Instructional Minute
October 11, 2022
Are you interested in getting an inside look at an Amplify CKLA classroom to see how all these elements come together?
Watch the recording of our webinar Amplify CKLA: Live From the Classroom for:
- Footage of how a CKLA educator teaches a Knowledge Domain lesson.
- Advice on how to use the digital experience slides in your classroom.
- Expert tips on how to even more fully engage students in various portions of CKLA lessons.
Free PD Opportunity for Social Studies Teachers at MSU
Jack Miller Center is a civic education nonprofit organization focused on promoting the teaching of America’s founding principles and history on campuses and in classrooms across the country.
The Jack Miller Center will be holding a primary source-focused professional development program for K-12 social studies educators in East Lansing with our partners at Michigan State’s James Madison College on July 9 – 11. This is a great opportunity for teachers to dive into content and gain summer PD hours.
The theme for the program will be “Great Debates in American Politics” and it will cover key political debates from the Founding Era, the Antebellum and Civil War Eras, and the twentieth century. The program will include primary source discussions led by MSU faculty as well as an application session led by, Emilee McHorney, on strategies for teaching the primary sources discussed to K-12 students.
There is no fee to attend and teachers will receive a $300 stipend for completion of the program.
The link to register can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBaPtOAjWBKvGWWrrk_n6tOBX6zmJ_GkYRnQqZdvrxdZBdMw/viewform
Using Student Mistakes to Deepen Mathematical Understanding
Continuing from last week we will introduce another example of how to This week, use student mistakes within a Mathematical Language Routine (MLR) to support daily instruction. MLRs are structured, flexible routines designed to amplify, assess, and develop students’ mathematical language—both academic and everyday. These routines can be adapted across lessons wherever there’s an opportunity to help students.
What is “Critique, Correct, and Clarify”?
- Students engage in constructive critique.
- It promotes meta-awareness about how math is communicated.
Try this structure with your class: Always Sometimes- Never
Use a graphic organizer to evaluate or critique whether mathematical statements are always, sometimes, or never true. ( Examples: 'A rectangle is a parallelogram' or 'A negative integer minus another negative interference equals a positive integer'.) Use the graphic organizer to frame and assess the reasoning process as student work toward evaluating and improving a response.
From Understanding Language/Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity at Stanford University.
Free professional learning webinars for science educators
Each of our science webinars are designed to support educators, schools, and districts in using collaborative, effective, and engaging science practices in their classrooms. Attend one of our live webinars or watch previous recordings on demand.
SAT, PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10 Educator Question Bank
Create custom targeted question sets to improve instruction. This resource has thousands of real test questions, allows the user to filter questions, and then export into a PDF if needed. Follow the link below for access!
