Prepared for the Collaborative Learning Team of

GLENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL by Dan Mulligan, Ed. D., flexiblecreativity.com

July 2015

EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR ALL!RELATIONSHIPS + RIGOR + RELEVANCE =

RESULTS

EssentialVocabulary

EssentialSkills

EssentialKnowledge

LEARNING TARGET

HIGH EXPECTATIONS

Premise of the WorkshopAs the United States continues to compete in a

global  economy that demands innovation, the U.S. education system must equip students

with the four Cs:

1. critical thinking and problem solving,

2. communication,

3. collaboration, and

4. creativity and innovation.

Glenville HSCommitment Statement

“The scholars of Glenville High School deserve a high-quality education to prepare them to be successful in college and careers.”

Resources

to

Share

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Pages5 – 6

a. The number of cavities the sixth graders have?b. The number of people in the sixth graders’ families? c. The ages of the sixth graders’ mothers?d. The heights of the sixth graders in inches?

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4 – second partner

Find a new friend in the room (a mix of specialties is the best). Introduce

yourself and share what you will be ‘doing’. Find 2 comfortable seats and relax.

*Please bring your handout and a pen(cil)!

Work collaboratively (e.g., construct viable arguments, critique, agree) to identify key

words that capture the essential elements of

strategies to assist all students to be

successful with fidelity.

Enjoy working with your new best friend.

successful learning strategiesCREATING AN

ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING

SETTING OBJECTIVES AND

PROVIDING FEEDBACK

Unpacking the Standard

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1. Create an Environment for Learning– Helping students know what is expected of them, providing

students with opportunities for regular feedback on progress, assuring students they are capable of learning content and skills

2. Helping Students Develop Understanding– Integrating prior knowledge with new knowledge– Procedural knowledge: constructing a model of the steps

required of the process and practicing its variations; using the process or skill fluently or without any conscious thought

3. Helping Students Extend and Apply Knowledge– Moving beyond ‘right answer’ learning to an expanded

understanding and use of concepts and skills in real-world contexts.

Framework for

Instructional Planning McREL, 2012

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Research Glenville HS

Create an Environment for Learning Opening

Helping Students Develop Understanding Work Session

Helping Students Extend and Apply Knowledge Closing

A. CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNINGADDITIONAL SAMPLE RESOURCES

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WHY ACADEMIC VOCABULARY?

Briefly share what you know about:

photosynthesis

Tell a chain story about the process of

photosynthesis…

…without using words that begin with:

P, L, T

Research on Imagery as Elaboration

637 percentile pts. higher

than… …students who kept repeating definitions.

421 percentile pts. higher

than… …students who were using the terms in a sentence.

Students who used imagery to learn vocabulary, on average, performed

# of studies

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Principal

Organizing Theme:

Things someone would say…

Student

TeacherCEO

Parent

Cafeteria Worker

EDUCATIONALSTAKEHOLDER

EDITION

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Science

Experiment

Hypothesis

Energy

Electron

DissolveAtmosphere

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Health/PE

Wellness

Equipment

Body Mass

Nutrition

EnduranceMovement

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

FINE ARTS

ILLUSION ARCHITECTURE

VISUAL

COMPOSER

MELODY

RHYTHM

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

Grade 9 English

Summarize

Hyperbole

Inference

Opinion

Irony

Repetition

50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS

100 POINTS 100 POINTS

200 POINTS

CIVIC DUTY LAWS

GLOBAL ECONOMYPRIVATE PROPERTY

CONSUMER RIGHTS

PATRIOTISM

U.S. History

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/

C. HELPING STUDENTS EXTEND AND APPLY KNOWLEDGEADDITIONAL SAMPLE RESOURCES

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Commitment Statement

The scholars of Glenville High School deserve a high-quality education to prepare them to be successful in

college and careers. This challenging work requires the collective efforts and commitment of all educators, including the principal, teachers and operations staff

members, families and community members. Educators are driven by the conviction that all scholars can

succeed and understand the tremendous responsibility to dramatically improve student outcomes. Educators

will always act in the best interests of scholars.

Our Mission for the day: To discover, share, and refine strategies to increase the achievement of each Glenville scholar.

Thank you for your commitment to children!

"It's your attitude, not just your aptitude that determines your ultimate altitude."

--Zig Ziglar

Dan