THE EMPIRE STATE

INFORMATION FLUENCY CONTINUUM Refresh and Reflect I

November 2013

TODAY’S AGENDA/GOALS

1) Reflect: The year so far

2) Refresh: Lesson Plan Review Unit Planning

3) Work Session: Building Lessons and Units

SO FAR,

SO GOOD?

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REMINDERS

Three Key

Features of the ESIFC:

1. Scaffolded Skills Aligned to CCLS

2. Formative Assessments

3. Modeling

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PIECES OF THE LESSON PLAN PUZZLE

ESIFC Skill

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LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE Grade Level: Class Time: It’s OK to have more than

one class period per lesson—just indicate

which sections will be done for each

Essential Understanding: What will students learn? This is not CONTENT-

specific but SKILL specific—should align to assessment

Learning Outcomes: What will students be able to do? (Based on Essential

Understanding)

Common Core Standard: One lesson cannot realistically address more

than one CC standard, and may only address PART of a standard—if so,

highlight the particular skill you’re covering

IFC Skill: This should be aligned to the assessment/graphic organizer

Questioning: What are some questions that you’ll ask students?

(These should be rooted in the text)

Learning/Teaching Activities CT=Classroom

Teacher L=Librarian

Resources

Mini Lesson AKA: ―The Hook‖/Introduction/Anticipatory

Set + Modeling

Explains what students are expected to learn

“I DO”

Guided Practice Model what you want students to practice

Make sure guided practice matches

independent practice

“WE DO”

Independent

Practice

“YOU DO”

Differentiation

Closing/

Sharing/

Reflection

AKA ―Closure‖

Assessment

This will always be the ESIFC Graphic Organizer

Follow up: Same skill, different content

Extension(s): Scaffolding—pushes out & up, next level

UNIT PLANNING

NYC DOE/School Library System Resources

vs.

Broome Tioga BOCES School Library System Interpretation

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LESSON VS. UNIT

• Unit Planning Sheet = Cover Sheet/ Road Map

– Lesson plans are attached to the unit

• Allows you to group lesson plans by common

skill/product

• GREAT for personal portfolios

PLANNING WORKSHEET VS. PLAN

…Good for NYC, not so important for us.

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UNIT PLAN SKELETON

You can create a unit plan for a

certain SKILL that serves

as a reusable shell or skeleton

Then, fill in different

CONTENT

– Via collaboration

– Via student interest

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UNIT SKILLS VS. CONTENT

SKILLS:

Unit Plan Title

Essential Understanding(s)

ESIFC Skills

CCLS Standards

ESIFC Assessments

CONTENT:

Essential Questions

Final Product

Rationale

Vocabulary

Resources

REALITY CHECK • Unit Planning = Method of organizing/grouping lessons

• Great for aligning to a curriculum map

• MODIFY as needed! They are provided in Word for a reason.

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WORK SESSION

Materials on the Wordpress site:

–Lesson Plan template

–Unit Plan template

–Graphic Organizers/Assessments

by Skill

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NEXT SESSION:

January 16, 2014

8:00-3:00 ISC-A

You are welcome to bring a

teacher-partner to this session

Work Session

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RESOURCES

NYC DOE/SLS Unit Planning Resources:

http://nycdoe.libguides.com/content.php?pid=441097&sid=3611921

ESIFC Assessments Organized by Skill

http://nycdoe.libguides.com/skills

BT BOCES School Library System Tutorials/Resources ESIFC Page:

http://broometiogasls.wordpress.com/ empire-state-information-fluency-continuum

Content: All content adapted from the Empire State

Information Fluency Continuum

and

Olga Nesi’s Common Core Workshops:

http://nycdoe.libguides.com/content.php?pid=4

41097&sid=3611797

PowerPoint created by

Nicole Waskie-Laura

nwaskiel@btboces.org

Twitter: @nwaskielaura

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