Conversations book, staff Oct. 18 - Discuss how academic conversations and sentence frames meetings, and early release PD days have been going in small group. We will instruct on elaborate and clarify as one of the five core skills. Introduce activities and rubrics that go along with elaborate and clarify and support ideas with examples. Intended Outcomes Teachers are utilizing academic conversations – elaborate and clarify and support ideas with examples. We are going to use those examples for walkthroughs and observations as methods for feedback and coaching. - Dec 6 We will use the core skills of build on or challenge an idea and paraphrase. Introduce the core skills and sentence frames. Instruct and provide examples on how to utilize them in their classrooms. Create movies to demonstrate knowledge of those skills. Intended Outcomes Teachers are utilizing academic conversations – using the core skill of build on or challenge an idea and paraphrase. We are going to use those examples for walkthroughs and observations as methods for feedback and coaching. 2. Implementation/practice time of specific academic strategies and ILT ILT academic conversation resources, Academic activities. Conversations book, staff
Oct. 18 - Discuss how academic conversations and sentence frames have been going in small group. We will instruct on elaborate and clarify as one of the five core skills. Introduce activities and rubrics that go along with elaborate and clarify and support ideas with examples. Intended Outcomes – Teachers are utilizing academic conversations elaborate and clarify and support ideas with examples. We are going to use those examples for walkthroughs and observations as methods for feedback and coaching. Dec 6 - We will use the core skills of build on or challenge an idea and paraphrase. Introduce the core skills and sentence frames. Instruct and provide examples on how to utilize them in their classrooms. Create movies to demonstrate knowledge of those skills. Intended Outcomes – Teachers are utilizing academic conversations using the core skill of build on or challenge an idea and paraphrase. We are going to use those examples for walkthroughs and observations as methods for feedback and coaching. Conversations book, staff meetings, and early release PD days 2. Implementation/practice time of specific academic strategies and activities. ILT ILT academic conversation resources, Academic Conversations book, staff