Activities in Action

Agenda - Part 1

Session 1: Activities in Action (with purposeful movement)

Tapple (10 mins)

Topic is Television shows/films
Steph will scribe

Key Word Links (20 mins)

Topic is: Pedagogy
Middle Word is: Lesson Planning

Gallery Walk (10)

Lego build from yesterday
Sticky Note feedback - one positive, one suggestion

Affinity Mapping (20)

Prompt: What are the impacts of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

IDEA: is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children, supports early intervention services for infants and toddlers and their families, and awards competitive discretionary grants.

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Agenda - Part 2

Concentric Circles (15)

Topic 1: The most challenging thing about orientation so far
Topic 2: Something you have learned in orientation (about a student, about yourself, about teaching, etc.)

Musical Chairs (15 mins)

Prompt: We are writing a short story about Na-friento, a shape-shifting Galangi who made their way to earth this past year and is living comfortably beneath New York City in an abandoned section of subway tunnels.
Your story will start after this opening line - It was a dark and stormy night, Na-Friento just settled into their favorite cozy sludge covered chair to read a textbook on artisan sodas, when suddenly...

Anticipation Guide (15)

One question for each subject.
We will do 1 or 2

Dots (15)

Question: Your college education program has prepared you well for your future career
We will just do one so you get the idea

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Agenda - Part 3

Criteria and Rubric (15 mins)

We will watch each video then take a few minutes to add to our criteria list
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Video 4

Collaborative Place Mats (15 mins)

Topic: What tangible things can you do to encourage respect in your classroom?

Words and Numbers (15)

Let's all take a few minutes to try the number page
Now let's do the words page

Categories (15)

Reasons to become a teacher
Individual into teams into 2 teams - fight it out for the best answers (each best answer gets a point - and what will the points get you...)

Divide and Conquer (15)

Each group will solve a word problem and explain their solution to the class.

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Agenda - Part 4

Writing Circle (15)

Prompt - write the silliest sentence you can think of - pass
Write, fold, pass, repeat

Grouping and Explaining (15)

Each group will get 30 words
Group these words into categories
Be prepared to explain why each word went into a given category

Word Grid (15)

Use the open space to explain how each word connects to the word in the middle box

U.N.I.T. Reflection (15)

Do this reflection on Orientation so far
Returners, answer these questions in relation to how you are viewing orientation content in light of your past Summerbridge and field experience.

Sticky Note Templates (15)

Take some time to browse these amazing resources.

Carousel Questions (Facts to Engagement Lesson)

We will break into department groups - Math, Science, Social Studies, Writing, Lit
Each group will start at a designated paper/board space. We will rotate around the room.
Each department will start at their own department's paper

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