INSTRUCTIONAL SHIFTS FOR THE COMMON COREDr. Gail Davis

Intermediate Options

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

Six Shifts in ELA/Literacy Balancing Informational and Literary Text

Building Knowledge in the Disciplines

Staircase of Complexity

Text-Based Answers

Writing From Sources

Academic Vocabulary

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Shifts ELA What I am doing to accommodate Shifts

Shifts 1 & 2 NONFICTION TEXT 50% of assignments require reading nonfiction: MLP, Science, Social Studies, Whole group shared reading

SHIFT 3 Higher level of text complexity Paired passages

Junior Great Books

Shifts 4 & 5 Focus on command of evidence from text: rubrics and prompts

Philosophy for Children

Shift 6 Academic vocabulary Finding Themes, Craft and Style of Writing

MATH

Six Shifts in Math

Focus

Coherence

Fluency

Deep Understanding

Applications

Dual Intensity

MATH

Shifts Math What I am doing to accommodate Shifts

Shift 1 Intensive Focus Spending more days on specific math concepts and skills (Use Engage NY pacing calendar)

Shift 2 Linking Back Review, entry tasks, AdaptedMind Math

Shifts 4,5,6 Mathematical Modeling

Mini lessons, Hands on Equations, Concrete to Abstract continuum

DAILY WORK

Math Daily Math Reveiw

Students have immediate feedback

Students use HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) to explain how they figured out math problems and compare their answers to others

Fluency Tests-speed and accuracy

Focus deeply on targeted concepts

English Language Arts Students read Barnell-Loft Specific

Skills (Getting the Main Idea, Inferences, Sequencing)

Students self check their packets

Philosophy discussions engage students on rich and rigorous evidence based conversations about text

DR. D’S PHILOSOPHY: I GET TO LEARN FROM MY STUDENTS EVERY DAY! HOW COOL IS THAT?

My personal goal is to prepare students for LIFE; to learn to engage fully in academic tasks, to work hard and have fun learning.

If students learn about themselves as learners, understand their own strengths and how to build upon those strengths, they will maximize their educational experience and succeed.

Success is individual, it looks different for everyone!