Prepared for the Collaborative Learning Team of

FAUQUIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS by Dan Mulligan, Ed. D., flexiblecreativity.com

July 2014

EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR ALL!RELATIONSHIPS + RIGOR + RELEVANCE =

RESULTS

EssentialVocabulary

EssentialSkills

EssentialKnowledge

LEARNING TARGET

HIGH EXPECTATIONS

Resources

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Premise of the Workshop

As the United States continues to compete in a global  economy that demands

innovation, the U.S. education system must equip students with the four Cs:

1. critical thinking and problem solving,

2. communication,

3. collaboration, and

4. creativity and innovation.

a. The number of cavities the sixth graders have?b. The number of people in the sixth graders’ families? c. The ages of the sixth graders’ mothers?d. The heights of the sixth graders in inches?

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Premise of the Workshop

As the United States continues to compete in a global  economy that demands

innovation, the U.S. education system must equip students with the four Cs:

1. critical thinking and problem solving,

2. communication,

3. collaboration, and

4. creativity and innovation.

4 – second partner

Find a new friend in the room (a mix of specialties is the best). Introduce

yourself and share what you will be ‘doing’. Find 2 comfortable seats and relax.

*Please bring your handout and a pen(cil)!

Work collaboratively (e.g., construct viable arguments, critique, agree) to identify key

words that capture the essential elements of

strategies to assist all students to be

successful with fidelity.

Enjoy working with your new best friend.

successful learning strategiesCREATING AN

ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING

SETTING OBJECTIVES AND

PROVIDING FEEDBACK

Unpacking the Standard

1. Create an Environment for Learning– Helping students know what is expected of them, providing

students with opportunities for regular feedback on progress, assuring students they are capable of learning content and skills

2. Helping Students Develop Understanding– Integrating prior knowledge with new knowledge– Procedural knowledge: constructing a model of the steps

required of the process and practicing its variations; using the process or skill fluently or without any conscious thought

3. Helping Students Extend and Apply Knowledge– Moving beyond ‘right answer’ learning to an expanded

understanding and use of concepts and skills in real-world contexts.

Framework for

Instructional Planning McREL, 2012

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Research Fauquier County

Create an Environment for Learning Introduction

Helping Students Develop Understanding Active Learning

Helping Students Extend and Apply Knowledge Closure

A. CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNINGADDITIONAL SAMPLE RESOURCES

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Mission Statement

Fauquier County Public Schools, the core educator of an historic and

naturally beautiful community, is committed to ensuring the development of

confident, responsible, and broadly educated citizens by cultivating the

unique potential and character of each learner for a successful future.

Our Mission for the morning: To discover, share, and refine strategies to make classroom visits effective and efficient.

WHY ACADEMIC VOCABULARY?

Briefly share what you know about:

photosynthesis

Tell a chain story about the process of

photosynthesis…

…without using words that begin with:

P, L, T

Research on Imagery as Elaboration

637 percentile pts. higher

than… …students who kept repeating definitions.

421 percentile pts. higher

than… …students who were using the terms in a sentence.

Students who used imagery to learn vocabulary, on average, performed

# of studies

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Principal

Organizing Theme:

Things someone would say…

Student

TeacherSuperintendent

Parent

Cafeteria Worker

EDUCATIONALSTAKEHOLDER

EDITION

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Science

Experiment

Hypothesis

Energy

Electron

DissolveAtmosphere

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Health/PE

Wellness

Equipment

Body Mass

Nutrition

EnduranceMovement

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

FINE ARTS

ILLUSION ARCHITECTURE

VISUAL

COMPOSER

MELODY

RHYTHM

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Grade 9 English

Summarize

Hyperbole

Inference

Opinion

Irony

Repetition

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

CIVIC DUTY LAWS

GLOBAL ECONOMYPRIVATE PROPERTY

CONSUMER RIGHTS

PATRIOTISM

U.S. History

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Ways to make .25

Grade 4Math

Things that are parallel

perimeter

Types of graphs

area

Types of angles

The

What

Targeting the

Essential Knowledge &

Skills

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Lesson Planning

SPREAD the LOVE

Form a team of six people at your table.

Integrating prior knowledge with new knowledge Procedural knowledge: constructing a model of the steps required of the

process and practicing its variations; using the process or skill fluently or without any conscious thought

B. HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING

Category Ave. EffectSize (ES)

Percentile Gain

Identify similarities & differences 1.61 45

Summarizing & note taking 1.00 34

Reinforcing effort & providing recognition .80 29

Homework & practice .77 28

Nonlinguistic representations .75 27

Cooperative learning .73 27

Setting objectives & providing feedback .61 23

Generating & testing hypotheses .61 23

Questions, cues, & advance organizers .59 22

High-Yield Instructional Strategies

Constructi

ve

Feedback

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Advanced Organizers

Use Visuals

Advanced organizers help students organize the information and retain 5 times more of the information.

VENN DIAGRAMS

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C. HELPING STUDENTS EXTEND AND APPLY KNOWLEDGEADDITIONAL SAMPLE RESOURCES

4 – second partner

Find a new friend in the room. Find 2 comfortable seats and relax.

I just love these Dan Mulligan workshops!

Did you bring your handout with you?