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Bill Ferriter
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I'm working with teams in a middle school later in September. We are exploring some examples of high-quality instructional strategies that might be worth integrating into their Tier 1 instruction.
Want a sneak peek at the materials?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mp86mIRHVUMUTou0RXryM_qWA74ZnLXoNIxUx9gszzM/edit?usp=sharing
Been reading The New Classroom Instruction that Works (2022) today. Learned about a strategy called "worked-out problems." Really dug it. Whipped up this sample activity to share with a group of teachers next week:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZXwvWURZYuFpegSU8jo8ycvnzwjwaqSkm69DfiKoYik/edit?usp=sharing
Includes a summary of the research behind why worked-out problems matter.
CITW - Studying Worked Out Problems - Math Example
Studying Worked Out Problems - Math Example One research-based instructional strategy highlighted in The New Classroom Instruction that Works: The Best Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (2022) is providing students with Visuals and Concrete Examples. The authors exa...
Spent some time this morning working on polishing the slides in my collection of quotes about all things PLC, RTI, School Culture, and Assessment:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aIK2K7bOylGtqv_q9OpINVun0hmnkjQlqNjCxx2vdZk/edit?usp=sharing
I still have over 200 slides to polish -- but it's still an impressive collection.
Man, reading through the characteristics of homework that is effective in the second edition of Classroom Instruction that Works is SO interesting. Few teachers are using homework in the ways described.
Makes you wonder why we give it.
An educator asked me recently how I became a @SolutionTree author and presenter after having spent my entire career as just a classroom teacher. "Shouldn't there have been some steps in between?" he wondered.
The answer: Expertise doesn't come from a title, a role, or a formal position. It comes from building knowledge about the right actions to take -- and then taking them.
Back to school message: Meeting the increasingly diverse and unique needs of the students in our classrooms is going to require a collective effort. We are going to have to work systematically with one another, targeting our efforts and relying on all our shared know-how.
One of the smartest things I've ever heard about interventions came from @JohnHannigan75 and @Jess_hannigan. Check this thought out.
More brilliance on grading and assessment from my friend @KatieWhite426.
