week12

=Tuesday April 7 =

Attendance & Housekeeping

 * Meet at Metcalf

For our next class session

 * Write Part 4 Paper
 * Post Blog Post #4 (a paragraph or two from your Part 4 paper)
 * Print off the Literacy Strategy Presentation Assignment sheet found on the Assignments page
 * Fill out the peer assessment form (found on the clincials page).
 * Check the presentation schedule, and mark your calender!

=Thursday April 9 =

Attendance & Housekeeping

 * Attendance
 * Turn in Part 4 Papers
 * Turn in notecard with a grade for your student: with an narrative explanation.
 * Turn in Peer evaluation (folded in half--label group name on outside)

Activities

 * Metcalf observations: Feedback
 * [[file:Field Notes for Classroom Observations]]
 * Notecard: (no name) Improvements on the Additional Hours assignment
 * Discuss Literacy Assignment Presentation
 * 2 parts
 * Lesson plan template
 * Dates for presentation are posted on a new Presentation Schedule Page
 * Discussion on Writing in the content areas
 * Show portfolio from "Teaching Outside the Box: How to grab your students by their Brains"
 * In Content area groups
 * Using information from portfolio shown & information in Chapter 9: "Powerful Pens"
 * Make a portfolio list of writing activities you could have students do in a specific unit in your content area.

For our next class session

 * Blog post #4 response & Blog of fame nomination card
 * Post Your Presentation Topic into the course Database wiki...link on the Announcements page.
 * Make final decision on what You Pick Assignment you plan on doing
 * Review the different types of rubrics posted for you on the You Pick Page. Look them over and then compare them to ones you find online.
 * Online, search for at least 2 different ways to organize a rubric for a project. Bring a card that lists
 * 2 new things you learned
 * 2 "I wonder..." statements. Example, "I wonder if I could use these two rubrics together to make my own?" or "I wonder if I could get my students to help write rubrics, or if that is asking for trouble?"