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Stretching the Muscles of the Child's Brain
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THE CLASS (CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT AND OBSERVATION SCORING SYSTEM) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES
Friday, April 19th 2013• Amber Fante, ECE Program Director-Baker
College of CT• MaryJane Merren, ECE Program Faculty• Wendee Hooker, ECE program Faculty, Lead
Teacher Uof M Flint Infant and Toddler Program
Agenda
8:00-8:30AM Registration/check-in 8:30-9:30AM Introduction to the CLASS tool 9:30-11:00AM Concept Development "Stretching
the Muscles of the Brain” 11:00-12:00PM Lunch 12:00-1:30PM Quality of Feedback “Asking
Questions and Feedback Loops “ 1:30-3:00PM Language Modeling “Using Language Modeling “Using Advanced Vocabulary
with Children as a Part of the Project Approach “
Why is Pre-K important?
State of our Pre-K Classroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpMZbT1tx2o&feature=player_embedded#!
Introduction to the CLASS
Stretching the Muscles of the Brain
Erica Traylor
Down on the Farm
Analysis and Reasoning
Why or How questions Problem Solving Predication/Experimentation Classification/Comparison Evaluation
Creating
Brainstorming Planning Producing
Connections to the Real World
Real world application Related to student’s lives
What is she teaching????
Heat Transfer – Practice Video
What am I teaching?
What about the Wonder???
What happens to our creativity as we mature? 84% rank high in
creativity in Kindergarten
10% rank high in creativity in grade 2
-Robert McGarvey “Creative Thinking”
USAIR, June 199
Vygotsky and the Zone
What I can’t do What I can
do on my own
What I can do with help from others
Experiments and Experiences
Learning Journals/Documentation
Back to the Farm
Why does it matter?
Why does it matter?
Am I Smarter than a 5th Grader?
Plan some STRONG Concept Development Activities