Content Content CollaborationCollaboration

Entrance SlipEntrance SlipPlease complete the entrance Please complete the entrance slip concerning learning targets slip concerning learning targets for our department and place for our department and place them in the provided folder. them in the provided folder. Jackie will compile all responses.Jackie will compile all responses.

Before Strategy to engage with the learning Before Strategy to engage with the learning target (content/text): target (content/text):

Making Personal Meaning from Learning Making Personal Meaning from Learning TargetsTargets

As a lesson or unit is beginning or being introduced, ask As a lesson or unit is beginning or being introduced, ask students to respond to the following four prompts:students to respond to the following four prompts:

In my own words, I think that the learning target is about the In my own words, I think that the learning target is about the following:following:

I already know the following things related to this learning I already know the following things related to this learning target:target:

I think that the following vocabulary words are related to this I think that the following vocabulary words are related to this topic:topic:

I have had the following personal experience (in school or out of I have had the following personal experience (in school or out of school) that will help me with achieve this learning target:school) that will help me with achieve this learning target:

ResourcesResources

The NotebookThe Notebook

http://tinyurl.com/cqxqf3ehttp://tinyurl.com/cqxqf3e The WebsiteThe Website

http://http://tinyurl.com/ctperqrtinyurl.com/ctperqr

Collaboration Time

Modified Affinity MappingModified Affinity Mapping Ask the question (next slide) and request that participants write one idea

in response per post-it note. Instruct them to work silently on their own. Split into groups (of 4-8). In silence, put all post-it notes on the chart

paper. Reminding participants to remain silent, have them organize ideas by

“natural” categories. Directions might sound like this:“Which ideas go together? As long as you do not talk, feel free to move any post-it note to any place.

Move yours, and those of others, and feel free to do this. Do not be offended if someone moves yours to a place that you think it does not belong, just move it to where you think it does belong — but do thisall in silence.”

Once groups have settled on categories, have them place post-it notes on chart paper in neat columns. At this point, ask them to converse about the categories and come up with a name for each one.

Have the groups pick a “spokesperson” to report their ideas to the larger group.

Jackie will compile the big ideas from each content area and share all ideas with our PLC.

We are seeking content area We are seeking content area solutions to the solutions to the realityreality of the of the copy situation. Individually copy situation. Individually

brainstorm ways in which our brainstorm ways in which our PLC can conserve copies. Write PLC can conserve copies. Write

one idea per sticky note. one idea per sticky note. Please contribute ideas, not Please contribute ideas, not complaints. We all know the complaints. We all know the

problems, this is problems, this is allall about about solutions within our solutions within our

collaborative teams and our collaborative teams and our larger PLC.larger PLC.