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Advanced Curriculum Guides

Advanced Curriculum Guides. Providing Opportunities for Academic Growth among High-end Learners.

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Advanced Curriculum Guides

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  1. Advanced Curriculum Guides Providing Opportunities for Academic Growth among High-end Learners This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education

  2. What are they thinking! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU5LoCLGMdQ

  3. What is Wrong with this Thinking? • Introduce yourself and discuss why the math you just saw doesn’t work. • Answer the following questions in your explanation: 1. What were some basic mathematical principles that Ma & Pa Kettle were missing? 2. What were some flaws in their mathematical reasoning 3. In some fashion, show (don’t tell) how to work this problem correctly. 25/5 = 14 14+14+14+14+14=25 14x5=25

  4. Curriculum Guides • Funded by the State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) • Part of “Project Closing the Gap” • Work hand-in-hand with • Response to Instruction (RtI) for gifted, high-end, and twice exceptional learners • Plan 2020

  5. Plan 2020 • Measures academic growth among all students • Seeks to make education relevant • Encourages formative testing to keep all students working at an appropriate challenge level.

  6. 80% 7% 7% 1% 5% High-end Learners Low-end Learners Struggling Learners Gifted Learners Average & Above Average Learners RtI Model Across the Spectrum

  7. Who?What? Why? • Created by a task force of teachers including • General Education Teachers in Content Areas • Gifted Specialists • State Department Gifted Specialists • Checked for content by AMSTI, ARI, Curriculum Directors • Alternate activities tied to each ALCCRS for kids who demonstrate previous mastery • To assist teachers with RtI that addresses the special needs of gifted and high-end learners

  8. Look for evidence of these special needs of gifted learners as you evaluate each lesson. • Depth • Complexity • Opportunities for creative production • Attention to affective needs • They especially thrive on • Choice • Challenge • Relevancy (working as professionals in an area of interest

  9. What Is Included in the Guides? Let’s take a look!

  10. The Importance of Pre-assessing • To avoid repeating material the student already knows. • To prevent student boredom leading to underachievement. • To establish a baseline for measurement of student growth. • To keep students performing in their zones of proximal development (provide challenging learning to avoid academic laziness.)

  11. Examples of Pre-assessment • Exit ticket • Last five • Free Write • KWL • Concept Map • Index Card Check • Bell Ringer Work • Student interview

  12. More Pre-assessment Ideas • Four corners • Teacher Observation • One-on-One Discussion • Windshield Check • Content Boxes • Frayer Model • Venn Diagram • End of Chapter practice test

  13. Four Corners 1. I really get this! 2. I sort of get it. 3. I think I know! 4. I don’’t have a clue!

  14. Content Boxes

  15. Venn Diagram • Novel comparison Characters Settings Plots Literary devices Vocabulary Symbolism

  16. “We can whenever we choose successfully teach all children whose schooling is of importance to us. We already know more than we need to do that. Whether or not we do it must finally dependon how we feel about the fact that we haven’t so far.” - Ron Edmunds

  17. Recurring Templates throughout Curriculum Guides • Think Fast • Tic Tac Toe • I Can • Thinker Keys • Kaplan’s Depth and Complexity • Rebus Story • That’s Good, That’s Bad Chain Story • Alphabet Books • Important Books

  18. Think Fast Answer the questions as quickly as possible. Answers must begin with the letter in the box next to the question.

  19. Tic Tac Toe Students choose 3 activities in a row, column, or diagonally. activities can represent different levels of depth, complexity, or product type.

  20. Thinker Keys

  21. That’s Good, That’s Bad Chain Story Let’s look at an example!

  22. Other Recurring Models • Kaplan’s Depth & Complexity • Fortunately, Unfortunately • 10,000 Story Matrix • Important Book • RAFTs • I Can

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