Work TimeWorkshop Module #7

Please sit by content area

I Need . . .

Work TimeWorkshop Module #7

Please sit by content area

I can . . .

Describe the work of professionals in my content area

Plan work time so that my students are doing the GENUINE work of learning, i.e. reading, writing, and talking to think and problem-solve.

“Are my students doing the work of historians, mathematicians,

scientists, readers, writers, artists, musicians. . . ?”

Now ask yourself . . .

“What are my kids going to do today?”

Students need to do more

Students need to do less

YET. . .

My students can’t work independently for 2/3 of the time

My classroom will be chaos once I release them to work on their own

To work for 2/3 of the time, students need . . .

an end in mind

Meaningful purpose (Relevance) for their work

work broken into chunks

work that challenges them (Rigorous), yet that they can accomplish

a catch that allows a time to talk about learning

a shift in task or text

feedback to indicate they are moving in the right direction

questions to ask to truly learn about your students:

Tell me more about that.

How did you figure that out?

Why did you choose that?

Why does this matter?

What do you mean by that?

A Teacher’s most important

role in work time is conferring

WORKSHOP EXPECTATIONS

Learning Targets posted as “I Can” Statements 1/3 Teacher Talk Time, 2/3 Student Work Time Opportunities for Student Choice Established Procedures and Routines Mini Lesson with 4 Components Conferences to Learn and Teach Teacher Aims to Confer with Each Student in a Two Week Period Teacher Takes Conferring Notes Students Provided Opportunities to Debrief Following Work time Teacher Utilizes Debrief Data to Plan Mini Lessons and Conferences

Students given relevant, purposeful work to do during work time

“Pick one important thing to do from the list. Because assessment, planning and instruction are a cycle, anywhere you start will impact the rest of what you do. Trust yourself. Trust your students. You can do it!”

Thoughts from Sam Bennett

“There’s no such thing as the perfect lesson, the perfect day, or the perfect teacher. For teachers and students alike, the goal is not perfection but persistence in the pursuit of understanding important things.”Something to

keep in mind. . .

-Tomlinson and McTighe

Looking Forward to Module 8

Long term planning