FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Lincoln Street Alternative High School
Birmingham Public Schools
Kelley Andersen
Mallory Soffin
Denisse Jolokai
WHO ARE WE?
THE PEOPLE IN THE BASEMENT
Our School
 Our Students
 Our Community
 Our Class
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WHY THIS CLASS?
RICH & RIGOROUS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS
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History of co-teaching
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Opportunity
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BFA Grant
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Increase Literacy
WHY FOOD?
EVERYBODY EATS
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Engage ALL STUDENTS
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“Politics divide but food unites.”
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Text Variety
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We teach not only what we know but who we are.
WHY IS IT STUDENT CENTERED?
IT’S EMPOWERING
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Group work
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Visible thinking- explicit learning
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Student needs
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“Cookbook”
Goal sheet
 Norms
 All writing
 All thinking
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LITERACY
TO CHANGE MINDSETS
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School wide improvement plan
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Literacy not just across the curriculum, but
throughout their lives
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Transfer skills/knowledge
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Common vocabulary
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Broad range of texts
COMMON CORE
EVERYBODY IS DOING IT?
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C4 Writing Initiative
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Previous experience
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Content appropriate standards for each discipline
TECHNOLOGY
21ST CENTURY LEARNING
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Mindset change
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Google Docs
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Citelighter
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Facilitates group work
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Supports student assessment
MENU
OUR METAPHOR
Overarching Question
Why do we eat what we eat?
 Recipe for success
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ELA
SCIENCE
SOCIAL
STUDIES
Show not tell
Descriptive
writing
Prescribed
research Food
borne illness
Culture of food
Prescribed
research
CARLEGS
Purpose
Elements
Food Narrative
Sensory
descriptions
Descriptive
writing
Element in all
cultures
ESL Meet &
Greet
Claims/evidence
Recipes Cards
Hypothesis
/evidence
Yeast bread
Heart of the story
I am From poems
SAMPLES
A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT WE DID
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Lessons:
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Show not tell
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Recipe Cards
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Food Narratives
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ESL interviews
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I am From poems
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Food borne illness
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CARLEGS
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Baking bread /hot chocolate
REVIEWS
THE RESULTS ARE IN...MOSTLY
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Data
-Starting, midpoint, endpoint
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Rigor
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Fluency
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Coherence
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Stamina
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Purpose
RESULTS
Goal – Increase all students non-fiction reading/writing scores by 2 + points.
•91% of our students increased by 2 points or more, the other 9% maintained
their high score.
Increased by 2 points
41% students
Increased by 3 points
41% students
Increased by 4pts
9% students
Maintained ( Started with high scores)
9% students
Increased Rigor
Increased Stamina
Increased Fluency
Increased Coherence
Increased Purpose
69% students
75%students
41% students
50% students
60% students
*** 3 ESL Students ( ~9 % of population) –ALL increased by 2 or 3 pts.
DESSERT
ICING ON THE CAKE
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Common language
Team building
Leading by example
Consistency
ESL friends
Gleaners
Community involvement
Chef James
Documentaries
Recognition
QUESTIONS?
HOW WAS YOUR MEAL?
Contacts
 Kelley Andersen:
ka04bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us
 Mallory Soffin: ms03bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us
 Denisse Jolokai: dj03bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us