Agenda



Day 1

Morning
8:00 Welcome, introductions and overview of two days
8:15 Mind-mapping Activity: Make sense of the reading
9:00 Map thematic unit
9:30

Break

9:45 Translate content standards into understandings
10:45 Word understandings as unit essential questions
11:45 Share questions and map to thematic unit
12:15 Working Lunch: Knowledge and skills
What will students need to know and be able to do in order to read the understanding?
Afternoon Take care of yourself this morning. We will work straight through taking breaks as needed per person.
1:30 Structured Conversation: Assessment
Why do we assess?
When do we assess?
What do we assess?
Who assesses?
How do we assess?
2:00 Debrief dialogue and overview assessment format
2:15 Map Formative and Summative Assessments
What are the formative assessments?
Brief overview of summative assessment?
3:30 Develop Summative Performance Assessment
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Day 2

Morning Take care of yourself this morning. We will work straight through taking breaks as needed per person.
8:00 Approaches to Layering Instruction: Match instructional approach to instructional goals
Anticipation Guide
Approaches to Inquiry
Matching approach to instructional goal
Practice with inquiry
9:30 Sequence the Lessons
Determine instructional goals and approach to instruction
Develop knowledge and skills so students reach understanding
Assure that lesson sequence allows students to demonstrate understanding (performance assessment)
11:00 Write abstracts of lessons (see model and components

Noon

Working lunch
Work at a table with one other team
Share and constructively critique work on lesson sequence and abstract
Afternoon We plan to complete work by 3 p.m. on Monday
1:00 Modify units based on lunch input
1:30 Lesson plan template
Overview lesson plan template
Draft 1st LPO for your unit
2:45 Plans for completion and follow-up