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Sophomore & Junior Target Teams Sept. 7, 2010

Who?
Sophomore Courses
English II, Military History, IPC, GeoSurvey, Health
Junior Courses
English III, American Studies, Earth Science, Contemporary Lit,
Alg2, CTP

Why?
What the STate wants us to do?
What the STandards say we should teach?
What our STudents deserve.

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How Ready?
College-Ready

By what measure?

How Ready?
College-Ready

These students have those

aspirations and give use clues as to
how close they are. By what measure?

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Artifacts of Achievement

At your table, in your course, what are the artifacts

of achievement?
What student work do you use to gauge progress?
How do students demonstrate knowledge in your
course?

Artifacts of Achievement

At your table, in your course, what are the artifacts

of achievement?
What student work do you use to gauge progress?
How do students demonstrate knowledge in your
course?

What specifics have those artifacts (this year or

previous years) told you about what your students
can and cannot do?

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What have our students told us they don’t do well?

Artifact: Shadow tests

Reading: Detail and Summary

Data Visualization: Making meaning

Time: Pacing

What have our students told us they don’t do well?

Artifact: Shadow tests

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What have our students told us they don’t do well?

Artifact: Shadow tests

Identify a

Infer

Summary from detail,

main idea, author’s intent

Data Visualization

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Data Visualization

one

Increasing
three
variables
increases
critical thinking

Data Visualization

Increasing
variables
increases
critical thinking

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At your table: What are the distinguishing

differences between the 16-19 range and the 20-23
ranges on the Readiness matrix appropriate you
your content?

Time

Students have difficulty navigating the pace at which

they need to work.

We’ve somewhat abandoned time as a limit or

obstacle.

Consider timed questions or practice sets.

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After Lunch…

Literacy-rich classrooms. Short, non-fiction readings

that challenge students.

Multi-variable visuals that provoke strategies to

navigate and understand.

Giving students a sense of time.

Where they are…

Where they want to be.