Lesson Study at Valley
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​2017-2018  Primary Grades Schedule
Nov. 17 (Xplo):  Collaboratively research/learn about about innovative ideas to support your students in doing research about their focus questions (see ideas below that might support you this Friday)


Lesson Design (1/2 day morning release for each teacher)
Nov. 28 - 1st Grade
Nov. 29 - 2nd Grade
Jan. 9 - TK/Kinder

1st Implementation (1/2 day morning release for each teacher)
Dec. 5 - 1st Grade
Dec. 6 - 2nd Grade
Jan. 16 - TK/Kinder

2nd Implementation (1/2 day morning release for each teacher)
Dec. 19 - 1st Grade
Dec. 20 - 2nd Grade
Jan. 23 - TK/Kinder

2016-2017 Lesson Study

3rd - 5th Grade Overarching Question:
We want our students to be curious and have the stamina and skills to pursue rich questions. 
Research Questions:
3rd, 4/5, and 5th Grades   How do the ways we engage students in a topic at the beginning of an inquiry affect the quality of the questions they choose to pursue?

4th Grade
 How can we address social studies content in comprehensive ways while following student inquiries?
How do the ways we engage students in a topic at the beginning of an inquiry affect their curiosity as well as the quality and content of the questions they choose to pursue?

Strategies We Explored:​
  • Noticing and Wondering . . .
  • Gallery walk with pictures
  • Open presentation of artifacts.
  • Short video clips - whole class . . . student choice
  • Images
  • Question collection
  • Question grouping
  • Inquiry group topic selection
Lessons Learned:
3rd Grade
  • Anchor chart to launch the lesson
  • Using images and videos to engage students
  • Be strategic in the order that we present the images
  • Choosing a relevant/high interest topic
  • Knowing when to pause and allow students to pair/share
  • Asking questions that allows for rich class discussions




 

Resources
Lessons Learned:
4th Grade
  • Devote plenty of TIME to select the best resources (pictures, videos, artifacts)
  • Be strategic about timing and pausing points when launching the inquiry.
  • Trust the process…. (even when you are feeling it is getting a bit messy)
Books:
  1. Connecting Comprehension and Technology (Ricardo and Maritza have copies)
  2. The Curious Classroom (Ricardo and Maritza have copies)
  3. Curiosity and Comprehension: Inquiry Circles for Curiosity, Engagement, and Understanding (Last year's ET members have a copy)

Videos (from Connecting Comprehension and Technology):

Katie's 5th Grade Classroom

Enriching Thinking with Backchannel Discussion
http://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/tz89tp7xeo

Turn and Talk, Turn and Type
smarturl.it/CCT-IFC-2

Creating Quality Book Trailers
smarturl.it/CCT-IFC-3

Reflecting on Using Technology
smarturl.it/CCT-IFC-4

Introduction to Blogging with a Small Group
smarturl.it/CCT-IFC-5

Kristin's 1st Grade Classroom

Read and Annotate: Leaving Tracks of Thinking
smarturl.it/CCT-PFC-1

Engaging in a Backchannel Discussion
smarturl.it/CCT-PFC-2

Jotting New Learning with Drawing Pad
smarturl.it/CCT-PFC-3

Creating Book Trailers in First Grade
smarturl.it/CCT-PFC-4

Demonstrating How to Create a Podcast
smarturl.it/CCT-PFC-5

                                                                         2017-2018 Lesson Study

                     Focus:  Finding answers to our questions . . . Research skills . . . Going Deeper

For us to think about: 
1.  What do students need to know how to do to effectively search for information?

2.  What are the key skills they will need guidance on? 
Examples: 
  • Internet Search Skills/Key Words
  • Selecting Reliable Sources
  • Comprehending the Information they Find
  • Collecting and Organizing Information
  • Making sure the information the find relates to the question they are researching

3.  What are we interested in learning about specific to our own instructional strategies and student outcomes?


Sites to Help Us Think about Supporting Research Skills
Videos Focused on Strategic Reading/Taking Information from Texts/Close Reading

Thinking Notes to Encourage Close Reading
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-annotated-reading-strategy
Author’s Choices: Collaborating in Close Reading
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-author-choices-nea
Identifying Texts Worth Reading  
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/identify-texts-worth-reading-parcc
Informational Texts: Reading for Inquiry (this is really about noticing and wondering while reading a text)
 https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/informational-text-lesson-equip
Reading Formal and Informal Texts
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/formal-and-informal-texts


3rd Grade
The Lesson (Google Doc)
4th Grade
5th Grade