Keith Calhoun

GO TOs 05/17/20

Core Values (TIU3)

Inclusiveness (I was happiest as a student Innovation (Come up with creative ways to

when I felt that I belonged) deliver your lessons to students)

Learning Styles (TIU4) Learning styles with 2 examples – place a star by your preferred styles

Kinesthetic * Visual Auditory

Style: Style: Style:
Allow students to move as long Give students time to make Record lessons to post online
as they are not disrupting others ex.
ex. ex. their own understandings
Break up long lessons into small from pictures or videos
Play soft classical music
chunks and change teaching during independent work time
ex. locations in the classroom ex. Color Code ex.

Activate the Brain – The R’s (TIU7)

1. Relationship 4. Retrieval 7. Re-exposing

2. Rigor 5. Routing 8. Rehearsing

3. Relevance 6. Retaining 9. Recognize

Teach the Vocabulary (SS1)

1. Frayer Model 3. Word Games

Personal Dictionary
2. Word Wall 4.

Strategies for Differentiation (SS2)

1.
Tiered instruction 3. Flexible grouping

2. Anchoring activities 4. Compacting curriculum

Strategies for Success (SS2-7) Provide 2 examples of each
Strategies for Success (SS2-7) – Provide 2 examples of each

Example 1 Example 2
Think-pair share Jigsaw
Cooperative Grouping

Graphic Organizers Concept maps and brainstorming webs Expository writing Math Problem Solving
graphic

Advanced Organizers Venn Diagram

Expository writing Math Problem Solving
graphic

Rank 'Em!
Similarities / Differences Compare/Contrast

Math problem solving graphic Plot diagram

Summarizing & Notetaking

Cues & Questions Comprehension Tower Investigating the Question Slap Down
Game

Blooms Verbs (SS8-SS9)

Create Produce new or original work
APPS: Anchor, Animation Desk
Evaluate Justify a stand or decision

APPS: Notion, Aww board

Analyze Draw connections among ideas

APPS: Simple mind+ Mind Mapping, Wufoo

Apply Use information in new situations

APPS: Koma Koma, Autodesk Sketchbook

Comprehension Explain ideas or concepts

APPS: Annotate, Airtable

Remember Recall facts and basic concepts
APPS: Kahoot, Mind Mapping
Four Questions to redirect behavior (CBM6)

“It is easier for people to listen when one person is talking at a time.”
1.

2.“The next time you want to share your idea when someone else is talking, what could you do?”

3. I need you to __.

4. What should you be doing right now?

Modifications and Accommodations (E6)

Quantity
Definition
Adapt the number of items that the
learner is expected to learn or the number
of activities student will complete prior to
assessment for mastery.
Example
Reduce the number of social studies
terms a learner must learn at any one
time. Add more practice activities or
worksheets.
Time
Definition
Adapt the time allotted and
allowed for learning, task
completion, or testing.
Example
Individualize a timeline for completing a
task; pace learning differently (increase
or decrease) for some learners.
Level of Support
Definition
Increase the amount of personal assistance to keep
the student on task or to reinforce or prompt the use
of specific skills. Enhance adult-student relationship;
use physical space and environmental structure.
Example
Assign peer buddies, teaching assistants, peer
tutors, or cross-age tutors. Specify how to interact
with the student or how to structure the
environment.

Input Difficulty Output

Definition
Adapt the way instruction is
delivered to the learner.
Example
Use different visual aids, enlarge text, plan more
concrete examples, provide hands-on activities,
place students in cooperative groups, pre-teach
key concepts or terms before the lesson.
Definition Definition
Adapt the skill level, problem type, Adapt how the student can
or the rules on how the learner respond to instruction.
may approach the work.
Example Example
Allow the use of a calculator to figure math Instead of answering questions in writing, allow
problem, simplify task directions, or change a verbal response. Use a communication book
rules to accommodate learner needs. for some students, or allow students to show
knowledge with hands-on materials.

Participation Notes:
Definition
Adapt the extent to which a learner
is actively involved in the task.
Example
In geography, have a student hold the
globe, while others point out locations.
Ask the student to lead a group. Have the
student turn the pages while sitting on
your lap (kindergarten).
Suggestions for working with Students in Poverty (E12)
Provide access to computers, magazines, newspapers, and books so Students who live in poverty may not always know the correct behaviors for
low-income students can see and work with printed materials. School may school situations. At home, they may function under a different set of social rules.
1. be the only place where they are exposed to print media. 4. Take time to explain the rationale for rules and procedures in your classroom.

Be careful about the school supplies you expect students to purchase.

2. Keep your expectations for poor students high. 5. Keep your requirements as simple as you can for all students.
Poverty does not mean ignorance.

3. Don’t make comments about your students’ clothes or 6. Arrange a bank of shared supplies for your students to
belongings unless they are in violation of the dress code. borrow when they are temporarily out of materials for class.

Reading Strategies to Strengthen Literacy Skills (R8)

Strategy name When / how to use it Define it

1. Jigsaw Each student of home group specializes in

During reading one topic and teaches their group members.

The teacher describes things they are doing as they read to

2. Think-aloud Before and during monitor their comprehension. It helps students slow down the
reading process in order to monitor their understanding of a text.

A word wall is a collection of words which are displayed in large visible

Word Walls Before, during, and after letters on a wall, bulletin board, or other display surface in a classroom. The

3. word wall is designed to be an interactive tool for students and contains an

array of words that can be used during writing and reading.

Making content comprehensible for ELL students (R9)

Write at least 3 strategies / techniques that you could easily implement in your classroom for your content

1. Prepare the lesson Jigsaw text reading, Graphic organizers, Outlines

Contextualizing key vocab, Personal dictionaries,

2. Build background Content word wall

3. Make verbal communication understandable Appropriate speech, explanation of academic tasks,

Use of variety of techniques

4. Learning strategies (this one should be easy!) Mnemonics, Thinking cube, Graffiti write

Roundtable, Jigsaw, Four corners

5. Opportunities for interaction

6. Practice and application Semantic map, playing Jeopardy, Engaging in

discussion circles
7. Lesson delivery Students engaged, pacing, language objectives
written on board
8. Review and assess Paraphrasing, "school talk" sessions, agree/disagree