Sept+27

September 27th Class schedule and notes

Goals
 * 1) continue getting to know and trust one another
 * 2) reflect on our own observations about students
 * 3) analyze own classroom experiences through useful lenses derived from readings
 * 4) hone critical thinking through collective discussion of several experiences through the lens of our readings

Schedule of activities

2:00 Gather --1 thing that surprised you: What did you hear students talking about? What responsibilities do they have outside of school? What makes them happy?

2:15 Reviewing Lenses for analysis from the readings & Discussion

To what extent do your students:


 * receive rewards for good behavior and hard work (Wasicsko and Ross 63)?
 * know what is expected of them (Wasicsko and Ross 63-64)?
 * receive respect from teachers (Wasicsko and Ross (65)?
 * display any physical or behavioral indicators of possible neglect and abuse (Cates et al 69)?
 * trust that teachers have a process for identifying, responding to and reporting suspected abuse (Cates et al 70)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">know what they are supposed to be learning (Lipsitz and West 75)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">have a "zest for learning" (Lipsitz and West 76)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">have a teacher he or she can trust to talk to (Lipsitz and West 78)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">have parents' support to be at school (Lipsitz and West 79)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">have unique learning needs recognized by teachers (80)? **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">know what the school's suspension policies are and respect them (Lipsitz and West 81)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">read and write outside of class?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">play video games?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">see adults reading and writing to accomplish personally meaningful tasks?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">respect authority (Cuban 87)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">make reasoned judgments (Cuban 87)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">accept differences of opinion (Cuban 87)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">participate in decision making in classrooms, school, family, or community (Cuban 87)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">demonstrate open-mindedness to different opinions and a willingness to listen to such opinions (Cuban 86)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">demonstrate respect for values different than their own (86)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">treat individuals decently and fairly, regardless of background (Cuban 86)?
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">demonstrate a commitment to talk through problems, reason, deliberate, and struggle toward openly arrived-at compromises (Cuban 86)?

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Other Questions and Resources: __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What are your students' out of school literacy practices? What practices are they doing unassisted and unprompted? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Understanding <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">scaffolded instruction within students' zone of proximal development. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What prior <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|funds of knowledge] do your students possess from their out of school cultures and practices?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2:30 Writing "What I Observed about Students"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2: 37 Read three "What I Observed" and discuss Why through lenses.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3:00 Writing "Why Students Are..." and "What might it Mean?"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3:07 Read three "Why's" and "Meanings" and Discussion

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3: 30 Discuss lesson planning. When and what might you teach? What format does your CT use?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">For next time: Revise your observations of students, adding the "What are the implication for practice" section and post your observations and analysis to your wiki page..

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Do next section of readings and post short summary/responses to wiki by Sunday