to our students as high school educators?SKSD literacy model

Today’s objectiveTO DEMONSTRATE HOW IDENTIFYING

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IS AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING.

The emphasis of today’s lesson is specifically geared toward the use of visual organizers.

What I plan to model todayEffective use of the software program

PowerPointAnd other modes of visual stimuli

Movement in the classroomA healthy balance of instructor led and

student led learningHumor as an effective tool to maintain

student interest(especially if the student(s) would rather be

someplace else)

http://celticinstruction.blogspot.com/Identifying similarities and differences.

MetaphorsOne example of a Metaphor

ClassifyingClassification Charts Classification Webs

ComparingVenn Diagram

Comparison Matrix Comparison Web

AnalogiesModel of an Analogy

Which was the worst war in history?

Casualties Damage to Places

Long Term Damage to

Society

VIETNAM

WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR II

Is this only useful in classes like Mr. Borresen’s?Science?Math?P.E.?Side

conversation

What have we learned today?There are four major components to

Identifying similarities and differences. What are they?

CompareClassifyMetaphorsAnalogies http://celticinstruction.blogspot.com/

What are the three examples of comparing that we covered today?

Venn Diagram Comparison Matrix Comparison Web

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What are the two examples of classifying that we covered today?

Classification Charts Classification Webs

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What is the risk of risk of not reaching all of our learners?

Is there anything more thrilling and satisfying than seeing that “light” go on in their heads?

http://celticinstruction.blogspot.com/Do you use any identifying similarities &

differences strategies in your classroom?Would you like to see what other teachers

are up to?Send me an attachment this week and I will

post it to the blog.Or better yet, you could post it yourself!!!

Next month I would like to have a gallery walk of examples of what you have done in your classrooms.Not required Very useful

We have five minutes leftNow the tables have

turned…You are now the coach and I

am now the instructor. What sort of observations do you have for me?

Did I achieve my objectives?

OCTOBER 15TH