Goal1

Goal:
Implementactivitiesthatengagestudentscriticalthinkingskills.
Actions
:
1.) Identifywhatconstitutescriticalthinking.
2.) Implementthosekindsofactivities.
EvidenceofCompletion:
1.) Identifiedwhatconstitutescriticalthinking.
2.) Implementatleast2criticalthinkingactivities.

Progress:

ActionProgress

Action

Progress

Identifywhatconstitutescriticalthinking.

Completed.

Implementthosekindsofactivities.

Completed.2/2activitiesimplemented.

EvidenceofCompletion

1.)
CriticalThinking:
Thecoreofcriticalthinkingistobepresentedwithsomekindoftaskthatissomewhat
newsomethingthatisnotroutineinprocess.Itdoesnotcountascriticalthinkingforstudents
tosolveaproblemthattheycouldimmediatelyknowhowtosolve.Criticalthinkingiswhen
studentneedtousehigherorderthinkingskillstodisassembleinformationandreassembleit
intonewusefulforms.Criticalthinkingisacreativeprocess.Themostdirectwaytoengage
studentsinmorecriticalthinkingactivitieswouldbetodesignactivitiesthatusehigherorder
thinkingasdescribedfromBloomstaxonomy.

2.)
ToFoulorNotToFoul
ToFoulorNottoFoul
isanactivitycriticalthinkingactivitythatwasimplementedinlesson
three.Inthisactivitystudentsapplywhattheyknowaboutthemultiplicationruletoabasketball
settingtodetermineifateamshouldfoulanotherplayerundercertaincircumstances.

ScreencastProject
Forthescreencastprojectstudentsneededtoanalyzetheirunderstandingoftheadditionrule
anddisassembleitintoeasytocommunicatepiecesfortheiraudience.Studentswererequired
tothinkatahigherleveltocreatetheirownexampleproblemfortheirscreencast.

Goal2
Goal:
Useawidervarietyofdifferentiatedactivities.
Actions
:
1.) Implementatleastonecooperativelearningstrategyordifferentiatingengagingactivity
eachlesson.
EvidenceofCompletion:
1.) Iwillhaveimplementedatleastonecooperativelearningstrategyordifferentiating
activityeachlesson.

Progress:
ActionProgress

Action
Implementatleastonecooperativelearning
strategyordifferentiatingengagingactivity
eachlesson.

Progress
Inprogress.5/7lessonshavehad
differentiatingactivitiesorcooperative
learningstrategiesimplemented.

EvidenceofCompletion

Lesson1
Lesson2
Thinkpairshareisusedtoencouragestudentstoextrapolatefactsabout
probabilityfromthebasicprobabilityruletheydeterminedinlesson1.
Agroup,andthenclass,discussionisusedforstudentstodiscovertheaddition
rule.
Lesson3
The
ToFoulorNottoFoul
groupproblemsolvingactivityengagesstudentswith
reallifecontentandpeerinteraction.
Lesson4
Lesson5
Theproblemsolvingreportisinherentlycooperative.Asstudentsselecttheroles
theyaremostdrawnto,theyselfdifferentiate.
Lesson6
The
LifeandLEGOs
activityengagesstudentswiththeirpeersastheywork
togethertorunsimulationsofanexperiment.
Lesson7
Inthislesson,studentsengagewitheachotherasteamscompeteinreview
games.

Comments
Reflectingonthisactionplan,determiningtouseacooperativelearningstrategyor
differentiatingactivityeachlessonforthesakeofdoingsoisperhapsunrealisticunderthe
restrictionsofcontentdelivery.Atveryleast,itmaybesomethingthatneedstobeaddressed
andimprovedovertime.Ididnotfullyrealizemygoal,buthopetocontinueworkingon
improvingmyabilitiestousecooperativelearninganddifferentiationintheclassroom.My
successwasgreaterthanmyevaluationcriteriasuggest.Extensionswereincludedand
studentsweremadeawareofthem.Extensionswerealsospecificallyreferencedduringlessons
topromotestudentutilizationofextensionmaterials.Forstudentsparticipatinginhonors
challenge,itwasrequiredthattheycompletetwooftheextensions.Herethereisdifferentiation
becausethereareavarietyofextensions,andninedifferentwaysthatstudentscanmeetthat
requirementand128differentwaysstudentcanchoosewhichextensionstheydliketoexplore.

Goal3

Goal:
Adoptmoreproveninstructionalstrategies.
Actions
:
1.) Readaboutatleastonestrategyfrom
TeachLIkeaChampion
eachweekandmake
effortstoimplementthosestrategies.
EvidenceofCompletion:
1.) Iwillbeabletointentionallyuse5strategiesfromthetext.
a.) ColdCallingImplemented
b.) NoOptOutImplemented

Progress:

ActionProgress

Action
Readaboutatleastonestrategyfrom
Teach
LikeaChampion
eachweekandmake
effortstoimplementthosestrategies.

Progress
1. Week1
a. Strategy:ColdCalling
Callonstudentswhoarenot
raisingtheirhands,this
encouragesengagement
becauseatanymomentthey
couldberequiredtoprocess
informationetc.
2. Week2
a. Strategy:NoOptOut
Ifastudentdoesntknowthe
answeretc.havesomeone
elsehelpthemoutandthen
return
tothefirststudent.
3. Week3
a. Strategy:PostIt
Postthelessonobjective
somewhereclearandobvious
inplainlanguage.Bymaking
thegoalevidentithelps
promotestudentfocusin
achievingthatgoal.
4. Week4
a. Strategy:ExitTicket
Endeveryclasswithan
explicitassessmentofyour

objectivethatyoucanuseto
evaluatesuccess.Helpsyou
understandhowwellstudents
learnedtheobjectiverather
thanhowwellIthinkItaughtit.
5. Week5
a. Strategy:ChangethePace
Createaproductive
environmentbyvaryingthe
pace,creatingfastandslow
activities.

PossibleStrategies:
Technique18:Postit
Technique26:ExitTicket
Technique27:ChangethePace
Technique34:CallandResponse
Technique36:Pepper
Technique45:Threshold

EvidenceofCompletion:
Strategies
1. ColdCallingImplemented
2. NoOptOutImplemented
3. PostItImplemented
4. ExitTicketImplemented
5. ChangethePaceImplemented
a. DifferentThinkingTypes
i.
KnowledgeAssimilation
Gettingknowledgedirectlyfromasourcesuchasteacherortext.
ii.
GuidedPractice/Questioning
Practice/Questioningguided/structuredbytheteacher.
iii.
IndependentPractice
Executingskillswithoutteachersupport.
iv.
ReflectionandIdeaGeneration
Thinkingquietlyanddeeply.
v.
Discussion
Developingideaswithclassmates.
b. Withinthesameactivitychangethewaystudentsinteractwithmeorwithothers.

Goal4
Goal:
Efficientlyreflectonmypractice.
Actions
:
1.) Aftereachlesson,listthingsIthoughtwentwellornot.
2.) Giveabriefplantocounterbadpracticesormaintaingoodpractices.
EvidenceofCompletion:
1.) Icreatetheaforementionedreflections.

Progress:

ActionProgress

Action

Progress

Aftereachlesson,listthingsIthoughtwent
wellornot.

7/7lessonreflectionscompleted.

Giveabriefplantocounterbadpracticesor
maintaingoodpractices.

Inherentinlessonreflections.

EvidenceofCompletion:
Seethe
Reflection
sectionofeachlessonplanforsuchareflection.

CompletionSummary:
Lesson1:Completed
Lesson2:Completed
Lesson3:Completed
Lesson4:Completed
Lesson5:Completed
Lesson6:Completed
Lesson7:Completed