Active Demonstrating and UDL: Thursday Admin

Check in with Active Demonstrating goals: Goals and Reflection
Last year, we did a "Thinglink" to show UDL around the classroom. How have we moved on? What have we put in place for our learners? 

On Monday, you will do a 5 minute presentation per group to show how we are embedding strands of UDL in our spaces. Your group will take on one of the strands. You will have time to prepare for this during the session... 

Questions to consider: 

How are we doing this now? 

How are we reducing the barriers for our learners?
What are we doing in our spaces to ensure that we are planning for all of our students? Give examples.
What are our next steps? Literacy/ Maths/ Inquiry?

 You also need to read the 2 readings for Monday and give a short summary to a small group. 

Carl, Nicola, Hayley, Susie:
Provide multiple means of Engagement

UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING IN CURRICULUM PLANNING AND LESSON DESIGN by Lynne Silcock (Core Ed)

To Help Students Learn, Engage the Emotions BY JESSICA LAHEY "It is literally neurobiologically impossible to think deeply about things that you don’t care about,” says the neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang." To Help Students Learn, Engage the Emotions.


Gillian, Shona, Anna, Suz:

Provide multiple means of Representation

Katie Novak: Million Dollar Question- what does UDL look like?

TAKING A FRESH LOOK AT YOUR LEARNING SPACE by Lynne Silcock (Core Ed)

Scott, Ximena, Gabrielle, John:
Provide multiple means of Action and Expression

This is the future of education and it will change everything. We need to let students express themselves in ways that work for them… Sometimes we hold them back if we don’t give students a choice. Making ideas into reality at MIT's 'Future Factory'

UNPACKING UDL, DIFFERENTIATION AND ADAPTATION

Ideas during the session: 

Exploring Active Demonstrating- Inspired by Murray Gadd

Breathing exercise by Gabrielle from the Focus 5 resources

We started off by John telling a story. He asked what we need to include in our writing e.g. punctuation, hooking reader in etc. "What are best words? Make a note of those… Let’s start writing."

Shared Writing- led by John

Shared writing led by Anna

Shared writing led by Carl

We set goals with a focus on active demonstrating. We will check in on these in two weeks. Active Demonstrating Goals

Triples is coming up in next week. We will be following the same format as last time. 

RECAP:

Purpose of Triples :

• Raise the writing achievement for all students.
• Share and critically reflect on our teaching of writing - identifying areas of strength and areas of improvement.
• Reflect, support, challenge, question, feedback, analyse, learn from each other.
• Leave the Triples session with clear actions to implement and improve student outcomes.    We will be coming back to these.

This TIME

Your lesson for observation will be with the same group that you taught the last time. 

It is also another opportunity to add feedback and progression to your Teaching as Inquiry. We are trying to align our TAI, PPG etc 

If your TAI is focused on improving feedback -  it would be good to see how feedback is being given and used by your group.       

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