Spring_2012_Making_Teaching_Visible



=A Quick Guide to Making Your Teaching Stick (K-5)= =By: Shanna Schwartz= = = = = = = =Read/Share Presentation by: Cassie and Sara= = =

=Summary of Book:= =This book reflects on how we as educators can create an environment where students want to learn, are engaged in their thinking, and use what they have learned in the world around them. This book emphasizes how we can get our teaching to last even for the youngest of learners. There are four basic principles considered in this process: Teaching what students are READY to learn, engaging and actively participating, provding physical representations, and using repetition throughout our instructions. Through clear detail and description, suggested advice and examples, and providing positive interactions with our students, the author creates a path of direction for those teachers who want to learn and evaluate how to make their teaching "stick."= = = = = = = =About the Author:=
 * Shanna Schwartz**

- She has also worked with the Math and City project where she contributed to new curriculum and staff development.
Shanna has not written any other books.

=Useful Links:= Workshop Help Desk with Lucy Calkins (Series Editor) Complete Content and PDF download []

Digital Presentation:

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Workshop Help Desk K-5: A Quick Guide to Making Your Teaching Stick By: Shanna Schwartz Shanna Schwartz explains that in order for students to truly learn, teachers have to use strategies that will allow their teaching to “stick” with their students. She describes four “stickiness principles” that teachers should incorporate into their classrooms. The four principles are: Children learn what they are **//ready//** to learn, Children learn when they are **//engaged//**, Children benefit from **//physical representations//** of their learning, Children learn through –and love- **//repetition//**. Schwartz provides specific examples of how to use each principle. When incorporating these principles into our mini-lessons, we can aim to make our teaching more “sticky” for our students.

Mini-Lesson:

Mini-Lesson The partner who chooses to listen should act like a “camera” and write down “snapshots” of interesting points and/or gestures in the story.
 * In five sentences or less, have the students write a story about something that happened to them today (1-3 minutes).
 * Partner students with another classmate and have them share their story using either:
 * Acting out/Role playing
 * Gestures


 * Gather students back as a class for discussion
 * What strategy did you choose for sharing your story?
 * Do you feel that using gestures and role playing helped you explain your story?
 * Do you feel that the use of gestures or role playing would help engage students in a lesson?

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