Triggers: Instruc.onal Strategies for Student Understanding
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Instruc.onal Triggers
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Process Skills Descriptors
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Measurement Big Rock Concept
How are units of measurement
used in daily life?
Unit Guiding Question(s)
Concept Pattern
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Learning 360 Framework
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Learning Targets
ü Engage in an instruc>onal strategy, Triggers
ü Make connec>ons between this learning strategy and higher-‐level thinking skills
ü Describe implementa>on strategies for guaranteed impact
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Essen.al Ques.ons
How do we design for true student engagement?
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Design with inten.on
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Evanescent -‐ adj. to disappear or slowly fade away.
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Key Ques.ons • Which answer is correct? • What accounts for the differences in responses? • How does this impact student engagement?
WHAT IS TRUE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT?????
HOW DO WE TEACH PROCESS SKILLS??
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Process Skills Descriptors
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Instruc.onal Triggers
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Evanescent -‐ adj. to disappear or slowly fade away.
RED
BLACK
ORANGE
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Color Associa.on
JUSTIFY/SUPPORT
1. Brainstorm all words and phrases associated to word
2. Create Acros.c
3. LeOer may appear at any point within word
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Acros.c
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Evanescent -‐ adj. to disappear or slowly fade away.
__________________+________________________=EVANESCENT _________________-‐________________+_____________= EVANESCENT ________________________X ______________________=EVANESCENT
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Equa.on
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Trigger Implementa.on
Introduce Model Apply Content Connec.ons
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Have inten>onal conversa>ons and provide a Triggers sheet.
Model, model, model with non-‐content material.
Students use Triggers to show content understanding.
See connec>ons between Triggers and higher-‐level thinking Skills (Metacogni>on).
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Why do Triggers Work?
ü Doable ü Prac.cal ü Valuable STUDENT CHOICE
MOTIVATION
Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
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• Reading Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
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Learning Targets
ü Engage in the instruc>onal strategy, Triggers
ü Make connec>ons between this learning strategy and higher-‐level thinking skills
ü Describe implementa>on strategies for guaranteed impact
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Essen.al Ques.ons
How do we design for true student engagement?
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