Professional Development

Plymouth

Bedtime Math

Quote Greeting

Directions:

• Find a quote that speaks to you.
• Take the quote, think of how you connect to the quote, and get ready...
• Move around the room, greet a friend, and share your quotes.
• Repeat with another friend if time.

Return to your table group and discuss how you could use this strategy with your students.

Essential Agreements

As a table group, please edit and/or revise the Essential Agreements created last year. If there are items for discussion, mark those. Otherwise, initial your thinking.

4C's Strategy

Routine for

Purpose is to provide learners with a structure for text-based discussion built around the following:

Making Connections

Asking Questions

Key Ideas

Application

Use Articles & Video

After selecting one of the articles about inquiry, use the 4C's Graphic Organizer to record your thinking.

As you watch the video, add to the 4C's graphic organizer.

Ralston Elementary:

Share your completed 4C's Graphic Organizer with your table group.

Teacher-Guided.

Videos/TED Talks/Presentations

Text-based Discussions

Evidence

Reference text

Get the Picture?

Working with the pictures provided, use the cards to engage in conversation.

Think about how the picture(s) makes you feel, how it may be relevant to an issue, or connected to your daily life.

Discuss the similarities and differences between the responses shared in your group.

Discuss how to

Options for PYP/Putting into Practice Time

• Create a set of quotes and/or pictures to use with a unit.
• Add to Box 8 in your planner.
• Create an inquiry-based activity after watching the video.
• Re-examine Box 2 (Teacher ?s).
• Examine one of your summative assessments. Make it more hands-on, creative, and student-centered.

Reflection & Inspiration

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Be inspired!
Be kind!
Take ACTION!