Transcript Setting the Stage for Learning: Academic Environment

HET Summer Institute 2014
Sue Pearson
CONCEPT FOR THE CONFERENCE:
COMMUNITY!
A community consists of a body, group
or set that exists and interacts in the same
area. If one thing (or part) changes or
ceases to exist it can affect the rest of the
community, possibly even changing the
way the community functions.
Strategy 3-movement
HET
• HET Principles
• HET Elements
• Smarts
WELCOME
• Community Concept
• Community Builder
• Goal Setting
CLOSURE
•Putting It All Together
•Goal Check
ACADEMIC:
Nitty-Gritty
• Key Points
• Inquiries
• SPA
STAGE ONE
Academic
Environment
Organizing Concept:
COMMUNITY
THREE
ENVIRONMENTS
• Emotional
• Physical
• Academic*
ACADEMIC
The Big Picture
• Standards
• Concepts
• Yearlong Theme
Standards
Inquiries
3 Kinds of
Key Points
Concept(s)
Yearlong
Theme
My goals for the day are to:
Introduce you to the HET academic
environment
Offer additional concepts
Assist you in starting a yearlong plan
so your students will understand the
concept you choose.
Intelligence is a function of experience.
Learning is an inseparable partnership
between the brain and body.
There are multiple intelligences.
Learning is a two-step process of pattern
detection and program building.
Personality and temperament have an
impact on learning and performance.
© Exceeding Expectations, by Susan Kovalik & Karen D. Olsen, p. xiii
Absence of Threat/
Nurturing Reflecting Thinking
Enriched
Environment
Mastery/
Application
Adequate Time
Immediate
Feedback
10 Bodybrain
Compatible
Elements
Movement
Sensory-Rich Being
There Experiences
Meaningful
Content
Choices
Collaboration
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CONCEPT FOR THE CONFERENCE:
COMMUNITY!
Organizing Concept: Community
A community consists of a body, group or set
that exists and interacts in the same area. If
one thing (or part) changes or ceases to exist
it can affect the rest of the community,
possibly even changing the way the
community functions.
Rationale: Responsible citizens make wise
choices that strengthen the entire
community.
A community consists of a body, group
or set that exists and interacts in the same
area. If one thing (or part) changes or
ceases to exist it can affect the rest of the
community, possibly even changing the
way the community functions.
Strategy 3-movement
HET CONCEPT LIST
• adaptation
• communication
• cycles
• development
• economics
• foundation
• identity
• independence
• perspective
• stewardship
• structure
• balance
• conflict
• dependence
• discovery
• exploration
• freedom
• interdependence
• justice
• principle
• survival
• global
• cause/effect
• change
• democracy
• duty
• family
• function
• institution
• legacies
• progress
• symbolism
• equity
• citizenship
• courage
• discovery
• ecology
• form/function
• habitat
• judgment
• power
• relationship
• universality
• patterns
☺ = age-appropriate
 = have to teach
 = “hot” topic
♥ = personal passion
© Exceeding Expectations by Susan Kovalik & Karen D. Olsen, p. 17.6
☺


♥
Michael=7
*Jennifer=8
• Walk around the room.
• Find someone wearing one of the
colors you are wearing today and
link up as partners.
• Share* your conceptual
statement.
• Teach your partner the
words/movements you chose.
• Ask for helpful feedback for the
statement and the movements.
*Person with longest first name starts.
Check out the following:
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Kid-grabber Title
Organizing concept
Rationale
Components
Topics
PRE-K THEME
ABOUT
MYSELF
• Me
• My Class
CLASSROOM
ABOUT
INSECTS
I AM CURIOUS!
• Turtles
• Lizards
PET STORE
• Frogs
• Toads
POND
ABOUT
AMPHIBIANS
• Ants
• Butterflies
PLAYGROUND
ORGANIZING THEME:
CURIOSITY: We can see things
around us. Some look the same and
some look different. By being
careful observers, we can identify
how they are the same and how
they differ. RATIONALE:
responsible citizens ned to be
curious about their world to keep it
safe.
ABOUT
REPTILES
Pre-K YLT
PRE-K THEME
S. Pearson, SKA, 2003
ABOUT
MYSELF
• Me
• My Class
CLASSROOM
ABOUT
MY HOME
I AM CURIOUS!
• Grocery Store
• Park
COMMUNITY
ABOUT MY
NEIGHBORHOOD
Pre-K YLT
• Relatives
• Friends
SCHOOL
• Butterflies
• Frogs
PLAYGROUND
ORGANIZING CONCEPT:
CURIOISTY- There are many
objects and actions around us. By
being careful observers, we can
learn from everything in our
environment. RATIONALE:
Responsible citizens must be
lifelong learners to keep our world
safe.
ABOUT MY
PLAYGROUND
Organizing Concept: Survival
The habitats of living things are designed
to meet their basic needs in order to
survive and function.
Rationale: Knowing this students can be
responsible citizens and provide help as
Location: School Building needed.
Before
the Gate
Creepers &
Crawlers
Location: School Grounds
•LIFESKILLS
•Lifelong Guidelines
•Community Building
•Your Home
Gliders &
Flyers
Location: Merritt Island
Wildlife Refuge
•Bees
•Birds
•Squirrels
•Butterflies/Moths
“AT THE
GARDEN
GATE”
Weavers &
Hoppers
Location: School Grounds
& Walls
•Spiders
•Grasshoppers
•Frogs & Toads
Margaret Santa Lucia, Susan Kovalik & Associates © 2013
•Soil
•Snails
•Snakes
•Worms
Up From the
Ground
Location: School Grounds
Rockledge Gardens
•Water Cycle
•Flowers & Plants
•Pill Bugs
•Ants
Organizing Concept: Interdependence is when people, animals, organizations or things mutually rely on each other for
some needs to be met. Rationale: Responsible citizens ned to understand how NOT to disrupt the systems around us.
WATER, WATER,
EVERYWHERE
WE ARE
FAMILY
Brain
LG/LS
Procedures
TRIBES
Agenda
Properties
Pollution
KEEPERS OF
THE EARTH
Iroquois
DIG A
LITTLE
DEEPER
12 Great Laws
Conservationists
Onondaga
Lake
PARK IT HERE
THE BUCK STOPS HERE
Wildlife
Plant Life
Effect on
Humans
SHOP 'TIL YOU
DROP
Onondaga
County Gov.
Toxic Waste
NYS Gov.
Mall Economics
US Gov.
Farmers’ Market
CONCEPT: SYSTEMS
SOCIAL
SYSTEM
RE-INVENTING
YOURSELF
Lifelong Guidelines
LIFESKILLS
Agenda
Procedures
Community Circler
Ants
Invention Process*
CAT Scan
Interdependence
Playground
ECOSYSTEM
Water Cycle
Habitats
Pollution
Flexible Solar
Shingles
KEEPERS
OF THE
EARTH
Balance
Water Treatment Plant
Organizing Concept: SYSTEMS- A system is a
group of interacting, interrelated or
interdependent elements forming or regarded
as forming a collective entity.
BODY
SYSTEM
WHAT'S A
BODY TO DO?
COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM
Nervous
*Central
*Peripheral
Circulatory
Respiratory
Brain Gym
X-Ray
Penicillin
THINKING OUTSIDE
THE BOX!!
Health
Hospital
Communicating
ALL
SYSTEMS GO!
TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM
OH, THE
PLACES
YOU’LL GO!
Printing Press
Telephone
Radio
TV
Computer
Satellites
Microchips
Bicycle
Bus
Train
Airplane
Bicycle
Transportation
Bicycle Repair Shop
Newspaper
LEGAL
SYSTEM
WE, THE
PEOPLE
Citizenship
Courthouse
Iroquois
Confederacy
Bill of Rights
Constitution
United Nations
Genetic
Sequencing
(DNA)
Fingerprinting
Organizing Concept: Comparisons allow us to examine the character or qualities of something in order to discover
resemblances or differences.
WEST
• Climate
• Geography
• History
• Economy
• Traditions
MIDWEST
• Climate
• Geography
• History
• Economy
• Traditions
America,
the Beautiful
SOUTHWEST
• Climate
• Geography
• History
• Economy
• Traditions
SOUTH
• Climate
• Geography
• History
• Economy
• Traditions
NORTHEAST
• Climate
• Geography
• History
• Economy
• Traditions
CRUISIN’ DOWN THE
NILE
Location: Egypt Troop
Lit. Book: The Golden Goblet
• Egypt
• Birds
Organizing Concept: Curiosity provides a strong desire
to learn or know something about one’s world. One has
a thirst for knowledge about everything or one’s area of
interest. Curiosity is the seed needed to grow one’s
environment.
Rationale: The process of curiosity is self-gratifying and
exciting. It encourages responsible citizens to be lifelong
learners to be open to new discoveries and challenges.
DRIVER’S ED
Location: Art Museum
Lit. Book: From the Mixed-up Files
• LIFESKILLS/Lifelong Guidelines
• You’ve Got Nerve
• Beginning of Time
CRUISIN’ THE DYNASTIES
Location: Chinatown and
Chinese Gardens
Lit. Book: Dragonwings
• China
• Mammals
INTERMEDIATE
CRUISIN’ DOWN SOUTH
Location :
Literature Book: Call it Courage
Early Cultures
• Mesopotamia
• Middle America
• South America
CRUISIN’ DOWN
UNDER
Location: Oregon Coast,
Outdoor School
Literature Book: The Cay
• Water, Ocean
• Marine Life
• Regions
4.29
INTERMEDIATE
Geographical
Locations: Local Government Offices
Guests: Local Historian, Local Activist
• Colorado and
Urban Sprawl
• Local Problems and Solutions
• Exploring Possibilities
Physiological~
Psychological
Location: School
Guest: Probation Officer
• Has Anybody Seen
Keys
To Our
Future
My Brain?
• Me-to-We
• Class Goal Setting
Organizing Concept: BALANCE is when two or more sides of an item or issue
are equal in power, strength, weight or value.
Rationale: It is only through careful study and well planned, positive action that
we, as responsible citizens can preserve the geographical, economical and
ecological balance needed to keep the systems of our relatively small
earth in good health.
Economical
Locations: City Council, Grocery
Store
Guests: Dietitian, Councilperson
• A Healthy Economy
• Food For Thought
• DNA and YOU
• Energy: Spare the Switch
Ecological
Locations: Museum of Natural History,
Habitat for Humanity
Guests: Ecologist, Inventor
• Footprints - Geology of Colorado
• Reality Check - environmental
concerns and toxic sites
• Hope For the Future - safe, clean
water, air and land
Developed by Patty Harrington,
Susan Kovalik & Associates
E-mail: [email protected] grades 6-8
© 2002
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Hospital
City Council
From Our
From the
City
Perspective
My Bodybrain
Procedures
Basic Needs
Lifelong Guidelines
Agenda
LIFESKILLS
Community Building
Florence
City
Government
Citizens:
Trees as Habitats:
Natives
Oak
People from Other Places
Chestnut
International Airport
Tulip
Poplar
Local Businesses
Horse Breeding:
Turfway Race Track
Kentucky Derby
Horse Farm
Animal Citizens:
• Predators: Owls and Other
Raptors
• Cave Dwellers: Bats
Where We Stand
Agriculture
State Universities
and Colleges
From the
State
From Boone
County
The World from
Organizing Concept: Diversity is
the quality or condition of being
different or not alike.
Rationale: Learning about the
diversity of the people, animals and
plants of our neighborhood and state
can help students understand their role
in supporting diversity as a responsible
citizen.
Raptor Center
County Park
History of the River:
• Early Settlers
Ecology
• Trappers and Traders
of the River
Cities:
Transportation Routes:
Frankfort - State Capital
* Barges
Lexington - Heart of Bluegrass
* Locks
Louisville - River City
* Highways
Harlan County - Coal Mining
From the
Frankfort
Ann Ross, Susan Kovalik & Associates ©2001
INTERMEDIATE
Owensboro
Ohio River
3.17
CRUISE
THROUGH
HISTORY
RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES
CARS
HIGHWAY PLANES
NATURAL
RESOURCES
IT'S ONLY CONSUMPTION
NATURAL RENEWABLE/
NATURAL
NONRENEWABLE
RESOURCE
SITE
DEPARTMENT
BILL OF RIGHTS
CONSUMPTION
A MATTER PERSONAL VALUES
OF CHOICE CHOICES
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT/
POLITICAL
ACTION
AIR POLLUTION
GLOBAL WARMING
OZONE DEPLETION
CLEAN AIR ACT
GOING
PLACES,
MAKING
CHOICES
LAND USE
TRANSPORTATION
ENVIRONMENT
LIFESTYLE
Sue Pearson, 2012,
SK&A
SWEATING
OVER
CLIMATE
CHANGE
WEATHER
STATION
LEAVING
OUR
IMPRINT
ENGINEERING
FIRM
Organizing Concept: Stewardship is the activity or job of protecting and being responsible for something.
Rationale: Responsible citizens understand that good management of resources provides a better life for each of us.
ELA
Arts
Math
S.S.
Science
Our class is made up of a social community.
We sit in Learning Clubs, work together on tasks,
follow the Lifelong Guidelines and LIFESKILLS,
help each other, and provide support in times
of need. When someone new joins us, we
welcome him. When something happens, we
are strong together and willing to accept all
challenges.
One of the Lifelong Guidelines that helps us to
develop a strong social community is
A trustworthy person is reliable and
dependable. We can depend that he or she will
do the right thing in any situation. When we can
trust one another in both good and hard times,
our community is resilient.
Trustworthiness is a skill that we can develop. It
takes practice, courage and honesty. If we find
an item, we work to find the rightful owner. It
also means that we show responsible actions.
When the teacher or our parents ask us to do
something, we do it even though they may not
be watching. Trust is earned over time.
Focus on one of these depending on the key
point: BIG idea, content or skill
• lways start with a verb (action required)
• e specific (with who, how many, what tools,
etc.)
• onnect to the Key Point.
• evelop a product (list, pamphlet, bookmark,
diorama, etc.)
• tretch to include the Multiple Intelligences.
Standards
Inquiries
3 Kinds of
Key Points
Concept(s)
Yearlong
Theme
Select a well-chosen concept (GUTS) and
rationale that will be a focus for curriculum
for the next school year.
Develop Inquiries to aid your students in
understanding the pattern of the concept, and
eventually, a program.
Refer to it ONLY when it provides a pattern.
See how this concept works for you and your
students. If it does, keep it. If not, start over.
For additional CFEL information
and support contact:
• Sue Pearson
• [email protected]