cheryl beeson principal murphey traditional academy public elementary school greensboro, nc...
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Cheryl BeesonPrincipal
Murphey Traditional AcademyPublic Elementary School
Greensboro, [email protected]
Preparing for GREATNESS: The Power of
Pre-Seminar Content
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Step #1: Build a
Community of Learners in the
Classroom
Pictorial Biographies with
a subtext
Burkins & Yaris Reading Wellness
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Me: Read AloudWe: Complete graphic organizerFew/You: Complete g.o. about yourselfTeacher puts books in kids’ hands!Students write about what they’ve read.
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First Grade team has planned a Paideia Seminar using Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania of Jordan
Ideas and values: friendship, getting along with people who are differentSkills Identify similarities and differences Cite textual evidence from print
and illustrationsWriting activity will begin September 5th after lunch, where the students will taste hummus and pita (just like Lily does in the book).
Step #2:
Making Connections
Every Way We Can
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Pre-seminar Math Talk
Math Talk by Forsten & Richards
Designed to help integrate mathematical language, concepts, skills into classroom routines
Children talk about the details they find and the theme that emerges
“The way human beings learn has
nothing to do with being kept
quiet.”~Ralph Peterson
(1992)
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Content
Content and Skill: Science and Research
Primary Connection:
Content
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Using one text to scaffold
understanding of a more
challenging text
Creating background knowledge
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Pre-Seminar Content:
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Seminar Text:Our Children Can
Soar
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The Lion and The Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Connection
Character Development
KindnessK-1st Lion and the Mouse
2nd – 3rd Dear Children of the Earth4th & 5th “Magic Bed: An Indian Tale”
Monthly School-wide seminars on character traits
Same theme: Different texts Pre-seminar content:
reading strategy Post-seminar content:
writing
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Point of View “Leaning in” (Burkins &
Yaris) Acknowledging others’
opinions as differing from yours
“ish” by Peter Reynolds
SKILL:Seminar Process
Developing the Skills of
--Personal Reflection and
--Accepting others’
viewpoints
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Engagement in seminar’s theme or conflicts
Example: The Three Questions (Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy) by Jon Muth What is the best time to do
things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do?
Skill:
Writing as a tool for
engagement Pre-Seminar
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Use of Visual Images
Skill Building: Drawing Inferences
What I see? People: Clothing, Expressions Objects: Buildings, Equipment Questions I have
What I infer~• People: Personality, Lifestyle• Objects: Purpose, Importance• Questions I now have.
Scaffolding the CONTENT and SKILLS before
the Seminar
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Building Academic Vocabulary
Robert J. Marzano &
Debra J. Pickering
Step #3
Vocabulary Vocabulary
Vocabulary!
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Six-Steps for
Teaching New Terms
First 3 steps introduce and develop initial
understanding.
Last 3 steps shape and sharpen
understanding.
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Step 1Provide a description,
explanation, or example of new term.
Step 2Students restate
explanation of new term in own
words.
Step 3
Students create a nonlinguistic representation
of term.
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Step 4Students periodically
do activities that help add to knowledge of vocabulary terms.
Step 5Periodically students
are asked to discuss terms with one another.
Step 6
Periodically students are
involved in games that allow them
to play with terms.
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“Talk a Mile a Minute” Activity
With a partner, designate a “talker”
for each round.
Try to get your partner to say each
word by quickly describing it.
May NOT use words in category title or
rhyming words.
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Civil War
Get your partner to say these two
key items:
~Union and Confederacy
~Abraham Lincoln
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Switch roles, and get your
partner to say these two key
terms:
~Emancipation Proclamation
~Gettysburg
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Vocabulary Charades
Game Activity
Please stand.
Using your arms, legs, and bodies,
show the meaning of each
term below:
SlopeCircumference
Matrix
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Example of Vocabulary in Gradual Release Lesson Plan
