Take a Walk in Our Shoes: How we are moving from exploring to integrating small group instruction through the lens of UDL.PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLC

Activating Prior Knowledge

With a neighbor or neighbors, brainstorm some advantages and disadvantages of incorporating group work into your classroom.

OBJECTIVE: Today we will share the process of how we used small group instruction within the UDL framework and provide resources.

• What did we do?• What worked?• What would we do again?• What would we change?• What did we create?

What Did We Do?

• Started a dialogue • Worried

• Student Engagement, Student Accountability, Time Management, Classroom Environment, Grouping

• Tried• Failed• Succeeded

Our Journey…

Dr. Walton

STEWART

Job Title Responsibility Things you might say Name

Thinker Contributes ideas to the projectI know…

I’ve got an idea…EVERYONE

Encourager

Makes sure that every voice is heard

Focuses work around the learning task Let’s hear from ____ next.

That’s interesting, but let’s get back to our task.

Recorder

Compiles group members’ ideas on

collaborative graphic organizer

Writes on the board for the whole class to

see during the presentation

I think I heard you say________; is that

right?”

How would you like me to write this?

Presenter

Presents the group’s finished work

to the class How would you like this to sound?

I think I’ll say…

Artist Draws the necessary images on the project

for presentation

I could draw that like this…

Then we should add______ to the image.

MULLINS

5 Rs

1. Routine & Expectations

2. Relationships

3. Responsibility

4. Respect

5. Reflect

Resources & Lessons

http://udlexchange.cast.org/collection/1098607

Q and A