Hee Hlua Activity

Hee Hlua Whiparound

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Culturally-Responsive /
Culturally-Based Teaching
General
Parent/guardian/family
contact
Building relationships
Going to games,
performances, extracurriculars

Specific
Ethnomathematics
curriculum
http://tinyurl.com/ethno967
State curriculum (Alg I/II)
SUPER-M activities
Kkkk work time
YouTube scientific notation
lesson

A brief look at learning

communities so far:
August

Longterm
planning

September

Unit
planning

November

December

Lesson
planning

Collecting
and
reacting
to data

Lesson Planning Walk-Through

Why?
To show the planning process in order to
ensure your students are engaged and learning
at the highest levels

What is the proof your

students learned?

The better your plans, the

better you can adapt to
the unexpected

Backwards Lesson Planning

1.
1. How are they gonna show it?
Exit ticket

2.
2. How are they gonna practice it?
Learning activity

3.
3. How are you gonna tell em?
INM

STEP ZERO
Look through anywhere you can;
This forms the basis of your plan;
Make sure its a measurable skill;
And master it yes your students will.

What am I?

STEP ZERO
Look through anywhere you can;
This forms the basis of your plan;
Make sure its a measurable skill;
And master it yes your students will.

What am I?

A lesson objective!

1. How are they gonna show it?

So you have your lesson objective

Your job:
Create an exit ticket that,
if done correctly, will be
proof that students
learned the objective

Please turn to

PAGE 1

2. How are they gonna practice it?

So you have your exit ticket

Your job:
Devise an activity that
allows your students to
practice the skills needed
to successfully complete
the objective

Please turn to

PAGE 2

2. How are you gonna tell em?

So you have your learning activity

Your job:
Formulate a way to
communicate to students
the knowledge and skills
necessary to successfully
complete the exit ticket

Please turn to

PAGE 3

Example Class Structure

Why?
To show you how each of these steps comes to
life in your classroom

What is the proof your

students learned?

The better your plans, the

better you can adapt to
the unexpected

Things to keep in mind

What are students doing at any point in time?

What do students do when theyre done with

any given activity?
What do students do if they dont understand?
How are you holding students accountable for
not only doing what you tell them, but for
learning the days objective?
Rigor!

The way I planned it

Daily Quiz

Practice
Time

Direct
Instruction

Do Now

The way I planned it

The way I run it

Daily Quiz

Do Now

Practice
Time

Direct
instruction

Direct
Instruction

Practice
Time

Do Now

Daily Quiz

Do Now
Possible ideas:
Do Now

Direct
instruction

Practice
Time

Writing prompt
Something creative
Practice problems
Time for silence and coming
together before class
Student-led review

Daily Quiz

VIDEO

Direct Instruction
Possible ideas:
Do Now

Direct
Instruction

Practice
Time

Notes (document camera,

projector, white board)
Guided notes (pre-filled)
Inquiry-based activity where
students identify patterns/rules
Instructional videos

Daily Quiz

VIDEO

Practice Time
Possible ideas:
Do Now

Direct
instruction
Instruction

Practice
Time

Individual work or collaborative group

work with specific roles and expectations
Teacher-created or curriculumprovided
ClassDojo
Computer practice (IXL, Khan
Academy)
Project with rubric

Daily Quiz

VIDEOS

Daily Quiz
Possible ideas:
Do Now

Direct
instruction

Practice
Time

Daily Quiz

1-3 (or more) questions

Pulled from anywhere! Teacher,
online, textbook, curriculum, etc
On paper or online
Socrative.com
Track student progress (class tracker,
individual student tracker)
Hold students accountable and invest
students in doing well in class

VIDEO

Things to keep in mind

What are students doing at any point in time?

What do students do when theyre done with

any given activity?
What do students do if they dont understand?
How are you holding students accountable for
not only doing what you tell them, but for
learning the days objective?
Rigor!

Planning Portfolio
Due December 13 in hard-copy
Professionalism required

Please read the Google Doc

Make sure you have the required elements of
each component
Please write context introductions to any section if
you feel the need to explain your circumstances
Please e-mail me if you want to set up a phone
conference or in-person meeting to talk about your
portfolio

Make your explanations good.