Day 1
01 Workshop Opener 02 Supporting Diversity 03 Break 04 Previously, on 05 Model Lesson 06 Model Lesson Reflection 07 Lunch 08 Diverser Learners 09 Curriculum Investigation 10 Break 11 Conclusions and Connections 12 Wrap Up 13 Debrief

Session 6: Model Lesson Reflection

15 min

discussion-based

Purpose

This session is designed to highlight choices and teaching strategies used in the model lesson. The goal is for participants to reflect on how they might implement similar strategies and techniques in their own classrooms.

Objectives

  • Participants engage in the “journaling” teaching and learning strategy
  • Teachers reflect on ways they will connect content to prior experiences of students

Supplies & Prep

Room Setup:

  • Participants seated in pods

Facilitator Supplies:

Teacher Supplies:

  • Journal
  • Pen

Agenda

Highlight and Discuss Choices (7 minutes)

Learning in Context (8 minutes)

Facilitation Guide

Highlight and Discuss Choices (7 minutes)

(3 minutes) Choices

Learning in Context: In the warm up, the examples provided in the lesson plan were substituted with examples relevant to the people in the room. Increasing relevance is intended to increase student motivation. Selecting relevant examples helps establish the “why” of learning in order to increase student motivation.

Bringing Multiple Voices into the Discussion: During the model lesson, specific learners were called on to share their answers with the group. When this was done, there was an intentional choice to only ask people to share the ideas of the small group. This was done to make people feel more comfortable sharing their ideas with the whole group.

Early Finisher Activity: The goal was to keep the group together in order to have everyone participate in the group discussions. In order to do this, the teacher had a plan for early finishers. The goal here was to help students go deeper when they were ready instead of faster or further in the curriculum. It is important to note that just because a student finishes early does not mean they are ready for a challenge. Students should demonstrate an understanding of the content before moving on to an extra challenge.

(4 minutes) Journal

Prompt: What choices will you make in order to meet the unique learning needs of your students when you implement this lesson in your classroom?

  • (1 minute) Journal
  • (3 minutes) Whole Group Share Out (popcorn style)

Learning in Context (8 minutes)

(1 minute) Context Setting

Remarks

Both the “why” and the “how” should be relevant to the student (motivation) and to the learning objectives (facilitate learning).

(2 minute) Journal

Prompt: How can you modify this lesson to ensure that both the “why” and the “how” are relevant to your students while still meeting the learning objectives?

Learning Objectives:

  • Use a binary system to represent numbers
  • Extend a representation system based on patterns

(5 minutes) Share Out

Participants share out to the whole group