Prepared for the Professional Learning Network of RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1. CELEBRATE THE STRUGGLE: Empowering students to develop a deep understanding of essential knowledge, skills, processes, and vocabulary Essential Vocabulary Essential Skills LEARNING TARGET Essential Knowledge High Expectations Prepared for the Professional Learning Network of RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS by Dan Mulligan, Ed. D., flexiblecreativity.com March 2014

2. Name that Essential Knowledge Essential Skills, and Essential Processes

3. 4 – second partner Find a NEW friend in the room from a different school/grade-level. Find 2 comfortable seats and relax. *Please bring the handout and a pen(cil)!

4. The K – 5 Edition Who owns this? 3.8a • Count the value of collections of coins and bills up to $5.00. • Compare the volumes of two containers to determine if the volume of one is more, less, or equivalent to the other by pouring the contents of one container into the other. • Display gathered data in tables, either in rows or columns. • Identify examples of points, line segments, rays, angles, and lines • Recognize and demonstrate appropriate use of the equals sign in an equation. • Extend a given pattern, using numbers, geometric figures, symbols, pictures, or objects. • Identify which numbers are even or odd. 1.10b K.14b 3.15a 4.16c 2.20c 5.3d

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8. GoodInstruction(Keep it Simple…Keep it Real) “We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally depend on how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far.” ~Ron Edmonds

10. 4 – second partner Find a friend in the room and form a team. *Please bring the handout and a pen(cil)!

11. Checking for background knowledge: What is a hieroglyphic? • American Heritage Dictionary - hi·er·o·glyph·ic, adj.   • Of, relating to, or being a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound. • Written with such symbols.

12. Main Myth about Learning Some part of the learner’s anatomy must be in contact with the chair in order for learning to take place!

13. Getting to YOU!!!

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15. CELEBRATE THE STRUGGLE Essential Vocabulary Essential Skills LEARNING TARGET Essential Knowledge

17. Research on Imagery as Elaboration Students who used imagery to learn vocabulary, on average, performed # of studies

18. Organizing Theme: Things someone would say… EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDER EDITION Trivia Triangle Cafeteria Worker 200 POINTS Parent Student 100 POINTS 100 POINTS Principal Superintendent Teacher 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

19. Things that are parallel area perimeter Types of graphs Types of angles Ways to make .25 Math 200 POINTS 100 POINTS 100 POINTS 1POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

20. Grade 2 Math Ruler 200 POINTS Line of Symmetry Pattern 100 POINTS 100 POINTS Solid Shapes Third from Right Rotation 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

22. YOUR TURN!!! 200 POINTS 100 POINTS 100 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

23. Advanced Organizers Use Visuals Advanced organizers help students organize the information and retain 5 times more of the information.

24. DOK 2: Basic Skills and Concepts Animals Plants

25. Tools to Facilitate Mathematical Communication cause effect then the word is a________ If a word names a place... 7 1 16 25 4 3 9 36 11 a. b. Place the numbers in the Venn Diagram: 49 2 64 21

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27. Essential Elements of a Vertically Articulated Curriculum(Attained Curriculum) Essential Knowledge Essential Skills & Processes LEARNING TARGET (attained curriculum) Essential Vocabulary

28. Kindergarten

29. Kindergarten - Measurement

30. Kindergarten – Geometry • FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS • Where do you see shapes in everyday life? • Can you show me the difference between a side and a corner? • Can you tell me the difference between a side and a corner? • Are all triangles the same? • Are all four sided shapes the same?

31. Kindergarten – Geometry

32. Kindergarten – Geometry

33. Brain Break….

34. Mix itUpin the Box • Listen for the topic and the amount of time; • Silently mix around the room; • When directed, pair up with person closest to you; • In pairs, Partner A shares and Partner B listens; • Partner B responds to what he/she heard by paraphrasing: “LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY”; • Record summary of partners response; then • Switch Roles

36. Thinking inside the Box What is an action taken by you, your grade-level,or your school that you attribute to resulting in increased achievement for each student impacted by the action this year? Explain why… How has assessment changed in your class/school/division since the implementation of the revised SOL? Elaborate… How does this picture relate to your role as a teacher? Complete this sentence: “This image is like my teaching in that _____”

37. What is an action taken by you, your grade-level,or your school that you attribute to resulting in increased achievement for each student impacted by the action thisyear? Explain why… How has assessment changed in your class/school/division since the implementation of the revised SOL? How does this picture relate to your role as a teacher? Complete this sentence: “This image is like my teaching in that _____”

39. Kinds of Evidence – Continuum of EvidenceInformal Check for Understanding

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42. Latoya and Kirk

43. Latoya and Kirk LaToya – 159 cm Silk – 108 cm • 42 • + 135 • 177 • 108 • 69 • 73 • 4 cm below Shoulder – 135 cm Counter – 73 cm Stool – 42 cm

44. Problem Solving Student Card Master

45. Problem Solving Student Card Master

46. Problem Solving Student Card Master Purpose: to deprogram our ‘multiple choice trained’ students and teach them to think.

47. Problem Solving Student Card Master

48. Work Template POSTER

49. Helping Students Extend and Apply Knowledge Lives Here BOOK 1 page 10

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