Do not confine your children to your own learning,

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• Do not confine your children to your own
  learning,
• for they were born in another time.
• Hebrew saying 

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Thinking Partners
Talking partnerSame grade Different school
Thinking partner Different grade
Question partner Same grade Same school
Friend partner Your choice
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Preparing for group work

• Roles
• Scribe keeps a written record
• Reader reads information aloud
• Moderator keeps team on target
• Idea Generator sparks conversations
• Time Keeper watch the clock
• Table Manager manages materials

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Flexible grouping options

• Meet the diverse needs of all learner
• No one placement meets all needs
• Vary group to meet needs and tasks
• Placement is fluid rather than fixed

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Flexible Grouping Kingore article

• What is it?
• What does it accent?
• What are the advantages disadvantages?
• What are some implementation guidelines?

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Jigsaw activity

• Number off from 1-5
• Directions for the each group are linked
• Group 1
• Group 2
• Group 3
• Group 4
• Group 5

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Group 1 Whole Class

• Read about whole class instruction
• Determine the advantages/disadvantages
• Complete the chart for whole group only
• Be prepared to teach others?Back

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Group 2 Mixed-Readiness Groups

• Read about mixed-readiness groups
• Determine the advantages/disadvantages
• Complete the chart for mixed-readiness groups
  only
• Be prepared to teach others ?Back

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Group 3 Similar Readiness Groups

• Read about similar-readiness groups
• Determine the advantages/disadvantages
• Complete the chart for similar-readiness groups
  only
• Be prepared to teach others ?Back

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Group 4 Individual Work

• Read about individual work
• Determine the advantages/disadvantages
• Complete the chart for individual work only
• Be prepared to teach others ?Back

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Group 5 Advance Learners

• Read and discuss the chart in your packet that
  compares High Achievers, Gifted Learners, and
  Creative Thinkers. Page 66 only
• Be prepared to teach others what you have learned
  about advanced learners working in the four
  different types of flexible groups ?Back

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Philosophical Chairs

• You will make a decision based on the statement
  presented to the group
• You will choose a stance
• True group stand by windows
• False group stand along wall
• Here is the statement..

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Take a stand. True or False

• All students are motivated.

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3 Factors of Intrinsic Motivation

• Relatedness collegiality with group
• Autonomy choice
• Competence confidence in skills and
  strategies needed for success

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ABC Scavenger HuntAssess background
knowledgeNancy Reeves Radcliffe Ph. D.

• Meet now with your Talking Partner
• Write all 26 letters of the alphabet on a piece
  of paper
• Brainstorm one idea for each letter of the
  alphabet
• What is happening in your room to meet needs for
  intrinsic motivation?

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• Wisdom is using your knowledge while doubting
  what you know. (Pfeffer Sutton 2006)

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WebQuests

• www.kleinisd.net
• Departments
• Instruction and Student Services
• Educational Technology
• Online Resources
• Language Arts

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PhotoStory

• PhotoStory 3
• New story
• Import images
• Rearrange images
• Customize animation
• Add sound
• Save project

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Reading Reasons

• Get with your Question Partner
• Read your assigned reading
• Write a 2-3 sentence summary on the first page of
  the reading
• Bring you summary to the front table

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Record summary in PhotoStory

• Open project
• Click next until you get to Reason 4 image
• Record the summary for that reason
• Repeat until all reasons complete

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Opinion Support

• Misbehavior is to a classroom what pain is to a
  body.

Misbehavior isnt necessarily negative.
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Opinionsupport notesAllows for
selfmonitoringNancy Reeves Radcliffe Ph. D.

• Fold paper vertically
• Left side is labeled Opinion
• Right side is labeled Support
• Document and defend proof of opinion
• Work individually
• Work with your Friend Partner

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• Misbehavior is to a classroom what pain is to a
  body.
• Pain is a diagnostic system that evolved in our
  body to keep our brain informed about the
  location and nature of potentially dangerous
  events (such as damage to a foot, although the
  rest of the body may be OK).
• Much classroom misbehavior is similarly
  diagnostic. Acting-out students are informing the
  teacher that the lesson isnt working with them,
  (although it may be fine and fun for the rest of
  the class).
• Thats useful but albeit often distressing
  information for the teacher. Citizen protest and
  demonstrations are similarly stressful to
  political leaders, but its folly to view them
  only in negative terms or to ignore or repress
  them.

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Problemsolution notesNancy Reeves Radcliffe Ph.
D.

• Fold your paper in half vertically
• Write down the problem
• What are the causes of the problem?
• What are the effects of the problem?
• What is a possible solution for the problem?
• Work with your Talk About it Buddy

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RAFTStudents must process information

• An engaging, high level strategy that encourages
  writing across the curriculum
• A way to encourage students to assume a role
  consider their audience,
• Examine a topic from a relevant perspective,
• Write in a particular format
• All of the above can serve as motivators by
  giving students choice, appealing to their
  interests and learning profiles, and adapting to
  student readiness levels.
• Writing a Language Arts RAFT

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579Forced association or synthesis Nancy
Reeves Radcliffe Ph. D.