Session+Four

=Agenda • Thursday February 4th, 2010= //Teachers in diversified classrooms are students of their students.//

Essential Questions:

 * How can we adapt our teaching practice to meet and affirm the diverse needs and strengths of our students?
 * How can diversified instruction improve success for all students while reducing disproportionality?
 * How are 21st century literacies integral to diversified instruction?
 * What are the connections between DI, RTI, Content Maps, and Co-Teaching?

Major Understandings:

 * The teacher focuses on the essentials of the subject- content, principles and skills.
 * All units should be diversified, whereas individual lessons may or may not be differentiated.
 * Assessment and instruction are inseparable.
 * The teacher modifies content, process and products.
 * All students participate in respectful tasks.
 * The teacher and students collaborate in learning in the classroom and beyond.
 * The teacher balances group and individual needs.
 * The teacher affirms student differences.
 * Connecting district initiatives makes the work manageable and increases chances for student success.

Skills:

 * provide tiered instruction
 * integrate visual thinking tools
 * provide opportunities for flexible grouping
 * vary questioning strategies to promote critical thinking skills
 * adapt instruction based on student interest, readiness and learning profile
 * create assessments that are differentiated by student interest, readiness and learning profile

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 * 1) Sign in, get materials, informal conversation **12:30 - 12:35**
 * 2) Assessment **12:35 - 1:00**
 * Read pages 65 - 70 (//Assessintg Understanding//), and pages 76 - 77 to yourself. Go to the blog and write a response to the two questions under the post "February 4 - Assessing Understanding." blog
 * Assessing //our teaching// and //your learning// **1:00 - 1:35**
 * Each table will look at a different page of our //DI Evaluation Rubric// in order to:
 * Identify key elements of your section (5 min.)
 * Generate two questions for us to answer in order to increase your clarity (5 min.)
 * Communicate your highlights and questions to the whole group (5 min. per group x 5 groups = 25 min.)
 * 1) Culturally Affirming and Technology Components **1:35 - 2:00**
 * Barry will share examples of how to incorporate these into //units// and //lessons//
 * Roger will share examples of how to incorporate these into //units// and //lessons//
 * 1) Work on units **2:00 - 3:20**
 * By the end of the day, we hope that each of you will have been able to:
 * Generate //skills// and //vocabulary// for the unit.
 * Start to generate //assessment, technology, and culturally affirming// components for the unit.
 * Possibly start adding in lessons (learning activities) to the unit.
 * 1) Exit Ticket