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Campus Happenings...
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Learning Walks...
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Curriculum Updates
MATH
I am also keeping these videos on here a little longer for those of you who would like to rewatch them.
ELAR
As a campus, we have been focusing on small-group instruction. Here is some great information passed on from our curriculum department:
So many aspects of a well-run small group are true in the individual conference, but with one-on-one conferring there are fewer student needs to manage. It’s helpful for teachers to practice and feel confident with conferring with individuals. When teachers practice individual conferences, they will be practicing much of what they need to do in small-group lessons, including:
- research: listening carefully to students reading or talking about their reading
- decide: making in-the-moment decisions in order to give feedback
- teach: articulating a clear strategy for the student to practice, and staying focused on that strategy
Watch this video of a research-decide-teach conference with Jennifer Serravallo and Julianne, a fourth grader. As you watch, notice the structure of the conference. Using this structure can help keep our conferences focused and smoothly paced.
- Research: Ask questions, look at artifacts, have the student read aloud.
- Decide: Determine a strength and possibility for teaching; ideally, these are aligned.
- Compliment: Offer a clear, explicit compliment just like in a compliment conference.
- Teach: Offer a strategy and give feedback as the student practices.
- Link: Repeat the strategy and state your expectations for what the student will do as he continues practicing independently.