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Food for Thought

Food for Thought. Lincoln Street Alternative High School Birmingham Public Schools Kelley Andersen Mallory Soffin Denisse Jolokai. Who Are We? The people in the basement. Our School Our Students Our Community Our Class. Why This Class? Rich & rigorous experience for our students.

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Food for Thought

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  1. Food for Thought Lincoln Street Alternative High School Birmingham Public Schools Kelley Andersen Mallory Soffin Denisse Jolokai

  2. Who Are We? The people in the basement • Our School • Our Students • Our Community • Our Class

  3. Why This Class? Rich & rigorous experience for our students • History of co-teaching • Opportunity • BFA Grant • Increase Literacy

  4. Why Food?Everybody eats • Engage ALL STUDENTS • “Politics divide but food unites.” • Text Variety • We teach not only what we know but who we are.

  5. Why Is It Student Centered?It’s empowering • Group work • Visible thinking- explicit learning • Student needs • “Cookbook” • Goal sheet • Norms • All writing • All thinking

  6. Literacy To change mindsets • School wide improvement plan • Literacy not just across the curriculum, but throughout their lives • Transfer skills/knowledge • Common vocabulary • Broad range of texts

  7. Common CoreEverybody is doing it? • C4 Writing Initiative • Previous experience • Content appropriate standards for each discipline

  8. Technology21st Century Learning • Mindset change • Google Docs • Citelighter • Facilitates group work • Supports student assessment

  9. MenuOur metaphor • Overarching Question Why do we eat what we eat? • Recipe for success

  10. SamplesA little taste of what we did • Lessons: • Show not tell • Recipe Cards • Food Narratives • ESL interviews • I am From poems • Food borne illness • CARLEGS • Baking bread /hot chocolate

  11. ReviewsThe results are in...mostly • Data -Starting, midpoint, endpoint • Rigor • Fluency • Coherence • Stamina • Purpose

  12. Results • Goal– Increase all students non-fiction reading/writing scores by 2 + points. • 91% of our students increased by 2 points or more, the other 9% maintained their high score. *** 3 ESL Students ( ~9 % of population) –ALL increased by 2 or 3 pts.

  13. DessertIcing on the Cake • Common language • Team building • Leading by example • Consistency • ESL friends • Gleaners • Community involvement • Chef James • Documentaries • Recognition

  14. Questions?How was your meal? Contacts • Kelley Andersen: ka04bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us • Mallory Soffin: ms03bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us • Denisse Jolokai: dj03bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us

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