Crystal+C

October 19th, 2009: Differentiation learning is adjusting the content, process, or product to meet the diverse group of learners in a class. It is teaching for the student, not the teacher.

[|Creating a Supportive Learning Environment] [|Seven Strategies for Building Postitive Classrooms] [|Classroom Climate Quality Assessment] [|Creating an Inviting Classroom] [|Classroom Climate Checklist]

Supportive Learning Environment - A teacher needs to be positive towards all students. Students need to feel welcome and know that the teacher regards each student with respect. Show that you value them and you will honour whatever contrubutions/mistakes they make. Procdures and routines make students feel comfortable. This learning environment helps you learn.

To create a supportive learning environment you need routines, physical environment, feeling of safety, must encourage risk-taking, teacher beliefs, choice, relationships, and celebrations.

A think dot is a questioning strategy that is chosen by rolling a dice. PLC Question: What do I want them to learn? How will I know if they learned? What will I do if they didn't learn?
 * Backwards Design**: end in mind, (go straight to the outcomes and plan program, choose a curriculum approved document, or both)

I have changed my midset this year towards going over each day class targets at the beginning of the day. The students become aware of how and why each target is important for success. As well, I am not doing a regular spelling program in my class. I am following the Lee Jenkins model. Once a week, we do 3 grade 3 words, 10 grade 4 words, and 2 grade 5 words. We celebrate personal and class bests.

__Quality Curriculum__
 * focused
 * engaging
 * scaffolded
 * challeging
 * important

__Next Day May 11th, 2010 Homework__ We can choose to deconstruct an outcome, pre-assess an outcome, decide an enduring understanding, or create an essential question.

__Action Research__ 1. Create a question and do an action research on one of the following topics: Quality Curriculum or Continuous Assessment __DI Beliefs__
 * Formative: informal or formal
 * summative: performance task
 * do action and have some reflections
 * 1) I believe that DI is a method to help all learners work to their potential.
 * 2) I belive that DI changes the product, not the process.
 * 3) I belive that DI needs to happen after the curriculum has been unpacked.