Year Round Practical

Strategies That Help

With Common Core

Webinar presented by

Larry Bell

Multicultural America Inc.

June 17, 2015

A Little About Larry Bell

• Classroom Teacher For 15 Years

• Supervisor Of Multicultural Education For 7

Years

• Traveling The Nation Training Teachers For Over

15 Years

This Is How You Do It

Infuse A Simple “System Of Excellence”

Vocabulary

Reading Comprehension

A 10 Step Lesson Plan For Teaching Complex

Lessons

Ways To Review Information Students Did Not

Learn The First Time

A Simple System of Excellence –

Two Parts

Every Grade Level Should –

• Identify The Intangibles, Quantify, And Then Systemize

• The “7 Step Method”

Leadership Team for Common

Core

The Most Effective Staff Development…

Buy-in

Positivity

Models

Constant Flow Of Ideas

Vocabulary - the 12 Power Words

The Importance Of Vocabulary In Teaching

Common Core

Laudable But Lamentable

What Are The 12 Powerful Words?

TRACE

TO LIST IN STEPS

Analyze

TO BREAK IT DOWN

Infer

READ BETWEEN THE LINES

Evaluate

TO JUDGE

Formulate

BUILD AND CREATE

Describe

TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT

Support

BACK IT UP

Explain

TELL ME WHY

Summarize

THE SHORT VERSION

Compare

THINGS THAT ARE ALIKE

Contrast

THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT

Predict

THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE

Fab Five Instructional Strategy

• Say It

• Spell It

• Define It

• Formulate A Sentence

• Formulate A Question

Major Instructional Strategies

• Put Them On Assessments

• Model Them

• Be Creative – Songs, Poetry Etc.

Reading Comprehension

One Of The Biggest Mistakes…

A Logical, Sequential Method

Unra(a)vel

U - Underline The Title

N – Now Predict The Passage

R – Run Through And Number

A – Are You Reading The Questions

A – Are The Important Words Circled

V – Venture Through The Passage

E – Eliminate

Practice On Released Items ONLY

Ten Step Lesson Plan for Teaching

Complex In-depth Lessons

1. Total Immersion

2. Connection/Relevancy

3. Demonstration

4. Engagement

5. Clear Unit Expectations

6. Student Personal Responsibility

7. Partial Credit

8. Practice Opportunities

9. Individual Response Opportunity – Daily

10. Teacher Assessment

Ways to Review or Reinforce

Information Students Did Not

Understand 1. Music

2. Games

3. Learning Centers

4. Peer Tutoring

5. Demonstrations

6. Computer Research

7. Creative Writing Exercises

8. Create Video Documentaries

9. Crafts/Manipulatives

10.Creative Collaboration With The Students

For More In-Depth Strategies

Attend The NAESP Conference In Long Beach, CA

June 30th – July 2nd, 2015 At The Long Beach

Convention And Entertainment Center

Attend Both Of My Sessions:

Session 1: Getting It Right July 1, 2015 10:00

AM – 10:30AM Innovation Lab “15”

Session 2: Year Round Practical Strategies That

Help With Common Core July 1, 2015 2:00 Pm –

3:15 Pm Room Lbcc 201 A

Additional Resources • Bell, L., (2005). 12 Powerful Words That Increase Test Scores and Help Close the

Achievement Gap.

• Brookover, W., et. al. (1982). Creating Effective Schools. Holmes Beach, FL: Learning Publications, Inc.

• Carter, S., (2001). No Excuses Lessons from 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation.

• Collins, M., (1992). Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Co. Inc.

• Garrett-Holiday, B. (1985). Differential effects of children’s self-perceptions and teacher perceptions on black children’s academic achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, (68). 286-292.

• Hart, B., & Risley, T. (2003). The early catastrophe. The 30 million word gap by age 3. Spring 2003. Retrieved 23 02, 2004, from http://www.aft.org/american_educator/spring2003/catastrophe.html

• Joseph, B., (2004). Teacher Expectations of Low-SES Preschool and Elementary Children: Implications of a Research-Validated Instructional Intervention for Curriculum Policy and School Reform. Published Doctoral Dissertation, East Carolina University.

• Lezotte, L., et. al, Effective Schools Research. Okemos, MI: Effective Schools Products, Ltd.

• Marzano, R. (2003). What works in schools: Translating research into action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Research-Based Strategies to Achieve High Standards. Retrieved from http://www.wested.org/csrd/guidebook/toc.htm

• Wong, H., (1998). The First Days of School. Mountain View, CA: Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc.

For More Information

Larry Bell

Email: Larry@larry-bell.com

Website: Larry-Bell.com

Phone: 703.969.0156