Unit 6: Planning For Student SuccessLearning Objectives

• Plan for instruction by engaging in the following activities: – Develop a conceptual flow for a unit of instruction– Select a learning sequence within the conceptual

flow and integrate literacy science contentstandards

– Develop a 5-E lesson plan within the learningsequence that integrates literacy to increasestudent understanding of science content

• Reflect on your learning from the previous units in this module

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How People Learn

Prior Knowledge

Conceptual Frameworks

Metacognition

How People Learn, The National Academies (2000)http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9853

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Conceptual Flow Basics

• Details the important concepts for student learning

• Identifies an instructional sequence

• Identifies important concepts for assessment of student understanding

(DiRanna, Osmundson, Topps, Gerhardt, Barakos, Cerwin, Carnahan, Strang, 2008)

K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2013

Steps to Develop a Conceptual Flow

1. Conduct an individual pre-think of the important concepts students should understand about a big idea in a discipline.

2. Create a collaborative pre-think from the individual pre-thinks with the team. 

3. Match the collaborative pre-think to the concepts in the instructional materials.

4. Align concepts from the collaborative pre-think and instructional materials to content standards. 

5. Review the progression of concepts and place them in an instructional sequence that provides strong links for student understanding.

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Step 1: PreThink

What should an exiting _____grader know about_____?

•Write a paragraph to answer the question.

•Write complete sentences.

•Do not write behavior objectives.

•Do not write questions.

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Sticky Notes

• Review your paragraph.• Determine the large ideas/concepts,

supporting ideas, and smaller facts.• Write the largest concept on a large sticky

note.• Write the supporting ideas on a medium

sticky note (one idea per sticky note).• Write the facts on a small sticky note (one

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Step 2: Collaborative PreThink

• Share your sticky notes with your colleagues.

• Negotiate the “size of an idea” and its placement on the conceptual flow.

• Arrange the sticky notes in an instructional order.

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Conceptual Flow Format

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Short Cut for PlanningIf you have instructional materials:

• Identify the flow of the concepts in the materials.

• Compare the flow of the concepts in the instructional materials to your collaborative pre-think.

• Create a flow for instruction, blending ideas from your collaborative pre-think and the concepts in the instructional materials.

If you don’t have instructional materials:

Review the collaborative pre-think conceptual flow, and adjust it to create the best order for instruction.

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Determine the Learning Sequence

Goal

To identify a sequence of instruction in which you would like to integrate

science content with the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy.

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Steps to Develop a Learning Sequence

1. Identify a section from the conceptual flow that would take five to ten days to teach.

2. Select the key concepts for each day.

3. Consider the activities students should experience to understand these key concepts.

4. Select the CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy that align to the activities students will engage in to learn science content.

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Developing a 5E Lesson

Goal

To select a concept from the learning sequence to use as the basis of an

integrated (science and literacy) student-centered lesson.

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Steps to Develop a 5E Lesson

1. Select a concept from the learning sequence.

2. Use the 5E template.

3. Consider adding a "concept" column to each stage to help guide the science content you want students to experience.

4. Consider the number of explore/explain experiences necessary for student understanding of the lesson concept.

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Next Steps

•Teach the lesson.

•Gather and analyze student work using the process from Unit 3.•Adjust the lesson based on student work.

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Lesson Design and Its Impact on Student Learning

• How was this type of planning (conceptual flow, learning sequence and 5E learning cycle) for student learning different from what you have done in the past?

• How did thinking about literacy in science help you strengthen the instructional design?

• To what extent does the student work indicate that your lesson design was effective for student learning?

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Module Summary

• List three of the most important things you learned about integrating literacy strategies into your teaching of science content.

• List two of the challenges you need to address for successful integration in your classroom.

• List one action that you will take immediately to integrate literacy with science to increase student understanding of the content.

   

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