MEDIA (Discovery Education with Brad Fountain)

 

            Using the curriculum standards

 

 

            Identify some discovery education resources that match a performance standard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Identify other resources online that match a performance standard.

 

 

 

 

 

            Send to Richard Therrien

GROUP: Middle School (with Liz Butner)

 

SESSION I

                        Unwrap Standards

 

            1)  (30 min) Working in one or two sub groups look at:

                        the “expected performances” on the right hand side of the blue curriculum pacing guide. You may also wish to compare to the CTHSS simplified performance standards packet.

 

                        “unwrap” these standards by listing

           

                        the key CONCEPT students at this level need to understand.

 

 

                        The key SEQUENCE in which these concepts might be taught.

 

 

                        Key vocabulary words

 

 

                        Common misconceptions

 

 

 

                        Some fundamental experiences and activities that may lead students to this understanding

 

 

 

            2) (30 min) Compare what your group has come up with to the curriculum document.

                        What goals and objectives need to be modified? Added/subtracted?

 

                        What activities need to be modified? Added/subtracted?

 

 

            3) SHARE     

                                    share some essential results of your work with the whole group (overheads?)

 

            PRODUCE: typed or written notes to submit to Richard Therrien

 MIDDLE SCHOOL                        ASSESSMENT

 

Using the Grade Level Expectations and Grade Level Concepts:

 

            Divide into groups of 3 or so.

            Each group should take two or three expected performances. (there are 5 units 7th grade, 4 in 8th grade, and one group may end up doing 6th grade).

 

Use the 08-09 quarterly assessments and item analysis

Use the resources provided on www.newhavenscience.org/Oct6

 

            Do the questions in the quarterly assessment match the expected performances? Do they match the grade level concepts? What do the results show?

 

           

            Use the books, online resources, etc…

           

 

            What are other questions (multiple choice) that match the standards?

 

 

 

            By end of session:

 

            Come up with 2-5 GOOD multiple choice question for each standard.

            Write them on a document or copy  links, submit to Richard Therrien.

 

SHARE ACTIVITY (50 min)

 

 

            1)         Go Around the Room

 

Which type of formative assessment (other than multiple choice) did you try between the last CIA and now?

                        What were the results?

 

 

 

 

 

            2) Look at the “open ended” experiments (yellow) page. What other cause/effect or open ended experiments have you done or can think of to share with the group that match your curriculum?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            3) Other sharing…. Which content is particularly hard to teach? What activities can you share? (make sure to identify the performance standard it matches)

 

 

 

            Send to Richard Therrien