No Technology? No Problem!

Simple Methods of Implementing UDL in Your Classroom

A Little About Matt…

Paper Activity

Find someone with papers that look like

yours and share

“The way we learn is as different as our DNA

or fingerprints”

- CAST

We each bring our own…

Strengths (access) & Weaknesses (barriers)

…to learning

Think of a specific student in your class and their

strengths (access) and weaknesses

(barriers)

Turn & Talk

Barrier Activity

Barrier

Strength

ON 1 Bag, write a strength on one side and a barrier on the other side of the bag!

It’s important to remember…What is a barrier for one student,

can be a strength for another student.

Hmm….What do these numbers have in common?

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It was a cold January Alberta evening, when Roger and his family had just settled into their seats to watch their beloved Lethbridge Broncos play.

Most of the young men on the ice had been playing Canada’s national sport since the day they could walk. It was no surprise that many of these young men were considered to be professional hockey’s future stars.

Take a Moment to Find a Partner

Modified Inner Circle / Outer Circle

Activity

Decide Who Will Be…

Person A

Person Bhttp://timeme.com/timer-stopwatch.htm

PERSON A

PERSON B SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HOCKEY!

PERSON A

PERSON B SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HOCKEY!

PERSON A

PERSON B SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HOCKEY!

PERSON A

PERSON B SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HOCKEY!

The puck had hit the ice and both teams collided into a fury of speed, sweat, and controlled aggression. Roger’s wife, Paula, eyed her way through the program and was astonished to notice that the young men ages 16 to 20 all had something in common…

Talk with each other about your

prediction

The puck had hit the ice and both teams collided into a fury of speed, sweat, and controlled aggression. Roger’s wife, Paula, eyed her way through the program and was astonished to notice that the young men ages 16 to 20 all had something in common…

SHARE YOUR PREDICTIONS

Roger’s wife, Paula, eyed her way through the program and was astonished to notice that the young men ages 16 – 20 all had something in common, they were born in either January, February, or March.

Roger went home that night and looked up the birth dates of as many professional hockey players as he could find. He saw the same pattern. There were 5 times as many January birthdays as there were November Birthdays.

Why is this?

In Canada, the eligibility cut-off is January 1. Therefore a player who turns 10 on January 2nd can be playing alongside another player who doesn’t turn 10 until the end of the year, a huge advantage for an adolescent.

This is also the age when coaches start dividing the “best of the best,” into travel squads. These players often get more coaching, more games, and more experiences than their peers. Age makes a huge difference.

In Canada, the date you are born is a barrier for

some and an access point

for others

The Matthew Effect

Keith Stanovich

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Success With

Reading

Today’s Session:UDL looks at overcoming barriers that

exist in our classrooms and creating a flexible curriculum to create access for ALL students!

How can we implement UDL without technology?

Barriers vs. AccessWhat can we control vs. what we cannot control

Vocabulary can be a

barrier for ALL!

How can it become an access point?

It comes down to helping ALL of our students

understand vocabulary!

Without vocabulary – the rich get richer and the poor get poorer!

- The Matthew Effect

Questions we should ask when planning vocabulary

instruction:

What do students

already know about topic?

Which vocabulary

terms are high frequency and

critical to understand?

Will the students be

able to derive meaning through

context clues?

How do you choose words to teach?

Tier 3 – Domain Specific

Tier 2 – General Academic

Tier 1 – Everyday words that we use

Beck, I.L., McKoeown, M.G., & Kucan, L. (2002). Bringing words to life: Robust vocabulary instruction. New York: The Guilford Press.

COMMON

CORE

What are some of the most

effective ways of teaching

vocabulary to your students?

TURN AND TALK

What are some of the least

effective ways of teaching

vocabulary to your students?

TURN AND TALK

Vocabulary Instruction: What doesn’t work

Looking up words in dictionary.

Simply telling students “use the context” to figure out word meanings.

Unplanned vocabulary teaching.

Dr. Timothy Shanahan

Robert Marzano’s Six Steps for

Learning Vocabulary

1. Teacher gives a description, explanation, example, and visual for

the new term.

Research-based Principle

Students must encounter new words in context more than once to learn them.

At least 6 encounters to “ensure” deep learning.

“In context”: having students encounter/read word in a text OR having students or teachers apply word in speaking or writing.

Do you remember the 3 principles of UDL?

UDL is a framework for designing curriculum that addresses the diverse needs, strengths, backgrounds, and interests of students in today's classrooms.

2. Ask the learner to give a description,

explanation, or example of the new

term in his/her words.

Prefix Word Square (pg 6)

Suffix Word Square (pg 7)

Circles of UDL

Circles Of Activity (pg 8)

Take 1 – 2 minutes to fill in 3 – 4 circles with a word that describes what UDL is to you

3. Ask the learner to draw a picture, symbol,

or locate graphic to represent the new term.

Excellent way of providing

Multiple Means of

Representation and Action / Expression

UDL Frayer Model (pg 4)

UDL

An approach to designing curriculum to benefitall learning styles from the beginning, providing equal access to learning.

Flexible Materials

1 Size Fits All

Elementary Friendly Frayer Model (pg 5)

Bumper Sticker Activity

• Vocabulary Term• Slogan • 2 – 3 pictures to describe

4. Periodically, have the learner

participate in activities that

provide deeper knowledge of their

word.

Word Pyramid(pg 9)

Word Walls

Word Wall

Albertville, France Mexico City, Mexico

Amsterdam, Netherlands Pasadena, CA

Atlanta, GA Salt Lake City, UT

Berlin, Germany Squaw Valley, CA

Dallas, TX St. Louis, MO

Detroit, MI Tokyo, Japan

Indianapolis, IN Torino, Italy

Vancouver, Canada

Take the words above and categorize them in 3 different categories. You must determine the category and how to organize the words:

Categories (pg 12)

WORD WALL GAME

What do they have in common?Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albertville, France

Atlanta, GA

Berlin, Germany Salt Lake City, UT

Dallas, TX

Mexico City, Mexico

Squaw Valley, CA

Detroit, MI

St. Louis, MO Torino, Italy Indianapolis, IN

Tokyo, Japan Vancouver, Canada

Pasadena, CA

Summer Olympic Host

City

Winter Olympic Host

City

Super Bowl Host City

5. Periodically, have the

learners discuss terms with each

other.

Word Splash Word Wall

6. Periodically, students are

involved in games that allow them to review / play with

the terms.

Wordo (pg 13)

3 Hole PunchHere

Flashcards

Flashcard Game: Tic Tac

Toe

DEFINITION

x

x

x

Memory

2 students

• 1 set of cards with term facing up

• 1 set of cards with term facing down

Flashcard Game: Memory

Vocabulary Twister

Engaging Kids in

Different Ways

4 Corners Quiz Activity Net Generation

Statistics taken from:Grown Up Digital By: Don Tapscott

4 Corner Interactive Multiple Choice

Directions

A. You will be given several multiple choice questions

B. Each of the 4 corners of the room will be labeled as A, B, C, or D

C. You will answer the question by walking to the corner of your choice.

This company created an internal company Wiki to gather new trends and information

from its young employees.

A. FacebookB. Best Buy C. Wal-MartD. Google

1 in __ Internet users worldwide are under the age of 16.

A. 5B. 7C. 10D. 12

It is estimated that there is a computer for every __ children in America.

A. 3B. 4C. 6D. 9

The Net-Generation watches an average of __ hours of television a week.

A. 17.4B. 18.3C. 19.5D. 24.4

___% of the Net Generation engages in some sort of content creation (websites, blogs, mashups,

etc.)

A. 12B. 34C. 58D. 64

___% of American teens ages 12 – 17 have a cell phone.

A. 54B. 63C. 72D. 89

__% of Japanese children ages 7 – 12 have a cell phone.

A. 7B. 18C. 26D. 33

___% of India’s population is under the age of 25.

A. 43B. 52C. 55D. 62

Why is this important?

[Preparing for a career today]… “is like training for the Olympics and not knowing which sport you’ll be competing in.”

- Thomas Friedman

Friedman also mentions events that have changed the world! Let’s do a brief history lesson on the events that have changed technology!

Sequence Scramble

Directions: Take the 12 events in your envelop and

put them in the order that you think they occur in!

1971The first email is sent by Richard W.

Watson

1975Bill Gates and Paul Allen start a company

called Microsoft

1977 The Apple II personal computer is

introduced upon the founding of the Apple Computer

1985Windows 1.0 is invented by Microsoft,

changing the way that we compute.

1998Google invented by college students Larry

Page and Sergey Brin

1999 Napster changes the way that we listen

and download music! This illegal downloading service exploded in use among college students.

2001iTunes and the iPod are invented,

changing the way that we listen and buy music!

2004Facebook was founded by Mark

Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

2006Jack Dorsey invents Twitter, a micro-

blogging service.

2007The iPhone is invented, changing the way

that we use cell phones and introducing us to these new things called “Apps.”

2010The very first iPad is released to the

public.

2012Facebook goes public and sells its first

shares of stock

Writing can be a

barrier!

For this next activity…

OPTION 1: POWER PARAGRAPH ORGANIZER:• This paper helps a student

organize a paragraph with the • Main idea (red)•Supporting Details (green)•Conclusion (blue)

OR

OPTION 2: SCRAP PAPER

Writing Prompt: In 2 – 3

sentences, describe how you want to

implement UDL in your

classroom this year.

Take a Moment to Write a Response…

OPTION 1: POWER WRITING TEMPLATE:• This paper helps a student

organize a paragraph with the • Main idea (red)•Supporting Details (green)•Conclusion (blue)

OR

OPTION 2: SCRAP PAPER

Organizing my Ideas!

Totem Pole Timeline

Totem Pole Timeline (pg 16)

Sticky Notes – Pre-Writing Activity

Instructional Strategy: Writing

Barrier: Student cannot outline and organize ideas

Idea 1

Idea 2

Idea 3

Sticky Notes – Pre-Writing Activity

Instructional Strategy: Writing

Barrier: Student cannot outline and organize ideas

Idea 1

Idea 2

Idea 3

IBBBC Strategyhttp://gse.buffalo.edu/org/writingstrategies

/6-12introbodyconcl.htm

What effective strategies do you use to

have your students organize their ideas /

write?

Reflecting on Learning

The importance of reflection!

Learning Log(pg 17)

What I Already Know (K)

What I Learned (L)

What I Will Do (D)

What is your current knowledge (K) of this topic?

What new or extended learning (L) have you gained from this article?

What knowledge, strategies, and/or practices have you experienced or extended with this content?

How will what you have learned impact what you do (D) in your building?

Think about your current instructional practices and reflect on how they may be changed or revised based on content.

KLD Charts(pg 19)

3 - Important ideas•

•

•

2 - Things you want to know more about •

•

1 - Question that you have•

3 – 2 – 1 Charts(pg 20)

Take a Moment to Fill out about UDL

What effective strategies do you use to have your students reflect?

Engaging Students in

Different Ways

Social Media Profile(pg 14)

Tweet the Topic(pg 15)

How do you engage your students in different ways?

Hmm….What do these numbers have in common?

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