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1 Quality Teaching Strategies that Make Rigor, Relevance and Relationships a Reality Dallas Texas January 18-20, 2007 Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre Bob Trammel [email protected]
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Quality Teaching
Strategies that Make Rigor, Relevance and Relationships a Reality
Dallas TexasJanuary 18-20, 2007
Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre
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Workshop Parameters
• Silence Cell Phones Please• Restroom Breaks • Side Conversations• Listening to Others• Staying to the End of Each Day• Be an Engaged Workshop Participant• Stay True to the Workshop Objectives• Have Fun Too!!!!!!!!
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Workshop Objectives
As a result of this workshop, each participant will:
learn proven strategies that are engaging and rigorous, return to school and try the strategies in his or her own
classroom,develop plans for teaching the strategies to others,establish demonstration classrooms when possible to
model the strategies for colleagues,create sample lesson plans incorporating the strategies,
and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies using
classroom and schoolwide data.
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In Each Strand……….
participant will :
learn how to make their subject area more rigorous by creating challenging assignments and assessments,
learn how to make their subject area more relevant by using real-world problems and applications, and
learn how to improve relationships with students by using engaging strategies and cooperative learning.
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In Addition, each team member
will……………………………………….
MathL/Arts
Science
Soc. St.
Team Planning Time
Career Tech
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A Quick Glance at the Three Days
Day 3: Saturday January 20th
> Continental Breakfast 7 - 8 am
> Workshop Morning Session 8 – 11:30 am
> Team Planning Time 11:30 – 1 pm
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OK Let’s Get Started
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At Your Table……….
• Respond to the questions related to cooperative learning groups on the next slide.
• Give a short report in about 15 minutes capturing the thoughts of the table.
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Cooperative Learning Strategies
> How do you set-up a cooperative learning classroom environment?
> How do get all students engaged?> What is your role as a teacher?> How often do you use cooperative
learning groups?> Do you evaluate cooperative
learning groups? If so, how?
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A Quick Look at the Upcoming Four Rotations
• See Handout (Math Modeling Problems)---------------------> Privacy Fence> Telephone Plans> Styrofoam Cups-------------------> Crate Moving> 5 Piece Cut-Out------------------HOOPS 21------------------Bob’s Rotation (Let’s Make a Deal- Birthday-Geoboards)
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Privacy FenceRotation I
8 feet 4 inches
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Post P
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Ground Level
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Crate Moving Rotation II
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5 Piece Cut-OutRotation II
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Prove a2 + b2 = c2
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3 Cycle Rotation
• We will divide into three cooperative learning groups. Rotation I (Alg) Rotation III (Bob)> Privacy Fence > Let’s Make a Deal> Telephone Plans > Birthday Problem---------------------- > Geoboards Rotation II (Geo)> Crate Move> 5 Piece Cut-Out
Note: About 30 minutes in each rotation then we will debrief.
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Styrofoam Cups
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Winding Down
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Workshop Objectives
As a result of this workshop, each participant will:
learn proven strategies that are engaging and rigorous, return to school and try the strategies in his or her own
classroom,develop plans for teaching the strategies to others,establish demonstration classrooms when possible to
model the strategies for colleagues,create sample lesson plans incorporating the strategies,
and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies using
classroom and schoolwide data.
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In Each Strand……….
participant will :
learn how to make their subject area more rigorous by creating challenging assignments and assessments,
learn how to make their subject area more relevant by using real-world problems and applications, and
learn how to improve relationships with students by using engaging strategies and cooperative learning.
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Stuff Over Three Days
Rigorous Activities Research Documents > Museum Guard > Marzano (L. Types) > Growing $10 > Annenberg
Brochure > Bobo (Elf) > Pepsi Problem > Sierpenski Triangles > 6 Math Model Problems > Styrofoam Cups > HOOPS 21
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PowerPoints
[email protected] 1Day 2Day 3Sierpinski TrianglesLet’s Make a DealGeoBoardsBirthday Paradox ProblemFamous PeopleMath Modeling Problems (Indiana University)• http://crlt.indiana.edu/research/csk.html
