Spring! Multigenre, Service-learning, Writing

Tues, Mar 20 Agenda–
Vocabulary blogs
Introduction to Multigenre 
Blogfolio Rubric
Hawkins volunteer Service-Learning housekeeping
Computer lab for Survey Monkey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XTQXQLW

*No class Thurs, Mar 22
Dr. Bishop will be convening conference session at Gulf South Summit

Due Tues, Mar 27–
Read Ch. 7 in Fisher and Frey
Choose your historical figure to write your multigenre piece on
Bring in one text about your figure
Read Ch. 3 (and strongly skim Ch. 5) in Writing without Boundaries

Thurs, March 1

Proposed Agenda–

Kitty Bishop, Age 24
Born February 29, 1916

Review literacy practices
Brainstorming note-taking strategies

Brainpop–a compelling elementary online multimodal expository database
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/leapyear/

Open discussion about Hawkins Service-Learning
Hawkins sign-up

Sharon Miles
iamsmiles@gmail.com
601-467-5333

Due Monday Night by midnight–
Read Chapter 3 in Fisher and Frey (Vocabulary)
Post blog response (remember to check the rubric) 

Cinquains for comprehension

Proposed Agenda–

1. Debrief the STC experience
2. Brief discussion of Fisher and Frey via blog postings 
3. Activity: Writing-to-learn (revisited)

• Visit National Geographic for Kids online together (read, view, listen, write/take notes) http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
• Create a cinquain poem together– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquain 
• Grab a kid-friendly science/nature informational magazine and choose an animal
• Write your own cinquain to share with the class

Metacognitive and Design-thinking Questions–

1. What was this entire process like for you as a learner? What did you learn about yourself?
2. What teaching opportunity can you identify in this activity as a specific skill to hone in on?

Upcoming dates–
No class this Thurs–Dr. Bishop will be in Chicago for a conference
This Wed by midnight you need to respond to at least one of your peers' blogs (on their blog in the comments section)
Wednesday, Feb 22 we'll go to Hawkins at 1pm to meet with our Service-Learning partners (you don't have class with Dr. Manning that day)
Thurs, Feb 27 is the deadline to commit to the SL project or the Blogfolio

Thursday, Feb 7

Proposed Agenda–

The #2 Superbowl Advertisement (What does this have to do with Content Area Literacy?)
Update on the Hawkins 4th Graders http://hawkinsgrade4.blogspot.com/
Brainstorming strategies/practices and unpacking "Content Area Literacy"

Upcoming dates–
THIS Thursday we'll meet at the STC. Be punctual please.
Read Fisher & Frey's Chs. 1 & 8 for Monday, Feb 13
Blog your response by Monday, Feb 13 at midnight
Respond to one peer's blog post by Wed night midnight (on their blog)
Wed, Feb 22–we'll meet at Hawkins for a tour and talk with our Service-Learning partners

Thursday, Feb 2

Proposed Agenda–

• Quickwrite: What is DT and why do you think we would spend valuable class time in a Content Area Literacy course learning about it? 
• Think, Pair, Share, Discussion
• Literacy Skill Focus: Public Speaking (two short videos)
• Group work–applying a design-thinking lens to public speaking

Groups–

1. Ashlie, Olivia, Jessica, Sarah, Mary Catherine
2. Memorie, Lacy, Jaide, Courtney, AnnaMarie
3. Gabby, Katie, Blair, Taylor, Cassi
4. Jaclyn, Logan, Nicki, Katelynn, Ashley
5. Kaitlin, Lauren, Isha, Laura, Jordon, & Emily

1. Identify an opportunity in the form of a question
2. Brainstorm ideas about how to address your question (5 min)
3. Prototype–choose among your ideas your best one and flesh it out (what materials do you need? what sequenced protocol will you follow? lesson-plan it–) (10 min)
4. Present to class and receive feedback (25 min)

For next week–
Read Barbara Moss's "Content Area Literacy in Elementary Classrooms"
Blog #3 by Monday, midnight
Respond to at least one of your peer's blog post #3 by Wed night midnight

Tuesday, Jan 31

Proposed agenda–
Read aloud, Pinkney and Pinkney's Duke Ellington (listening, note-taking)
Create a collective biopoem (thinking, speaking, writing)
Pair up and create a biopoem (reading, thinking, writing, sharing)
Reflect metacognitively

Add this date to your calendar–
Thursday, Feb 9 we'll meet in the Student Think Center (3rd floor, International Bldg)
For this Thursday, read this short Design-Thinking piece online 

Pics–

Thursday, Jan 26 Week Two

Proposed agenda–

1. Design-Thinking (DT) Process stages 1 & 2–Identifying a challenge and brainstorming
2. TED's 5 ways of listening (listening, note-making, thinking, questioning)
3. Experiencing listening in different ways
4. Reflecting together metacognitively

Blog #2 requirements–

• Read two peer blogs (blog entry #1) and incorporate their thinking into your own posting (i.e., Did you learn anything new about them or the syllabus?)
• Read Knipper & Duggan's "Writing to learn across the curriculum" article and respond using the blog rubric guidelines in the syllabus 
• Add a "Links" "Gadget" to your blog and add our course blog as a link
• *optional–expound more on your listening experience. Tell us about it.
• *always optional–photos¡

Due dates–
Blog #2 Wed Feb 1 by midnight
Blog online and live by Wed midnight

Vivi with the train depot steel man sculpture