Title: Instructional%20Decision%20Making%20for%20Advanced%20Proficiency%20Students%20Day%202
1Instructional Decision Makingfor Advanced
Proficiency StudentsDay 2
2Ready-Set-Recall
- Jot down what you remember from last time.
- Pair up, share, and add to list
- Square up and share again
- Choose 2 important ideas to share with large group
3Processing Home Play
- Individually jot down three key ideas from the
article - Form pairs
- A partner share one idea
- B partner ask a question about that idea
- A partner answer
- Together discuss one practical application of the
idea - Switch roles
4A Common Perspective
Gifted Student
Teacher of Gifted
5A Shift in Perspective
Gifted Student
ESL Teacher
Counselor
Classroom Teacher
Specials Teacher
Community Member
Special Ed. Teacher
Teacher of Gifted
6How do we know
- where the child is relative to the Core?
7WHAT AM I TEACHING?
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8WHICH KIDS ARE ALREADY THERE?
9WHICH KIDS COULD LEARN IT FASTER?
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10WHICH KIDS NEED GREATER DEPTH, COMPLEXITY,
AND ABSTRACTION?
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12Matching Strategy to Student Needs
- Based on the answers to these questions,
determine the strategy.
13Organizing Fluency DataMaking the Instructional
Match
This grid does not typically apply to advanced
readers who are already compre-hending at high
levels. This focus is usually for those whose
comprehension is not where we want it to be.
Group 1 Accurate and Fluent Group 2 Accurate but Slow Rate
Group 3 Inaccurate and Slow Rate Group 4 Inaccurate but High Rate
14Ask the higher question At what level is the
child comprehending?
Comprehension Advanced
Needs Core
Comprehension Low
Group 1 Accurate and Fast Group 2 Accurate but Slow Rate
Group 3 Inaccurate and Slow Rate Group 4 Inaccurate but High Rate
15 Framework Questions
- 1. Is our core cycle sufficient?
- 2. If the core is not sufficient, why not?
- 3. How will needs identified in core be
addressed? - 4. How will the sufficiency and effectiveness of
the core cycle be monitored over time? - Have improvements to the core been effective?
- 6. For which students is the core cycle
sufficient and not sufficient, and why? - 7. What specific supplemental and intensive
instruction/curriculum is needed? - 8. How will specific supplemental and intensive
cycles be implemented? - 9. How will the effectiveness of supplemental and
intensive cycles be monitored? - 10. Which students need to move to a different
cycle?
S I Related Questions
16Supplemental and Intensive
- Question 6 For which students is the core
instruction sufficient and not sufficient, and
why? - Step 1 List students for whom the core is not
sufficient. (Significantly exceeding or less than
proficient) - Step 2 Determine diagnostic assessment
tool(s)/process to identify instructional need. - Step 3 Determine expectations of performance for
the diagnostic tool(s)/process. - Step 4 Plan logistics and collect diagnostic
data - Step 5 Organize, summarize, display result
17Using Data
- What data show a student exceeds Core?
- What other data needs to be collected? (i.e.,
What are the questions that need to be answered?) - Trust the data!
18Intensity is
- of an extreme kind (dictionary.com)
19Intensifying Instruction
- The Big Five
- More Explicit
- More Modeling
- More Systematic
- More Opportunities to Respond
- More Review
20Intensifying Instruction for Gifted
- The Big Five
- More challenging complex text
- More homogeneous grouping
- More choice control
- More higher-order questions/tasks
- More non-fiction informational
- text
21Levels of Differentiation
Course/Grade
Unit
Lesson
22Assessing students
- Cards on Kids
- Assess interests and learning style
- Each student gets a card
- Information in corners
- Answer questions in the middle
- Offer update opportunities
- KWL, Frayer, Concept Map
- Assessing prior knowledge and readiness
23Assessing students
- Surveys and Inventories
- Multiple Intelligences
- Interests
- Learning Styles
- Best Works Portfolio
- Assesses readiness
- Determine outcomes and acceptable evidence
- Design rubric for evaluation
24Assessing students
- Exit Cards
- Check for understanding
- Identifies gaps, misconception, and high level
understanding - Oral responses/questions
- Assesses for readiness, interest
- Whole-group Assessment
- Squaring Off
- Fist to Five
25Assessing students
- Sticky-note Book
- Record-keeping/management tool
- Notebook w/student name on each page
- Make notes on kids during class using stickies
- Put notes on students page
- Post-test as Pre-assessment
- Assesses prior knowledge of material
- Essential to curriculum compacting
26Assessing Students
- Read page 27 in Reading Strategies for Advanced
Primary Readers. - Discuss with a partner.
- Consider if/how you might use any of the
strategies as a pre-, diagnostic, formative, or
summative assessment - http//www.tea.state.tx/gted/ReaStra.pdf
27Flexible grouping
- Use assessment data to form groups
- Identify learning outcome
- Develop assessment
- Identify learning differences
- Determine purpose for grouping
- Place kids in groups
- Gifted kids need time together
- playing up
- See p.60-64 in Kingore booklet
28Blooms Revised Taxonomy
Adapted from Sousa
29Blooms Taxonomy Revised
- http//projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title
Bloom27s_TaxonomyRevised_Bloom.27s_Taxonomy_.28R
BT.29 - http//www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Bloom/blo
oms.htm - Spend some time exploring the Blooms resources
on the Wiki
30Curriculum Compacting
C.C.
31More on Curriculum Compacting
- Skim p. 40-50 in Kingore packet.
- Consider assessments we discussed that might
inform decisions about Curriculum Compacting. - Think about a student for whom compacting might
be appropriate. - What behaviors point to the need?
- What assessments would be helpful?
32Replacement Activities
- Not MOTS!
- Address individual strengths and interests
- Develop collaboratively
- Examples
- Inquiry Reading
- Extensions
33Curriculum Compacting
- Replacement Activities
- Accelerate or Enrich
- Math
- http//nrich.maths.org/public
- Reading
- http//www.randomhouse.com/teachers/
- http//www.visuwords.com
34Example
- Houghton-Mifflin (4th grade)
- Independently read Akiak or substitute a full
length book e.g., Puppies, Dogs, and Blue
Northers Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack
of Sled Dogs or Winterdance by Gary Paulsen - Participate in a small group discussion
35Example
- Inquiry Reading - research sled dogs, Iditarod,
dog sled racing, etc. and prepare a presentation
for the class - http//www.adn.com/iditarod/2008/story/404261.html
- http//dsc.discovery.com/tv/iditarod/iditarod.html
- http//www.iditarod.com/learn/iditarodtrail.html
- http//www.iditarod.com/learn/terminology.html
36Example
- Read another story about a heros journey.
Compare and contrast Akiak and that storys main
character. - Complete an Iditarod WebQuest
- http//www.geocities.com/sseagraves/iditarod/idita
rodunit.htm
37Example
- Study RAGBRAI - does it meet the criteria for a
journey? http//www.ragbrai.org/ - Outline the history
- Find maps of the route each of the last five
years - establish criteria to rate the difficulty
of the ride - What are hardships riders might suffer?
- Interview a rider
- Compare contrast to the Iditarod
- Why do events like these endure?
- Prepare a presentation for the class.
- http//www.gifted.uconn.edu/SEMR/about/about.html
38Vocabulary Development
- Students with advanced vocabulary
- How would you know? What data would drive your
decision? - What would you do with/for the students?
- How would you use formative assessment?
- p. 83-93 in Kingore packet
39Sample Application
- http//www.randomhouse.com/teachers/
40Beyond Vocabulary
- Sentence fluency
- alliteration
- Gifted character
- Social/Emotional
- Feelings of isolation
- Sense of different-ness
- Themes
- Service to others
- Living a purpose driven life
41RAFT
- Role
- Audience
- Format
- Topic
42TRY RAFTing
- Create a RAFT for something youll be teaching
this month. - Consider the level of challenge for your most
gifted students. - Adjust the RAFT role, audience, and/or format to
require higher order thinking or a more
sophisticated product for advanced students.
43Tiered Assignments
- Students work on different levels of activities,
all with the same essential understanding or goal
in mind. - Tiered assignments accommodate for differences in
student readiness and performance levelsand
encourage continued growth.
44Tiered Activity Examples
http//ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tier
ed_curriculum/welcome.html
45Questioning Models
- Divergent Questioning
- Question Answer Relationships
- Socratic Questioning
- p. 55-68 in Kingore packet
46Lets Practice
- Choose something youll be teaching soon and
develop the Divergent Questioning chart. - Share with a partner.
47Quote of the Day
If you want to feel safe and secure, continue to
do what you have always done.If you want to
grow, go to the cutting edge of our
profession.Just know that when you do, there
will be a temporary loss of sanity.So know when
you dont quite know what you are doingYou are
probably growing! --Madeline Hunter
48Home Play
- Identify the data you will use to determine
target students. - Develop your plan to identify areas of needed
support. - Identify formative assessments
49Exit Card