Curriculum & Instructional Strategies
Session 4
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a
fire.
William Butler Yeats
Write your reflections in your Idea Cookbook, and
we’ll discuss it when everyone is finished.
Beginning Class Items
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Announcements
Book share
Article share
General thoughts or comments
Anyone change any personal information?
Anyone have a job to report?
Beginning Class Items
Articles
“Dad Faults Teacher for Showing Pirated Film”
“KIPP Student Attrition Patterns Eyed”
“Proof Positive”
“Schools Have No Handle on $7 Billion Cost of
Teacher Turnover, Study Finds”
‘Classroom Crackdowns”
“Rethinking Merit Pay”
A high school teacher’s classes include students from different cultural
backgrounds. The teacher notes that relations among diverse student
groups are sometimes tense and include occasional verbal conflict. The
teacher can best respond to the observed tensions by using which of the
following approaches?
------------------------------------------------------------------A. Reinforce student recognition of the benefits of cooperation by setting up a system in
which some members of the class receive meaningful rewards for exhibiting positive
behavior during specified periods of time.
B. Use a seating chart that separates students from different groups, and organize
group work to accommodate students’ preferences regarding peers with whom they
would like to work.
C. Work with students to create a set of clearly defined guidelines for behavior and
interactions in the classroom, and insist that all students consistently adhere to the
guidelines
D. Implement a grading system in which student attitudes toward peers are as important
as performance on classroom projects and assessments in determining students’
course grades.
A high school teacher’s classes include students from different cultural
backgrounds. The teacher notes that relations among diverse student
groups are sometimes tense and include occasional verbal conflict. The
teacher can best respond to the observed tensions by using which of the
following approaches?
------------------------------------------------------------------A. Reinforce student recognition of the benefits of cooperation by setting up a system in
which some members of the class receive meaningful rewards for exhibiting positive
behavior during specified periods of time.
B. Use a seating chart that separates students from different groups, and organize
group work to accommodate students’ preferences regarding peers with whom they
would like to work.
C. Work with students to create a set of clearly defined guidelines for behavior and
interactions in the classroom, and insist that all students consistently adhere to the
guidelines
D. Implement a grading system in which student attitudes toward peers are as important
as performance on classroom projects and assessments in determining students’
course grades.
A high school teacher is planning to have his students prepare
multimedia presentations. The teacher wants to ensure that the
presentations are substantive and that students do not focus
exclusively on the design of their presentations. The teacher
could address this issue most effectively by taking which of the
following steps before students begin work on their presentations?
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A. prompting students to work simultaneously on both the content and
the design of their presentations
B. requiring students to submit a rough outline of the design and content
of their proposed presentation
C. working with students to develop a rubric that defines the relative
importance of content and design features
D. creating a list of unit-related topics from which students must select
the subject of their presentation
A high school teacher is planning to have his students prepare
multimedia presentations. The teacher wants to ensure that the
presentations are substantive and that students do not focus
exclusively on the design of their presentations. The teacher
could address this issue most effectively by taking which of the
following steps before students begin work on their presentations?
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A. prompting students to work simultaneously on both the content and
the design of their presentations
B. requiring students to submit a rough outline of the design and content
of their proposed presentation
C. working with students to develop a rubric that defines the relative
importance of content and design features
D. creating a list of unit-related topics from which students must select
the subject of their presentation
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Session 4
Errors in Perception, Judgment, and Reaction (pp. 37-47)
Three groups
Assign a section for each group
Complete answers
Share with class
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Session 4
Types of Assessments
Formative vs. Summative
Traditional vs. Authentic
Norm vs. Criterion Referenced
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The Essential Nine
Binder (pp. 32-33)
Kronowitz (pp. 272-281)
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Session 4
What strategies could you embed in your mini teach?
What strategies are you most comfortable and confident
using?
How will you use any of the strategies you have read or
learned in this section?
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Session 4
TEKS
Examine your TEKS
Decided what you are going to focus on during your miniteach
Work toward identifying the Enduring Understanding
(pp. 28-29, Binder)
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Building Curiosity
Binder (pp. 36-37)
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Hooks
Get in content groups
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Social Studies
Math
Science
Etc.
• Discuss ideas for hooks
beyond the mini teach
and more applicable to
your classroom
• Come up with a list to
share with the class
Curriculum & Instructional Strategies
Session 3
Let’s discuss some of the questions you asked in
various tickets (Classroom Management and
Curriculum).
Curriculum & Instructional Strategies
Sessions 1 & 2
“Student Teacher Talks…” (p. 207)
Discussion