CIF,+Rigor,+FA

Review of CIF, Rigor, and Formative Assessment ** Every student reads, writes, thinks and talks in every classroom everyday. ** Big Idea  Using the CIF and Formative Assessment while designing lessons will increase rigor. EQ How will we help students use data from FA activities to increase their learning?

Learning Outcomes Students will be able to: 21st Century Skills
 * include CIF and FA in lesson plans. (will be focus of teacher conferences and observations this month)
 * create and use FA activities that enable students to use data to increase their learning.
 * develop a plan for student use of formative assessment data.
 * Application of knowledge
 * Collaboration
 * Learning with a team

Lesson Activities CIF Review <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Scaffolding <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">WTL <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Collaboration <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">CT || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Graffiti Wall protocol, students move from strategy to strategy adding their knowledge, experience <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">questions to the posters. One person will get a Key Principals and Goals sheet for one poster and <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">use the sheet to assess the poster, collecting data they might use to adjust the lesson. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">That person will then present the strategy to the whole group, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">20 mn. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Instructional Strategy ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Activity ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Time ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Questioning

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Rigor Review <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">WTL <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Scaffolding <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Questioning <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">CT || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Rigor or Vigor? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Write your explanation for each word and then collaborate with a partner. How do you think these two <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">terms are aligned to classrooms today? Read the articles at these two websites:
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Instructional Strategy ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Activity ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Time ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Collaboration

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/what-schools-need-vigor-instead-of-rigor/2012/08/16/68be3d0c-e7fb-11e1-8487-64e4b2a79ba8_blog.html <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.joebower.org/2010/01/rigor-vsvigor.html

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Create a "visual" for vigor/rigor. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">20 min. || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Formative Assessment Review //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“You can enhance or destroy students’ desire to succeed in school more quickly and permanently // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">through your use of assessment than any other tools you have at your disposal.” // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rick Stiggins // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Assessment Trainers Institute // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Collaboration <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">CT || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Respond to Stiggins quote and complete FA card activity. Redevelop a definition for FA. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Report on status of NCFalcon training this year. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10 min || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">Formative Assessment-Winners! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Collaboration <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Questioning <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">CT || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Each person will read "Assessment Through the Eyes of the Student" looking for connections to CIF, rigor, and FA. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Participate in the Carousel activity recording your summaries to the discussions.
 * **Instructional Strategy** || **Activity** || **Tim**e ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">WTL
 * **Instructional Strategy** || **Activity** || **Time** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">WTL

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">OF Learning? Summarize your discussion on your paper. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">discover where they are now in relation to where they want to be, and to determine how to do better the next time." Summarize your discussion on your paper. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Group sharing of discussions. || 30 min || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Exit Slip: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Respond to the post on the Discussion Board for this page.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">From the viewpoint of the student: Discuss What a difference a word makes, Assessment FOR learning or Assessment
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Discuss:"The students' role is to strive to understand what success looks like, to use feedback from each assessment to
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">How do we plan to support students as they use the data to make decisions about their learning?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Learning Outcomes: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Develop a plan for 2 activities this month where students collect assessment data and use it to make decisions. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Schedule a time to meet with Donna in October to self assess lesson plans for CIF, Rigor, and FA.