quick overview, session 3, of information circles in 2 different ways

1. A Leadership Series: Current and
Effective Teaching Strategies across
the Curriculum
Bulkley
Valley,
Session
3
Thursday,
Feb.
9,
2012
Faye
Brownlie
www.slideshare.net

2. • Intro/check
in
• I
tried…with…
• What
worked?
What
didn’t?
What’s
next?
• Report
out:
commonaliJes
&
quesJons
• Strategies
• Team
planning
• Report
Out
&
ReflecJons

3. Group
work:
• One
with
people
from
your
school
• One
with
people
who
share
your
grade
or
your
subject
area

4. • 1
minute
check
in
…
name,
school,
“an
example
from
my
class
of
UDL
or
BD…”
• 40
minute
group
work:
What
I
tried,
who
I
worked
with,
how
it
connects
to
the
big
ideas
of
UDL
and
BD
– Groups
of
4
– 10
minutes
each
– Report
out:
• Common
threads
• QuesJons
for
me

5. Learning Intentions
•
I
can
design
lesson
sequences
using
the
principles
of
universal
design
for
learning
and
backwards
design
to
support
all
learners.
•
I
have
a
plan
to
work
with
others
–
or
another.
• I
have
a
plan
to
try
something
that
is
new
to
me.

6. InformaJon
Circles
• Select
4-­‐5
different
arJcles,
focused
on
central
topic
or
theme.
• Present
arJcles
and
have
students
choose
the
one
they
wish
to
read.
• Present
note-­‐taking
page.
• Student
fill
in
all
boxes
EXCEPT
‘key
ideas’
before
meeJng
in
the
group.
• Students
meet
in
‘like’
groups
and
discuss
their
arJcle,
deciding
together
on
‘key
ideas’.
• Students
meet
in
non-­‐alike
groups
and
present
their
informaJon
from
their
arJcle.

7. Vocabulary/terms
Images
Ques3ons
Key
ideas

8. Double-­‐Entry
Response
Journals
–
InformaJon
Circles
• Choose
a
book
that
works
for
you
• Be
prepared
to
enter
a
conversaJon
with
others
who
are
reading
the
same
book.
• Choose
a
secJon
of
the
text
to
read
aloud
to
start
the
conversaJon
• Create
a
double-­‐entry
response
journal
to
show
your
thinking
about
some
aspect
of
what
you
have
read