Week Two Assignment September 17, 2009

Respond to at least two of the following questions: 1) What strategies do you use to teach the academic vocabulary terms (provided by the state) for your content area? 2) Take time to meet with a colleague, mentor, or instructional coach to generate a set of rigorous questions you can use in an upcoming lesson. Try to incorporate language from the New Bloom's Taxonomy or from Webb's Depth of Knowledge. 3) How do you use scaffolding to support your students' learning? 4) What are some specific, intentional steps you take to promote student engagement? How do you know they're fully engaged? 5) Share your perspective on power standards. How do you drill down to the core things your students must know? 6) How can you incorporate RAFT in your content? If you try it, share your findings. 7) The use of games has been touted as a creative way to motivate students and promote engagement in the learning. What are some games you have used in your lessons to motivate students? How successful were they in accomplishing your goals? 8) If you're willing--try the Guide-O-Rama with a student or group of students next week and share your observations. 9) I do, we do, you do is one way to look at modeling the learning for our students. Give examples of times you have used modeling successfully in your classroom. 10) Chunking is a strategy that often works well as a modification for some students. As you think ahead to your next major assignment, how can you chunk the process to help your students be more successful? (Your Turn, p. 91) CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO OTHER GROUP MEMBERS' POSTS.