BELLWORK: Define the

following 4 words in your spiral notebook:BellworkWarm-upHookClosure

MENTEE TRAINING

COURSE

Monday November 4, 2013

Mentor Contact: Becky Jachym

TODAY’S OBJECTIVES: Define Bellwork,

Warm-up, Hook and Closure

Identify effective bellworks, warm-ups, hooks and closures.

Implement active learning activities into lesson plans

TODAY’S AGENDA:

1. Bellwork: Definitions2. Announcements: Coaches, Obs.,

Matamoscas, Long Term Planning3. Game: Scavenger Hunt4. Notes: PPT – Active Learning5. Closure: Ticket outTarea: wkbk - 2 activities

VOCAB PRACTICE Partners: Famous Pairs

Scavenger HuntSH.A: What was Mr. Switzer’s role in the Air

Force? _____ _____

SH. B: “On the original AK blueprints, classroom G200 was labeled as the _____ _____; however, in the final month of construction it was decided that this room would be the AK weight room.”

BELLWORKWARM-UP

HOOKAND CLOSURE

Video: Powtoon

BELLWORK VS. WARM-UP

BELLWORK WARM-UP

Silent Independent Minute Bell No teacher needed Procedure in place

Lively Dependent on teacher

or student leader After bellwork Teacher takes the

stage May vary day to day

BRAINSTORMWith your partner, come up with as many BELLWORKS AND WARM-UPS as you can!

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THE HOOK “a short

introductory moment that captures what's interesting and engaging about the material and puts it out front.” Lemov, Doug. Teach Like A Champion.

Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2010.

BRAINSTORMWith your partner, come up with as many HOOKS as you can!

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CLOSURE An activity that

wraps up the lesson by:restating the

objectiveanswering key

questionsassessing student

learning Procedure in place

BRAINSTORMWith your partner, come up with as many CLOSURES as you can!

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ACTIVE LEARNING

TAREA: WDILC wkbk - Read p. 65-67 Choose 2 activities (from pages 68-106) to

implement into your lesson plans in the next month.

Give me a copy of the lesson plan in which you included each activity.

Short reflection (on the bottom of the lesson plan) stating each activity’s effectiveness in your classroom.

Due: Next Mentee Meeting December 9

CLOSURE: Using the front of your index card, rate today’s lesson:

In this box…rate your engagement in today’s lesson on a scale of 1-10 (10 being “SUPER engaged” and 1 being “totally bored”.

In this box…rate your level of new learning from today’s lesson on a scale of 1-10 (10 being “This is all brand new” and 1 being “I already knew all of this”.