Presentation on going from the Instructional Focus Document (IFD) to project planning.

1. PROJECT IDEATION USING YOUR IFD
CHRIS FANCHER

2. How Are You Feeling?

3. Time To Show Me

4. And, how do you feel when you open your IFD

5. 5th Grade ELA Unit 2A

6. 5th Grade ELA Unit 2A

7. 5th Grade ELA Unit 2A
NOTE: Unit 2B is also 10 days
10 Days

8. WHAT ARE THE READINESS STANDARDS?
5.2A
5.2B
5.2E
5.8A
5.11E
Fig 19D(Fiction, Expository)
Fig 19E(Fiction, Expository)
Fig 19F

9. 5.2A: It’s really just vocabulary
5.2B: Still vocabulary
5.2E: Dictionary
5.8A: Evaluate the impact of sensory details, imagery, and figurative
language in literary text.
5.11E: Synthesize and make logical connections between ideas
within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or
different genres.
Fig 19D: Make inferences about text using textual evidence to
support understanding.
Fig 19E: Summarize and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain
meaning and logical order within a text and across texts.
Fig 19F: Make connections (e.g., thematic links, author analysis)
between and across multiple texts of various genres and provide
textual evidence.

10. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS

11. PA 01 AND PA 02 - ANYTHING HERE?
PA 01: Design a poster that represents the similarities and differences of a
biography or autobiography and its dramatic adaptation. Include a written
response that identifies the literary language and devices used and evaluate how
they impact the reader.
PA 02: Using the writing process and effective written conventions, write a one-
page personal narrative that conveys thoughts and feelings about a personal
experience.

12. PA 03 AND PA 04 - ANYTHING HERE?
PA 03: Organize and present a book talk on a self-selected literary work. As
others present, listen and determine the speaker’s message.
PA 04: Write multiple entries including thoughts, connections, and/or strategies
that deepen understanding of fictional texts, literary nonfiction texts, drama, and
media. Provide evidence from the text to support ideas.

13. So, What Do We Use ???
At Decker Middle School

14. Start With The Standards
IFD PLANNING DOCUMENT

15. UNIT MAP

16. 4th Grade Example

17. 4th Grade Example (cont.)

18. 4th Grade Example (cont.)

19. 4th Grade Example (cont.)

20. Project Planning

21. Project Planning (cont.)

22. What’s the best thing about PBL?
COLLABORATION
- STUDENT TO STUDENT
- STUDENT TO TEACHER
- TEACHER TO TEACHER

23. Get Off The Escalator

24. Work Time

25. You Can Change Things

26. Get Some PBL Help
 BIE.ORG: The Pros (confession, I’m on the National
Faculty)
 Edutopia: Edutopia.org/project-based-learning
 Chris@bie.org