Action+Plan

Action Plan 7th Grade Book Club Group Members Amy Houser: Secondary Science/Math Instructional Specialist Mandi Briley: Family and Consumer Science Teacher Lou Jean Beckett: Primary Music Teacher Jennifer Reynolds: 3rd Grade Math/Science Teacher Amy Daze: Secondary Language Arts/Social Studies Instructional Specialist

What will students learn? The Book Club Unit will address the following TEKS: 7.1 Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension (Everyone) 7.2ABE Students are expected to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes; use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words; use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words; 7.3AC Students are expected to describe multiple themes in a work of fiction; Students analyze how place and time influence the theme or message of a literary work. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7.13ABCD Reading/Media Literacy. Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts. Students are expected to: interpret both explicit and implicit messages in various forms of media; interpret how visual and sound techniques (e.g., special effects, camera angles, lighting, music) influence the message; evaluate various ways media influences and informs audiences; and assess the correct level of formality and tone for successful participation in various digital media. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7.19 Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7.22.A Students are expected to brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate a major research question to address the major research topic <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7.26A Students are expected to listen to and interpret a speaker's purpose by explaining the content, evaluating the delivery of the presentation, and asking questions or making comments about the evidence that supports a speaker's claim

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students will learn to use the following technology tools during the Book Club Unit:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google docs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Podcast
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Glogster
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">IMovie
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Skype and Yahoo Groups

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Which strategies will provide evidence of student learning?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Through our formative assessments as well as our end of lesson assessments--provide timely feedback
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide rubrics

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Which strategies will help students acquire and integrate learning?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Summarizing and note-taking
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooperative learning on Google docs and wikis
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Collaboration in the creation of script for short video
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ebooks built on bookbuilder.cast.org

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Which strategies will help students practice, review, and apply learning?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Making sure to make sure the units all tie in together and there is a smooth transition for student learning.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">homework
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">finding similarities and differences with vocabulary and theme
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">final project to summarize learning

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions for the Action Plan <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Design of the integration/intervention program: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">What grade level and content area(s) will you address to meet the unique needs of 30 students? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7th Grade Language Arts

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Implementation of the integration/intervention program: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">What will the learning activities/units look like? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Students will choose one book from a selection of 7 books on a common theme of overcoming adversity. They will then work collaboratively in groups on wikis, Google docs, and Yahoo groups to explore vocabulary, characterization, and theme of the books.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you model examples for the teacher? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We created a book builder that explains the students choosing books and what they should consider before choosing books. We will have created the documents and resources the teachers will need to complete the project.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">What 21st Century trends will you include in the program? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Students will use Google docs, Skype and wikis for collaboration. Yahoo Groups, wikis, IMovie and ebooks will be used for instructional purposes.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you meet individual differences? Specifically, address the following: Gifted and talented, online users, disabled, blind, hearing impaired, and multiple achievement levels. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Individual differences in students are addressed by students having choice in what books and final products they will choose. TTY and large fonts will be used to help students with any learning disabilities. The gifted and talented students can push themselves to go further in depth with their research and implement anything above and beyond what is required on the rubric to be creative and make the project their own.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Assessment of the integration/intervention program: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you assess the effectiveness of the learning activities? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The teacher will survey the students prior to the unit and then again after the unit was over to see differences in students answers. The teacher will use the end of unit project to assess the depth of the students knowledge.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you know when the teacher has an understanding of how to teach with technology to benefit student learning? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> When the teacher shares new insights from students after working with technology on a particular unit.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember to clearly identify and state the content standards, benchmarks, or indicators that students must learn. Then, find the technology standards and indicators that complement the content standards.

Day One: Introduce students to the yahoo group they will need to join in order to choose a novel to read; visually impaired student will require text reader (7th Grade LA TEKS: 1) Reading/Fluency. Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension))

http://amydaze.wikispaces.com/UDL+Lesson+Daze This yahoo group will also be used for online group discussions, meeting ISTE standard #2: Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Days 5-9: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students will create a story that will be using unfamiliar vocabulary words from their own individual reading books. All the vocabulary words and stories will be different and they must have their unfamiliar vocabulary word hyperlinked in their google document to a definition that explains the words. They can use <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[|www.dictionary.com] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">or any other location that is trustworthy for definitions. I will make sure that visually impaired will be able to read maybe using a larger clear font that is easy to read and maybe some type of application that would read their story back to them. TEKS and ISTE standards identified on my UDL Plan. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vocabulary 101- Lesson Plan <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">[]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9900ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students write about their own experiences. They will analyze how place and time influence the theme or message of a literary work. After scripting a scene from the novel, they will perform it for the class and film it. They will post the movie on the class wiki. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxsb3VqZWFuYmVja2V0dGVwb3J0Zm9saW98Z3g6ZjM3M2Y4NTFjNGViZWQw

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Somewhere between Days 10-15: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students will create an Elluminate (elluminate.org) or SKYPE session to meet at least once with their group online to finalize the project. Hearing impaired student will require TTY or other audio-to-type software. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(7th Grade LA TEKS: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(26) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students will use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(A) listen to and interpret a speaker's purpose by explaining the content, evaluating the delivery of the presentation, and asking questions or making comments about the evidence that supports a speaker's claims.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Supports ISTE standard #3: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Research and Information Fluency: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 27pt 0pt 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a. plan strategies to guide inquiry. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 27pt 0pt 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 27pt 0pt 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">from a variety of sources and media. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 27pt 0pt 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 27pt 0pt 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">appropriateness to specific tasks. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0pt 27pt 0pt 36pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">d. process data and report results.