1. Welcome to the PGPTP Secondary Science Session Dawn Berkeley, Seminar Leader DO NOW: Please take out Peer Review and exchange with a partner. (Handout 3.1).

2. Professional Values Focus on our primary mission of closing the achievement gap by setting high expectations for our students, our colleagues and ourselves. Maximize our experience – working with a sense of urgency, seeking out and welcoming experiences, resources, and feedback in order to grow. Be flexible. Respect one another. Model a Culture of Achievement.

3. Group Norms Be respectful of one another No side conversations Be on time Focus on things within your control No war stories…limit dwelling (whining or complaining) No blame or excuses No interrupting Take ownership of the session by actively participating

4. So, what’s different? 2nd Year Completion Requirements: Requirement #1 – Assessment Projects (5) Professional Development Plan Aligning Strategies to Content Requirements & Student Needs Analyzing Content, Standards, and Resources Diagnosing Student Readiness, Setting Achievement Goals and Monitoring Progress – Part 1 Diagnosing Student Readiness, Setting Achievement Goals and Monitoring Progress – Part 1 Requirement #2 – Updated PES Component 4 – “Setting Goals for Student Achievement and Professional Development” Requirement #3 – Improving Practice Analysis and Reflection (5 – 7 pg. reflection)

7. EVALUATE the literacy skills necessary to comprehend science and science texts and define role in assisting students with accessing text. (D.S.)

8. APPLY strategies for comprehending science. (K.N.)

10. CONTENT Each of the core subjects you teach has a unique organizational structure, vocabulary, and requirements. Understanding these elements will help you make connections for your students between skills and knowledge, as well as within and between content areas. Most important, you will be able to help your students generalize and apply knowledge to new and complex academic tasks. It is your responsibility to understand deeply the content you teach in order to make learning meaningful to all students.

11. ASSESSMENT You will need to monitor student progress carefully, critically analyze results, and make immediate and careful changes to your own teaching practices in order to achieve measurable progress in student performance. You need to understand how to select effective assessments so that you can continuously document student progress toward meeting or exceeding grade-level standards by the end of the school year. You will invest students in their academic development by being transparent about their performance, sharing results, and providing them with the ongoing assessment tools they need to understand and drive their own academic success. Assessment is a key component to closing the achievement gap. Teachers need to use ongoing assessments to be highly effective in the classroom.

12. INSTRUCTION Your instructional choices should support student mastery of standards, be informed by student achievement data, and be differentiated to meet student needs. This will help ensure that your efforts in the classroom will lead toward the academic achievement for every student. Your curriculum is a tool, but whether your students make gains is up to you. No curriculum on its own will be effective for all students. Teachers must choose instructional strategies carefully to maximize their impact on student achievement.

13. OpeningPeer Review of Pretest Please refer to and use Handout 3.1, to peer review each other’s pretest. 12 min.

14. OpeningPeer Review of Pretest Please give general feedback as well as specific feedback on the following: Standards alignment to content expectations Standards alignment to cognitive expectations Alignment to state or textbook test or released items Tagged questions based on standards +Peer-Review Strategy 12 min.

16. EVALUATE the literacy skills necessary to comprehend science and science texts and define role in assisting students with accessing text. (D.S.)

17. APPLY strategies for comprehending science. (K.N.)

19. The Importance of Teaching Reading Comprehension DO NOW: Read the excerpt from a high school biology textbook found on Handout 3.2. As you read, be sure to underline any vocabulary words or concepts that be unclear to students.

21. What are some of the terms a biology student may have difficulty with? Why?

24. How many vocabulary terms did you underline?

25. Beyond vocabulary, with what else might students have difficulty?

28. EVALUATE the literacy skills necessary to comprehend science and science texts and define role in assisting students with accessing text. (D.S.)

29. APPLY strategies for comprehending science. (K.N.)

31. Experiencing the Centers Center 1: Questioning – Handout 3.5a-d Center 2: Clarifying with affixes – Handout 3.6a-d Center 3: Clarifying the text – Handout 3.7a-d Center 4: Predicting – Handout 3.8a-d Center 5: Summarizing – Handout 3.9a-e I.S. Learning Centers 12 min.

32. Debriefing the Centers Center 1: Questioning – Handout 3.5a-d Center 2: Clarifying with affixes – Handout 3.6a-d Center 3: Clarifying the text – Handout 3.7a-d Center 4: Predicting – Handout 3.8a-d Center 5: Summarizing – Handout 3.9a-e 10 min.

33. Writing in the Science Notebook DO NOW: Locate Handout 3.10 and 3.11 (homework) about the writing process as it relates to thinking and communicating. Work in pairs to answer the questions provided. 3 min.

34. Writing in the Science Notebook DO NOW: Locate Handout 3.12. This is where you will record your ideas from the chart. “Writing in the Science Notebook: Footprints”. Please share your observations with a partner and the group. 3 min.

35. Writing in the Science Notebook Debrief Question Cards 3 min.

37. EVALUATE the literacy skills necessary to comprehend science and science texts and define role in assisting students with accessing text. (D.S.)

38. APPLY strategies for comprehending science. (K.N.)

40. Section 3Implementing Effective Strategies for Comprehension Introduction to the Strategies Strategy Implementation Planning

41. Introduction of the Strategies DO NOW: Locate Handout 3.13. Take 5 minutes to read the strategies found there. You will select one strategy to implement before next session. How do any of the strategies relate to what you are already doing in the classroom? 5 min.

42. Strategy Implementation Planning DO NOW: Locate Handout 3.14, 3.15 and 3.16 Please use these samples as a reference for your own strategy implementation planning and reflection work. 5 min.

45. ClosingReflection Address how the objectives were met. Share any new challenges or solutions to teaching and learning secondary science that surfaced during this session. Instructional Strategies Log – Handout 1.8

47. EVALUATE the literacy skills necessary to comprehend science and science texts and define role in assisting students with accessing text. (D.S.)

48. APPLY strategies for comprehending science. (K.N.)

50. Instructional & Grouping Strategies Equity Sticks/Cards Quote Party Think-pair-share Numbered Heads Together Interest cards to call students Sentence Strip Activity Random name picker Three Views Fist-to-five Clock Partners/Baseball Teammates/Map Parnters Peer Review Circle-Triangle-Square Learning Centers 3-2-1 Closure Objectives Experts Text Scavenger Hunt