This Week in Team
Week of October 12
Professional Learning Flex Opportunity
Kayla will be attending this conference and would like to invite you. The cost is $30. She is trying to get some spots paid for, but it's been a process. If she can get spots paid for, she will email you back to let you know. In the meantime, if you are interested, email Kayla and let her know and go to the site to register. Click on the attachment to see detailed information about the speakers.
In addition, they are asking for student volunteers from Coppell HS. They would like 5 for the morning session and 5 for the afternoon session. If you have students who would like to earn service hours, this would be a great opportunity. Highland Park is the only other school asked to help.
Monday, October 12
October Fun
I love to see who can come up with the scariest two-sentence horror stories in the weeks leading up to Halloween. Check out the original Reddit thread or this list of 20 stories.
Tuesday, October 13
iLead Meets - Team Does NOT
Wednesday, October 14
Performance Assessment Design
Performance Based Assessment(s):
Learners will identify a (situation, experience, issue, or problem) they see as needing to be changed in the community or the world.
Learners will determine the (intended audience).
Read or listen to various resources to understand multiple perspectives and analyze models for (expository and persuasive).
Use (expository and persuasive strategies based on mentor texts) to organize and develop (expository and persuasive writing) in order to communicate effectively to influence the intended audience.
TEKS (10) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. Students are expected to:
(B) analyze contemporary political debates for such rhetorical and logical fallacies as appeals to commonly held opinions, false dilemmas, appeals to pity, and personal attacks.Questions to Guide Planning
- What should ALL learners know, understand, and/or be able to do as a result of this lesson? WHY should they know, understand, or be able to do this?
- What is enduring knowledge for all? What are the "have to knows" of this lesson? WHY do they need to know this?
- What do learners need to know to accomplish this objective? What background knowledge do you need to access or provide?
- What is your vision of success? What are learners doing if/when they learn this? What does successful reaching of the objective look like and sound like?
- What are the best vehicles for learners to attain the objective and practice the concepts/skills? What provisions have you planned for learners with special needs? (Direct instruction? Guided practice? Team learning? Individual task?) What opportunities for enrichment will you provide for advanced learners? These should be meaningful, engaging, and help learners to cement understandings!
- How will learners be assessed? How will they know and you know that they have learned - throughout the lesson and after you have taught the concept/skill? This is evidence of learning!
- How will assessment results guide future instruction? How will you use what you know of learner performance to plan the next lesson?
Thursday, October 15
Performance Assessment Design (Continued)
Friday, October 16
Team Does NOT Meet!
Tech Tip of the Week
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