Area 6 ALT Program

Welcome!

In Area 6 we strongly believe that educational best practices should be shared so as to foster student engagement in their learning and to facilitate meaningful professional learning and collaboration. If you find something on our blog that will help you achieve any of these goals please feel free to use it. We would appreciate you referencing the contributions of Area 6 and providing us with feedback on what you used as well as your suggestions for improving the practice.

Building Relationships & Setting Expectations

The purpose of this training is to allow co-teaching teams the time to discuss norms and expectations for the year through "Must-have" conversations.Download team_building_share.ppt   

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Presentation and resources shared with Harrison High School's guidance counselors:

PowerPoint: Download putting_the_pieces_together.ppt

Statistics Activator: Download statistics_activator.doc

Academic Vocabulary Strategies: Download it_fits_student_version.doc ; Download academic_vocabulary_log.doc ; Download similarities_and_differences.doc

Visualizing Strategies: Download visualization_filmstrip.doc ; Download filmstrip_102_and_103.doc

Summarizing Strategies: Download cut_the_fat.doc ; Download reading_strategies_bookmark.doc ; Download the_top_three.doc

Quick References for Unit Planning

These were both used with the Tapp Teachers during Day 4 of LFS as an easier method to design student learning maps and quality culminating tasks.

Download characteristics_of_culminating_tasks_poster.doc

Download example_for_student_learning_map.doc

MS/HS Curiosity Module

Download Curiosity.ppt

Science GHSGT Review Resources

Handouts and Presentations used to review for the science portion of the GHSGT:

Remedial Summer School resource: Download rss_handouts.doc

Presentations:

Cells: Download ghsgt_cell_review.ppt

Ecology: Download ghsgt_ecology_review.ppt

Energy: Download ghsgt_energy_transformations_review.ppt

Forces, Waves, and Electricity: Download ghsgt_forces_waves_and_electricity_review.ppt

Genetics: Download ghsgt_genetics_review.ppt

Properties of Matter: Download ghsgt_structure_and_properties_of_matter_review.ppt

Taxonomy: Download ghsgt_taxonomyreproduction_review.ppt 

Vocabulary and Reading/Comprehension Strategies

Strategies shared with Harrison High School counselors and student:

Download academic_vocabulary_log.doc

Download it_fits_student_version.doc

Download the_top_three.doc

Elementary Summarizing Strategies

Shared with Vaughan new teachers on 2/27/08: Download elementary_summarizing_strategies.ppt

Classroom Learning Walk Tools: Reflection, Action Plan, Data Issues

1.  CLW Reflection Sheet and Action Plan created by Terri:  Download clw_reflection_and_action_plan.doc

2.  Data Issue Pieces:  Top 5 Thoughts to Consider When Entering Data Into the Palm and Top 10 Questions Principals are Likely to be Asked by Their CLW-Trained Teachers created by Terri and Theresa: Download palm_data_top_5.doc

Unpacking the Standards

Presentation for Area 6 elementary school principals on 11/9/07 at Still: Download gps_and_the_content_map.ppt

Presentation for Area 6 middle and high school principals on 11/30/07 at Lovinggood: Download gps_and_the_concept_map.ppt

Charting nouns and verbs templates and examples: Download charting_nouns_and_verbs.doc ; Download math_practice_for_unpacking.doc ; Download latin_practice_for_unpacking.doc ; Download unpacking_standards_6th_grade_ss.doc

Unpacking instructions: Download unpacking_the_standards.doc

RAFTS: Writing to a Prompt

Ashley J. did this at Ford on Early Release.
Download RAFTS_Ford.ppt

Supporting rubric, hot seat, and analysis of prompts.
Download how_often_do_my_students_write_to_a_prompt.doc
Download rafts_graphic_organizer.doc
Download rafts_rubric.doc