February 5, 2013

EMC Presenter Notes: Session Two

Activity / Time / Purpose / Materials / Slides / Presenter Notes
Opening / 5 min. / Welcome and outline for session / n/a / / Take a moment to review the Choice Map- discuss taking the learner path
Participant Website / 5 min. / Share participant website / n/a / / Share login information for participant website

username: eerti
password: math123
Note the participant usage agreement on the math circles webpagpe.
Focus on Students / 10 min. / Open share and discussion / Equipment to share videos / / Participants may share videos of classroom instruction or fluency assessment administration.
Be prepared to share your own video as needed or guide the discussion through case studies if video is unavailable.
Focus on RTI / 5 min. / Review RTI / n/a / / Focus on RTI Tiers- based on KSI recommendations
ALL students are to receive RTI- high achievers can and should receive RTI. Also discuss whether or not classroom teachers are delivering effective Tier One RTI.
IES Practice Guide / 5 min. / Review IES Practice Guide Recommendations / n/a / / RTI recommendations and level of supporting evidence
Highlight that "Instruction during the intervention should be explicit and systematic. This includes providing models of proficient problem solving, verbalization of thought processes, guided practice, corrective feedback, and frequent cumulative review."
Explicit Instruction / 10 min. / Provide clarification about explicit instruction / n/a / / Guide discussion to determine: What are the indicators of explicit instruction?
Professional Noticing / 5 min. / Review Professional Noticing Cycle / n/a / / Review Professional Noticing Cycle.
Ask how participants have used this decision-making cycle in the past week.
Distribute Books / 5 min. / KR Book 1 / / Distribute books to participants
Guiding Principles / 25 min. / n/a / / Share Kathy Richardson's Guiding Principles
Provide opportunity for group discussion
Investigation / 5 min. / KR Book 1 / / Divide participants into three groups and review investigation procedures
Group Presentations / 15 min. per group
(45 min. total) / KR Book 1
Video clips / / Each group will share their findings
See the EMC Leader Dropbox for two new videos from Belle Rush.
Activities / 20 min. per concept (1 hour total) / Provide hands-on learning opportunity / Counters, spinner, dice, cups, etc. / / Participants will rotate through prepared activities.
After completing activity, participants will take any required blackline masters.
Repeat "Group Presentations" and "Activities" sections for remaining concepts (pattern, more and less)
Homework / 5 min. / n/a / / Share homework assignment