Targets, Tasks and Texts Across the Day (Grades 3-5)

Experienced with NTI Teachers/ Coaches

Session 5

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Learning Targets

• I can develop learning targets for content areas other than English language arts.

• I can develop and use protocol-based tasks across the content areas.

• I can select and effectively use complex texts across the day.

Introductions

• Title of this Session: Targets, Tasks, and Texts Across the Day

• Introduce yourself to the others at your table by giving your name and completing this sentence:

I hope to get new learning in this session and be able to _____________________.

(In other words, what do you hope to learn in this session to apply to your practice?)

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Read for the Gist

• First Target: I can develop learning targets for content areas other than English language arts.

• Locate the Learning Targets Rubric In Participant’s Notebook, p. 97

• Independently read through the rubric for flow and to get the gist.

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Video

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Video Through A Lens

• Re-watch the video

• During this second viewing, think specifically about the use of learning targets in this video.

• Capture your thinking on the Learning Targets Notecatcher.

in Participant’s Notebook, p. 96

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Video

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Discuss

• Turn and talk to a partner about what you saw in the video.

• Use your Learning Targets Notecatcher to guide your conversation.

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Key Verbs

• Locate Verbs to Use in Learning Targets.

• in Participant’s Notebook, p. 98.

• Read through the document and highlight key words. (3 minutes)

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Apply your Learning

• Go back to the Learning Targets Notecatcher that you used while watching the video.

• In the space provided on the Learning Targets Notecatcher, answer the questions about the Verbs to Use in Learning Targets document.

• When everyone at your table has finished, talk in groups of 4-5 about your answers to the questions.

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Target Practice

• Write a learning target that you are willing to share with someone else and get feedback on.

• Stand up and walk around the room. Take your target with you!

• Find a partner (each person should share their target)

• Find a new partner and repeat!

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Target Revision

• Return to your seat.

• Revise your learning target based on the feedback from the participants that you spoke with.

• Now look at the Learning Targets Rubric.

• How did you do on writing your own learning target based on the rubric?

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Share-Out and Self-Assessment

• Share any thoughts you have regarding the following prompt with the large group: How can learning targets be used

throughout the day to support learning?

• Self assess progress on this learning target: I can develop targets for content areas

other than English language arts

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Learning Targets

• Our next Targets:

I can develop and use protocol based tasks across the content areas.

I can select and effectively use complex texts across the day.

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The 4T’s

• Locate 4Ts of Curriculum Design document.

• You just learned about Targets. This document will:

prompt you to think about the other T’s: Topic, Tasks and Texts.

guide your planning of other times/subjects in your instructional day.

• Scan over this document to make sure you have a basic understanding of the 4T’s.

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Protocols Across Content Areas

• Locate the three sample protocols: GoGoMo, Admit/Exit Ticket and Take a Stand.

in Participant’s Notebook, pps. 103-106.

• Pick up three notecards from the center of your table.

• On each card, write an idea of how you could incorporate this protocol (task) into a content area lesson of choice (topic).

• Once you have read and written notecards for the three protocols, you may begin your break.

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BREAK!

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GoGoMo

• We will practice the GoGoMo Protocol using the three cards you created before break.

• You will stand up and walk around to find a partner (take your cards with you!).

• In each partnership, share ideas (give one) ask a partner for an idea (get one) and handshake or high five your partner before moving on (move on).

• Repeat until you’ve met with three partners.

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Independent Reflection

• In your Participant’s Notebook, capture some thinking. Be sure to include: notes about how to incorporate protocols

throughout the day new thinking you may have about how to

do this benefits of this practice

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Video Through a Lens

• As you watch the “Science Talk” video, be thinking about how this lesson integrates targets, tasks and texts in this classroom.

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Video

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Table Talk

• In groups of 4-5, discuss what you noticed about targets, tasks and texts in this video.

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Reviewing Text Complexity

• Locate the Text Complexity Qualitative Measures Info Rubric and Text Complexity Qualitative Measures Lit Rubric

in Participant’s Notebook, p. 107,

• Many of you are familiar with these rubrics.

• These rubrics will help you as you select texts to read in content areas through out the day.

• Read through each of the rubrics for the flow. (4 minutes)

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Using the Rubrics

• When you are finished reading, turn and talk to a partner. Discuss the following prompts:

How confident do you feel to use these rubrics to support the selection of complex text in your school/classroom?

If you are not confident, what more do you need? Note: (This need might be something that you list on your action plan)

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Re-grouping

• For the next task, you should work with your school-based group or a group that is pursuing similar interests or topics.

• Feel free to move about the room and talk to other participants and use this task to network, ask questions and action plan.

• Before you move, locate: Action Plan: July 2014 Network Team Institute

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Action Plan

• Take 5-7 minutes to work independently on your action plan.

• Documents that you may want to review: 4T’s of Curriculum Design and Text Complexity Rubrics.

• Consider: First, what adjustments do you want to make to your

plan? Next, what is your new thinking? Finally, discuss with a partner or meet with your

school group to apply the learning of this session to your action plan.

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Monitor Your Learning

• Look at your statement from the beginning of this session. What did you hope to learn? How did this session meet your needs? If there are still areas that you need to

pursue did you note that on your action plan?

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Reflection on Our Targets

• Reflect on and review our learning targets in some blank space in your notebook:

I can develop targets for content areas other than English Language Arts.

I can develop and use protocol-based tasks across the content areas.

I can select and effectively use complex texts across the day.

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Thank you!

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