WHERE GREAT TEACHING BEGINSPlanning for Student Thinking and Learning

Helping Student Become Proficient Using Common Core Standards

THE BACK STORY

Common Core Standards for language arts and math and PDE Curriculum Frameworks for science and social studies were adopted by the Muncy School Board (2/13/12).

Common Core Standards are more complex than the State Standards we are currently using. There’s an increased focus on algebraic concepts (K-12).

Instructional design needs to promote greater application, synthesis of knowledge, and higher-order thinking skills.

We must use instructional time to its greatest advantage.

IN-SERVICE OBJECTIVES

You will be able to differentiate between an objective and an activity.

You will be able to analyze and revise objectives in order to increase student thinking and learning.

You will examine elements of instructional design and create effective, learning-focused objectives.

AGENDA

Instructional design and objectives: who and what are they for?

Activity vs. objective for learning focused instruction

Merge groups Analyze and revise objectives Analyze a Common Core Standard and design an objective

that is student-centered, thinking-centered, and learning-focused

Lunch 12-1pm Bell Ringer Analyze personal lesson plans for February 22-24

WHERE GREAT TEACHING BEGINS PLANNING FOR STUDENT THINKING AND LEARNING

BY ANNE REEVES

Agree or disagree? Objective: Read chapter 1 First reactions?

Read chapter 1 to describe the 5 elements of a student and learning centered classroom and how they impact student thinking.

Key points Reflection

ACTIVITY VS. OBJECTIVE

Identify objectives “Objectives are statements of what students will know

and be able to do after they have learned what we intend for them to learn.”

“Activities are engaged in by the learner for the purpose of acquiring certain skills, concepts, or knowledge whether guided by instruction or not.”

Analyze/revise your sort

AGENDA

Instructional design and objectives: who and what are they for?

Activity vs. objective for learning focused instruction

Merge groups Analyze and revise objectives Analyze a Common Core Standard and design an objective

that is student-centered, thinking-centered, and learning-focused

Lunch 12-1pm Bell Ringer Analyze personal lesson plans for February 22-24

STUDENT-CENTERED AND LEARNING-FOCUSED OBJECTIVES

Isolate student learning outcomes At the end of the lesson… Reflect on Activity

Standards-based and specific Introduce Common Core standards into planning in

order to isolate the learning outcome

Focus on learning and thinking Bloom’s Connection to Common Core Overused non-specific verbs Acceptable Powerful and higher level High vs Low – Explain vs explain

“Hey, Dad!” and “Principal in the hall” tests “Writing Fruitful Objectives”

COMMON CORE

CC 3G.1 Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g. rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g. having four sides), and that shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g. quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.

Objective: Find shapes that are quadrilaterals. (Remembering) At the end of the lesson… Hey Dad! Test Mr. Jankowski Test

COMMON CORE BREAKDOWN

CC 3MD1 Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g. by representing the problem on a number line diagram.

SAMPLE OBJECTIVES

Students will differentiate common punctuation marks. After revision…

Students will correctly identify commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks as they encounter them in text.

Or… Students will use commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks correctly in paragraphs they compose.

At the end of the lesson…

EXTENSION ACTIVITY Look at this list of activities… Which activities will help students meet the objectives we

had written?

Find shapes that are quadrilaterals Sort shapes into categories Draw quadrilaterals Identify different quadrilaterals such as rhombus,

parallelogram, etc Use tangrams to make quadrilaterals Compare quadrilaterals to other polygons Play “Name that Quadrilateral!” Do a worksheet on quadrilaterals