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Step 2: Select an area in which you want to develop for your Professional Development Plan for 2019-2020
Literacy: Individualized Instruction
Literacy: Individualized Instruction
Possible Action Steps
- Setting up groups
- Planning for individual or group conferences
- Maximizing adult support with multiple, simultaneous groups/conferences
- Resources for individualizing reading instruction
Resources
Literacy: Whole-Group Mini-Lessons
Literacy: Whole-Group Mini-Lessons
Possible Action Steps
- Determining topics for mini-lessons
- Keeping mini-lessons MINI! (under 8 min.)
- Accountability for students after mini-lessons
- Delivering grade-level content to all learners
Resources
Reading Strategies- copies in Powe PD library
Choice Literacy- The Big Fresh Newsletter (weekly tips and articles)
Literacy: Reading Workshop Model
Literacy: Reading Workshop Model
Possible Action Steps
- Setting up a workshop model in your room
- Conducting mini-lessons
- Allowing for student book choice
- Building stamina in readers
- Keeping readers accountable for reading
- Reading conferencing
Resources
Teaching Foundational Reading Skills- MOOC-Ed
Literacy: Writing Workshop Model
Literacy: Writing Workshop Model
Possible Action Steps
- Setting up writers' workshop routines
- Units of Study for Writing
- Editing vs. Revising
- Building students' writing staminia
- Writing conferences
Resources
Writing Strategies- copies in Powe PD library
Supporting Young Writers with Opinion Writing
Checklists in Writing Workshop
Mingle- a strategy to help students write about their characters
Literacy: Teaching with Informational/Non-Fiction Texts
Literacy: Teaching with Informational/Non-Fiction Texts
Possible Action Steps
- Using more informational texts in your instruction
- Explicitly teaching informational text strategies
Resources
Mathematical Understanding
Mathematical Understanding
Possible Action Steps
- Incorporating 3-act tasks
- Mathematical progressions
Resources
Graham Fletcher (3-act & math progressions)
Math: Number Corner
Math: Number Corner
Possible Action Steps
- Understanding the schedule
- Pacing of Number Corner
- Maximizing time in Number Corner
- Components of NC
Resources
Math: Workplaces & Small Groups
Math: Workplaces & Small Groups
Possible Action Steps
- Aligning workplaces to standards
- Keeping students accountable in workplaces
- Setting up rigorous workplaces
Resources
Science: Informational Texts
Science: Informational Texts
Possible Action Steps
- Resources to find informational texts
- Determining teaching points from informational texts
- Building vocabulary and background knowledge for students
- Aligning texts to multiple subject areas
Resources
Muse, Faces (via NCWiseOwl) **insert directions on how to access
Book Lists Aligned to Science Standards- The Science Penguin
Science: Hands-On
Science: Hands-On
Possible Action Steps
- Using the hands-on science materials from DPS
- Structuring lessons with hands-on components
- Routines for hands-on learning
Resources
Social Studies
Social Studies
Possible Action Steps
- Integrating social studies
- Exploring social studies resources
Resources
Pedagogy: Thinking Maps
Pedagogy: Thinking Maps
Possible Action Steps
- Using Thinking Maps to process learning
- Choosing which Thinking Map to use for a lesson/topic
Resources
Pedagogy: Processing Strategies
Pedagogy: Processing Strategies
Possible Action Steps
- Ways to assist students in processing their learning
- Using collaborative learning structures in the clasroom
- Using wait time effectively
Resources
Pacing
Pacing
Possible Action Steps
- Designing units of study/projects to incorporate standards
Resources
Scaffolding Instruction
Scaffolding Instruction
Possible Action Steps
- Meeting the needs of EC learners
- Strategies for ESL students
- Creating high expectations for all learners
- Using critical thinking strategies for AIG and all students
Resources
Making Thinking Visible- copies in Powe PD library
MI Team- content-specific
MI Team- content-specific
Possible Action Steps
- Aligning MI
Resources
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