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Overview of this morning....(10-02-08)

 * 1) =====Philosophy Statements (including course descriptions and reading lists) =====
 * 2) =====Curriculum Standards and Depth of Knowledge =====
 * 3) =====Overview of Lesson Planning =====
 * 4) =====Refresher: Teaching Strategies =====
 * 5) =====Rubrics =====

Handout on defining depth of knowledge.

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[|Discovery Education Lesson Plan Format] (//All Quiet on the Western Front//) And, click [|here] for a lesson on __Huck Finn__.=====

Val Forster's approach to unit and lesson planning.
__Refresher: Teaching Strategies__

//Cooperative Learning//

 * =====[|Concept to Classroom: Cooperative and Collaborative Learning]=====
 * =====Kennesaw State University[| Cooperative Learning Why use cooperative learning? Elements of cooperative learning. Activities using cooperative learning.]=====
 * =====There are several different approaches or designs used in cooperative learning. [|The Jigsaw Approach] is one of them;[|read this] on how a sixth grade teacher used the jigsaw approach in teaching about fairytales.=====

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[|From Thirteen.org]'"The inquiry approach is more focused on using and learning content as a means to develop information-processing and problem-solving skills. The system is more student centered, with the teacher as a facilitator of learning. There is more emphasis on "how we come to know" and less on "what we know."'=====

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[|California School Site] Resources on teaching strategies, including the use of graphic organizers. Click [|here] for more graphic organizers.=====

(I will add more resources on portfolio development.)
__Rubrics__