Depth and ComplexityPrompts for Differentiating

Instruction

Ivy Claire V. Mordeno

What are prompts?

• Prompts are signs

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What are prompts ?

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• Prompts are notes

What are prompts?

•Prompts are reminders

Why are prompts needed?

• Has there been time when you used a prompt?

•Talk to your elbow partner right now about a situation especially in school where you used a prompt and it made everything easier.

We need prompts…

• For instructions…

• For directions…

• For guidance…

Meet the Learning PromptsDepth & Complexity

Prompts can push students deeper into knowing about the topic

Prompts help students dig deeper into knowing…

Meet the Language of the Disciplines

Meet the Details

Meet thePatterns

Meet the Trends

Meet theBig Idea

Meet theInterdisciplinary

I love Words!

I do things over & over again!

I am influenced by many forces!

I follow rules!

I cover many things!

I uncover conflict!

Practice using this in a frame activity

• We will use this first in defining “me”

• This is a nice activity at the opening of the school year to get to know your students

• Plus – a practice on how they can use this in the next actual lessons

ME ☺ Claire

Activity:Using the Mini-Icon Chart• Decide what topic you will put at

the center (in your subject area)• Choose 4 icons that you will work

with to complete a frame of information about the topic

• Complete the information needed to address what the icon requires

• This is to be completed before lunch break! ☺

Thermodynamics

• Terms•Equation•Processes•Factors/Variables

Past: History/ Development of the LawsPresent: Applications/Ongoing ResearchFuture: “What if” Questions

•Applications in Chemistry•Applications in Physics•Applications in Biology

(must include social, economic & environmental implications)

• Zeroth Law•First Law of Thermodynamics•Second Law of Thermodynamics•Third Law of Thermodynamics

Thank You!