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

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