Designing+Rigorous+Instruction

**﻿ Designing Rigorous Instruction** **Every student read, writes, thinks, and talks everyday in every classroom.**

**Lesson Synopsis**
 * Exploring rigor while designing lessons ||

**Big Idea State Standards** **Lesson design with rigor will change the way students and teachers learn.**  **Learning Outcomes - Students will be able to:**
 * 1. revise lesson plans with CIF to increase rigor ||
 * 2. recognize engaged learners or compliant learner and take steps to increase engagement ||

**21st Century Skills** **Materials Needed** **Lesson Activities**
 * **Critical Thinking** ||
 * **Application of Knowledge** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Learn and Work in Teams** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">The Important Book, materials for book, CIF review 2 formats, Frayer model, Bloom’s chart, Graffiti protocol, 3 Articles, index cards, poster paper, The Important Book and scaffold, CIF review, wiki ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Step 1** |||||| <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Welcome and Introductions/CIF Review ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Instructional Strategy** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Teacher Activity** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Student Activity** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Time (min)** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">CGW **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Questioning **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">CT **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Scaffolding **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">WTL ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**The Important Thing Activity. Read** __The Important Book__ **to participants. Create partner groups.** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Provide CIF review and Question Board** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Participants interview partners for 5 minutes and create an introduction using the format from __The Important Book.__ Introduce each other. How could students use this activity?** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**In same partner groups complete the CIF Review. Create questions in relationship to lesson planning.** || **<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">15 min ** ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Guiding Questions:** <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**What does a classroom of engaged learners look like?** <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**How can the instructional strategies be used to create a rigorous learning environment?** <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Discuss: engaged vs compliant: hands on vs inquiry: teacher vs student responsibility.**
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Step 2** ||||||  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Instructional Strategy** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Teacher Activity** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Student Activity** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Time (min)** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">CT <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Scaffolding <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">WTL || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Present Designing Rigorous Instruction overview, Guiding Questions. Introduce the concept of Rigor. || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">With a partner, brainstorm the word rigor. In the partner group, research the word rigor in education. Create Frayer model for rigor. Recorder/Reporter roles || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">15 min. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Step 3** ||||||  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Instructional Strategy** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Teacher Activity** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Student Activity** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Time (min)** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">CGW <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Questioning <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Scaffolding <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">CT <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">WTL || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Provide articles to partner groups, directions for reading, and protocol || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Each partner group will read a different article. Answer the Guiding Questions on index cards, or Word if can print. Use the Graffiti protocol for class discussion and each group will report out. How can we increase rigor in our lesson design? || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">60 min ||

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Assessments of Learning Outcomes** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">**Resources/Materials** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Important Thing** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Graffiti Protocol** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Rigor [] []
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Lesson Closing** ||||||  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Instructional Strategy** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**CT** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Questioning** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Scaffolding** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Teacher Activity** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">How can we increase rigor in our lesson design? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Introduce Letting Kids Get Smart || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Student Activity** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Participants will respond to: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">How can we increase rigor in our lesson design? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Each group records answers to board. || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Time** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">20 min ||
 * # <span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Teachers will return to their lesson plan and revise increasing rigor. ||

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Bloom's Taxonomy Chart