Instructional Rounds: Shout-Outs & Take-Aways by Laura Willis https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k 1) What did you learn from rounds? What were your take-always from the Great 8? 2) Give a shout-out to a colleague (Doesn’t necessarily have to be related to the Great 8). en-us 2018-02-09 12:37:05 UTC 2019-04-19 19:24:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Take-Away lawillis1 https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/229996090 Purposeful Questions: I am beginning to learn the difference between FUNNELING vs. FOCUSING
questions and that we need to be asking more focusing questions.

Funneling:
-    Would 8/7 be more than a whole?
-    How many multiples of 24 are there?
-    Do you agree or disagree?
-    Is it getting bigger or smaller?

Focusing:
-    How do you know this answer doesn’t make sense?
-    Can you explain it again?
-    How did you know that?

~Willis
]]> 2018-02-09 13:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/229996090 Shout-out to Blumenshein lawillis1 https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230002217 I noticed Hannah had visuals on the board with her directions to support all learners. She also rocked ENVoY - raise your hand to speak, Freeze Body, and Above, Pause, Whisper! :)]]> 2018-02-09 13:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230002217 Take-Away lawillis1 https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230003809 Varied Representations means that students have choice in how they show their understanding of a concept. They could write about it, create a diagram, act it out, etc.]]> 2018-02-09 13:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230003809 Take Away https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230024181 Learning Target:
I realized that I need to have have my target posted as students come in and do a better job of revisiting the target throughout the lesson.

]]> 2018-02-09 14:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230024181 Shout out to Robinson meganbonin https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230024963  Students were engaged and on task. They were very aware of what expectations were at each of the stations.]]> 2018-02-09 14:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230024963 Take Away jamonnet https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230024996 I noticed that students were given time to analyze two specific questions and respond through a go-formative which allowed students focus time and quality time to share their own knowledge about the topics
Monnet]]> 2018-02-09 14:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230024996 Shout out to Robinson https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230025788 Kids were engaged and active in the different activities.  They knew the procedure and goal as seen when they took their heart rate, decided which zone they were in, and then shared with a peer.  They quickly moved on to a new station. Some kids engaged in productive struggle as they figure outnhow to do different activities such as the exercise bands. Way to go!
   --Stroeing]]> 2018-02-09 14:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230025788 Take Away meganbonin https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230025800 I will make sure to have more student to student dialogue. Also making sure to revisit the learning objective often.]]> 2018-02-09 14:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230025800 Shout out to Nelson https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230026089 Students were engaged and able to defend and argue with their group respectfully as to why the thought certain pictures should be in certain categories.
-Coenen]]> 2018-02-09 14:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230026089 Robinson Shout out hablumenshein https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230026398 Students were engaged and focused on the learning target the whole time!]]> 2018-02-09 14:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230026398 Shout Out to Nelson jamonnet https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230026647 Nelson's hands on activity was super engaging and really allowed students to debate and engage in purposeful conversation that helped complete the activity.. I enjoyed listening to how they came up with their sorting of pictures!
Monnet]]> 2018-02-09 14:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230026647 Take Away hablumenshein https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230027120 I definitely became more aware of funneling vs focus questions]]> 2018-02-09 14:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230027120 Take Away https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230027232 Work to have focusing questions as opposed to funneling. 

The power of wait time... allow time for productive struggle.]]> 2018-02-09 14:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230027232 Take away anmaine https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230044481 I would like to allow students to use more varied representation to show their understanding. I saw that in the classes I visited, and I learned a lot from our discussion after the rounds.]]> 2018-02-09 14:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230044481 Shout Out to Siems and Betzolt https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230052787 I noticed that you both have Envoy under belt and use it seamlessly! Way to go.]]> 2018-02-09 15:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230052787 Take Away grschoenbeck https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230053029 I noticed how well the Great 8 Math strategies work in other subject areas! ]]> 2018-02-09 15:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230053029 Take Away erapplen https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230053132 One big take away for me is to support students in the productive struggle domain. One way I can do this is to tell students as part of the instructional process that “As a teacher I need to let you struggle with the problem solving process and try different strategies”.
-Applen]]> 2018-02-09 15:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230053132 Take Away https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230053931 Making sure I have kids talking 
and interacting during notes.]]> 2018-02-09 15:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230053931 Take away anmaine https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230054061 One thing I recognized is that when kids are working in groups, it doesn’t always look like they are doing work, but then they end up doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing. I always assume that laughing during group work means non productivity ]]> 2018-02-09 15:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230054061 jogrossman https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230054077 Shout Out to Stroeing

I noticed two instances of having students engage in instructional dialogue in the time I was observing her class.]]> 2018-02-09 15:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230054077 Shout out anmaine https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230054445 Applen for making letterheads interesting ]]> 2018-02-09 15:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230054445 Shout Out Betzolt erapplen https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230054818 Engaging students in creating tesselations. I saw a few times where you approached students in a very friendly manner and asked them to explain their project to you. I could tell you were looking for them to explain how they created their project and what strategies they used.]]> 2018-02-09 15:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230054818 jogrossman https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230055673 Take-Away

I need to do a better job of implementing  varied representations in my classes.]]> 2018-02-09 15:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230055673 I learned the differences between Varied Representations and Evidence of Thinking. I'd like to offer more varied representations to my students. https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230060693 2018-02-09 15:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230060693 Take Away sunelson https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230083740 Now I understand what is meant by Varied Representations!  :)
Also, I appreciate that we get time during our work day to do things like this.  Thanks to everyone who helped plan this event!  ~ Sue 

]]> 2018-02-09 16:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230083740 Take away brdurgin https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230108753 I noticed how many different teacher personalities our students have to deal with. Students have to change to the organization and rules for each room and teacher. 
Durgin]]> 2018-02-09 17:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230108753 Monnet Shout out lawillis1 https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230152807 100% student engagement with positive culture and learning thrown in the mix! I enjoyed seeing the students play Hot Seat! Students were asked to come up with clues for vocab words while one student is in the hall. Students could act out a word, sing a song, give a clue to the hot seat student until that student got the vocab word. ]]> 2018-02-09 18:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230152807 Naymark Shout out lawillis1 https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230154309 Students in Naymark's class had the opportunity to represent a cell in a model of their choice. The higher-level thinking, engagement, and thoughtful questions students were asking about their partner's models was impressive! ]]> 2018-02-09 18:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230154309 Wright Shout out lawillis1 https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230155323 Students were engaged in all sorts of fun activities and strategies that foster critical thinking about pitch and rhythm. Some students were even dancing while they did their warm-ups! :)I could see students thinking as they tried to snap in place of So!]]> 2018-02-09 18:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230155323 Lenz Shout out lawillis1 https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230159877 Wow! To have your standards and objectives for volleyball projected on the wall made it very clear what was expected of the students. ]]> 2018-02-09 18:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230159877 Maine/Frerks Shout-out https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230236534 The formative assessment on post-its right away and then having students place them in a "cool place" on the white board was fun! I liked how students wrote the learning target in their notebooks and how you had the students visualize a real world situation about money to help them understand a math concept! ]]> 2018-02-10 02:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230236534 Lenz shout out! https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230404291 It was very apparent that you respect and have the respect of the students in your class. I was impressed to see you took the time to connect with the student who left class in tears.
EV]]> 2018-02-11 19:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230404291 Michet Shout Out https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230404569 I really enjoyed watching your initial warm up session... When a student shared you did not qualify her response but replied in a neutral way and asked for more information.
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]]> 2018-02-11 19:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230404569 Nelson Shout Out https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230404899 I was highly impressed by (1) the level of engagement the students had in the activity and (2) the way they respected each others' ideas as they debated how to sort the cards.
EV]]> 2018-02-11 19:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230404899 Shout Out Hendrickson https://padlet.com/lawillis1/foxl4ac2cl4k/wish/230405226 It was fun to see how you collaborated with the ELL teacher and the students respected you both equally in the classroom.
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