Date 1/22

Topic Introduction Common Core Standards Shifts Video: Common Core in ELA/Literacy: An Overview

EDUC 332 Spring 2013 Objectives The learner will be able to: Identify course requirements and policies Share prior knowledge of reading and writing in the content area Identify the types of thinking that are essential to learning Identify the ELA Common Core Standard Shifts

Due Common Core Standards Content Area Standards Field Placements

1/24

Blooms Revised Taxonomy Levels of Knowledge Dimensions of Learning

The learner will be able to: Define Dimensions of Learning Identify how the 5 dimensions of learning interact Compare the levels of Blooms Revised Taxonomy to the Dimensions of Learning Connect the Dimensions of Learning and Blooms Revised Taxonomy to the Common Core Standards The learner will be able to: Identify ways to help student to acquire and integrate knowledge Define two types of knowledge: declarative and procedural Distinguish between declarative and procedural knowledge List the realities of reading List and identify incidents when the text becomes inaccessible to students The learner will be able to: Identify strategies to help students organize and story declarative knowledge Identify ways to help students develop a deep understanding of declarative and procedural knowledge Identify, define and utilize graphic organizers for thinking skills Set a purpose for reading a selection Model their thinking process to assist students in identify their thought process while reading

Video : Common Core in ELA/Literacy: Shift #2 Building Knowledge in Disciplines

1/29

Acquiring and Integrating Knowledge Descriptions Time Sequences Process/Cause and Effect Relationships Episodes Acquiring and Integrating Knowledge Generalization Principles Concepts Standards Storing Information Explain Project #1

Video: Common Core in ELA/Literacy: Shift #3 Staircase of Complexity

1/31

Video: Common Core in ELA/Literacy: Shift #4 Text Based Answers

Date 2/5

Topic Acquiring and Integrating Knowledge Case Study

Objectives The learner will be able to: Identify methods for making instructional decisions Explain how the strategies used in the case study assist students with comprehension Connect ELA Common Core Standards to the case study Identify special projects that assist students in meeting the Common Core Standards The learner will be able to: Identify ways to help students extend and refine knowledge Identify, define and utilize graphic organizers to extend and refine knowledge Turn simple activities into higher level thinking activities List strategies to improve reading comprehension The learner will be able to: Teach students to analyze a selection List reasons for teaching students questioning strategies Differentiate between inductive and deductive reasoning Connect strategies for extending and refining knowledge to the Common Core Standards The learner will be able to: Create various graphic organizers to assist students in extending their knowledge Model the thinking that is required to extend and refine knowledge Compare a teacher that enables his/her students with one that requires students to think on their own

Due Sturtevant/Linek (on reserve) Chapter 5 (Biology) & Assignment Blog About Field Experience

2/7

Extending and Refining Knowledge Comparing Classifying Abstracting Inductive Reasoning Extending and Refining Knowledge Deductive Reasoning Constructing Support Extending and Refining Knowledge Analyzing Errors Analyzing Perspectives Explain Project #2

Project #1

2/12

Video: Common Core in ELA/Literacy: Shift #5 Writing from Sources Video: Common Core in ELA/Literacy: Shift #6 Academic Vocabulary Sturtevant/Linek (on reserve) Chapter 7 (English) & Assignment Blog About Field Experience

2/14

Date 2/19

Topic Using Knowledge Meaningfully Decision Making Problem Solving Invention

Objectives The learner will be able to: Identify strategies to help students use knowledge independently in real-world settings and applications Create meaningful-use tasks Identify characteristics of complex reasoning processes Teach students to make inferences The learner will be able to: Create projects that require students to use knowledge meaningfully Create multiple choice questions that challenge the reader to think at a different levels Create short answer questions that require the students to use sources to support their answer The learner will be able to: Identify strategies for meeting the needs of English language learners Identify the challenges associated with English language learners List things to consider with regards to English language learners in regards to building community, instruction, and expectations The learner will be able to: Use a rubric to analyze different WebQuest Create a WebQuest Identify strategies to help students use knowledge independently in real-world settings and applications Create meaningful-use tasks Identify characteristics of complex reasoning processes Teach students to make inferences Project #2

Due

2/21

Using Knowledge Meaningfully Experimental Inquiry Investigation Systems Analysis

Write questions for the assigned passage connecting the Dimensions of Learning, Blooms Revised Taxonomy and the Common Core Standards

2/26

Case Study

Sturtevant/Linek (on reserve) Chapter 8 (ESOL) & Assignment

2/28

WebQuest Components Analysis Project Explain WebQuest

Date 3/5

Topic WebQuest Analysis Explain Analysis

Objectives The learner will be able to: Identify and analyze all of the components of a WebQuest Analyze WebQuests for interest level, cooperative learning, visual appearance, and the use of the Internet Create a list of features that assist students when completing a WebQuest The learner will be able to: Identify the parts of a lesson. Write a measurable objective Create a cohesive lesson. Explain the importance of modeling and checking for understanding Identify specific common core standards that are met in a lesson Spring Break

Due Blog About Field Experience

3/7

Lesson Design Explain Field Experience Project and In-Class Lesson Teach us a strategy

WebQuest Analysis Content Specific

3/19

Assessment/Rubrics Data Collection

The learner will be able to: Identify the purpose of assessing Answer the question, "Why assess?" Discuss different methods of assessment in classrooms Identify ways to receive different types of information. Decide whether information from different assessment tools can seem contradictory. Analyze data. Use data to inform instruction. Define formative and summative assessment. The learner will be able to: Explain how to teach students the following strategies used to assist students in meeting Common Core Standards 1 and 2 for Reading: o Read-Decide-Explain o Show You Know o Prove It Explain how they would use these strategies in their content areas

Vacca/Vacca Chapter 4 & Assignment

3/21

Explain Strategies Lesson Teach Model Lesson

Bring 20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common Core book to class Blog About Field Experience

Date 3/26 3/28 4/2 4/4 4/9

Topic Share WebQuests Lesson Presentation Lesson Presentation Lesson Presentation RTI Presentations Presentations Presentations

Objectives WebQuest

Due

In-Class Lesson Plans

4/11

Text Structure Question/Answer Relationships Note Taking Share WebQuests

The learner will be able to: Identify students that are at risk for failure Explain the three tiers of RTI Create lessons that differentiate instruction to meet the needs of learners List resources available to them to assist students The learner will be able to: Identify different types of text structure. Analyze textbooks for text structure. Identify strategies for helping students understand question/answer relationships. Identify methods of teaching students how to effectively take notes. Explain strategies for problem solving and cause/effect text structures. The learner will be able to: Explain how to teach students the following strategies used to assist students in meeting Common Core Standards 1 and 2 for Reading: o Read Like a Detective o Question Like an Investigative Reporter Explain how they would use these strategies in their content areas

Vacca/Vacca Chapter 12 & Assignment

Vacca/Vacca Chapter 9 & Assignment McEwam-Adkins/Burnett Strategies 14 and 15 & Assignment

4/16

Strategies to Meet Common Core Standards

McEwam-Adkins/Burnett Strategies 4 and 5 & Assignment Blog About Field Experience

Date 4/18

Topic Strategies to Meet Common Core Standards

Objectives The learner will be able to: Explain how to teach students the following strategies used to assist students in meeting Common Core Standards 1 and 2 for Reading: Think Like a Private Investgator Snapshot Summary Explain how they would use these strategies in their content areas The learner will be able to: Identify reading and writing connections. Identify the purposes for writing. Differentiate between writing process and writing content. Differentiate between expository writing and narrative writing Identify methods for integrating writing into the content areas Analyze writing prompts The learner will be able to: Identify the parts of the writing process Identify and utilize graphic organizers for prewriting activities List and define different traits of writing Identify and utilize strategies for peer revision Identify common editing marks and methods for editing Identify focus correction areas The learner will be able to: Analyze student writing List and create various methods of writing within a unit Utilize writing to help students read deeper Utilize journals to connect reading and writing Identify best practices for writing in their content area The learner will be able to: Use vocabulary learned throughout the semester Communicate their topic for review Field Experience Project Due By 10 P.M.

Due McEwam-Adkins/Burnett Strategies 6 and 7 & Assignment

4/23

Writing

Vacca/Vacca Chapter 8 & Assignment

4/25

Writing

Assignment Writing Prompt Blog About Field Experience

4/30

Analysis of Student Writing

5/2

Review Summaries

Summary Paper Word Wall Assessment

5/7

Final Project

Field Experience Project