Close the Achievement Gap
Simple Strategies That Work
Brian Mitchell Pete
- Robin Fogarty & Associates, Ltd.
Robin J. Fogarty
- Robin Fogarty & Associates, Ltd.
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The idea that the person doing the talking is the person doing the learning seems counter-intuitive. Yet, that is exactly the case. When students put their thoughts into words, they internalize the learning. As they dialogue with peers, articulate their ideas, and express themselves, their oral language skills translate directly into written language skills. Explore six strategies that address the challenges of the achievement gap:
1) Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
2) Challenges Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
3) Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
4) Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
5) Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
6) Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
1) Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
2) Challenges Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
3) Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
4) Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
5) Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
6) Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
Contents
Introduction
- Introductory Comments
- Achievement Gap Facts
- A Story: Through the Cracks
- The Matthew Effect
- The Field Trip
- Heads Together
- Six Simple Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap
- 1. Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
- Quote: "They don't teach us enough."
- Strategies:
- Brain Principles
- Student Choice
- TESA -- Teacher Expectations, Student Achievement
- Facing the Day with Feelings
- The Right Way
- Reflection: What Teachers Make
- Film: Dead Poets Society
- 2. Challenge Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
- Quote: "Make kids think."
- Strategies:
- Three-Story Intellect
- Fat and Skinny Questions
- Unpack the Language
- The Threaded Model
- Nine Best Practices
- Reflection: The Average Child
- Film: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jerry Seinfeld "World War II 101"
- 3. Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
- Quote: "Good Morning, Class. I'm Miss Hobbs!"
- Strategies:
- Down Memory Lane
- Diagramming Sentences
- Put Words in My Mouth
- The Sentence Squad
- Mr. Pete's Questions
- Reflection: Mr. Parnes' Questions
- Film: To Sir, with Love
- 4. Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
- Quote: "I told them what they're supposed to know."
- Strategies:
- Revisit with a Two-Minute Buzz
- Review by Dialing 4-1-1 and Connecting
- Re-teach the MI Way
- Revise for Precision and Accuracy
- Reflection: Invitation to Learn
- Film: Teachers
- 5. Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
- Quote: "What is it about me you can't teach?"
- Strategies:
- Fishbowl, Card Game, and TAG
- Co-operative Learning Strategies
- Whole Group Strategies
- Partner Strategies
- Reflection: You're a Hero to Someone
- Film: Mr. Holland's Opus
- 6. Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
- Quote: " When kids can't, won't or don't read, nothing else matters."
- Strategies:
- Learning to Read
- Loving to Read
- Getting Kids to Love to Read
- Self-Selected Reading
- Vocabulary Building
- Comprehension Strategies
- Delve Into Data
- Reflection: Let the Data Tell the Story
- Film: Pay It Forward
References
References
Bibliography
Bibliography
Poem
Poem
Description
The idea that the person doing the talking is the person doing the learning seems counter-intuitive. Yet, that is exactly the case. When students put their thoughts into words, they internalize the learning. As they dialogue with peers, articulate their ideas, and express themselves, their oral language skills translate directly into written language skills. Explore six strategies that address the challenges of the achievement gap:
1) Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
2) Challenges Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
3) Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
4) Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
5) Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
6) Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
1) Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
2) Challenges Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
3) Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
4) Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
5) Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
6) Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
Contents
Introduction
- Introductory Comments
- Achievement Gap Facts
- A Story: Through the Cracks
- The Matthew Effect
- The Field Trip
- Heads Together
- Six Simple Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap
- 1. Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
- Quote: "They don't teach us enough."
- Strategies:
- Brain Principles
- Student Choice
- TESA -- Teacher Expectations, Student Achievement
- Facing the Day with Feelings
- The Right Way
- Reflection: What Teachers Make
- Film: Dead Poets Society
- 2. Challenge Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
- Quote: "Make kids think."
- Strategies:
- Three-Story Intellect
- Fat and Skinny Questions
- Unpack the Language
- The Threaded Model
- Nine Best Practices
- Reflection: The Average Child
- Film: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jerry Seinfeld "World War II 101"
- 3. Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
- Quote: "Good Morning, Class. I'm Miss Hobbs!"
- Strategies:
- Down Memory Lane
- Diagramming Sentences
- Put Words in My Mouth
- The Sentence Squad
- Mr. Pete's Questions
- Reflection: Mr. Parnes' Questions
- Film: To Sir, with Love
- 4. Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
- Quote: "I told them what they're supposed to know."
- Strategies:
- Revisit with a Two-Minute Buzz
- Review by Dialing 4-1-1 and Connecting
- Re-teach the MI Way
- Revise for Precision and Accuracy
- Reflection: Invitation to Learn
- Film: Teachers
- 5. Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
- Quote: "What is it about me you can't teach?"
- Strategies:
- Fishbowl, Card Game, and TAG
- Co-operative Learning Strategies
- Whole Group Strategies
- Partner Strategies
- Reflection: You're a Hero to Someone
- Film: Mr. Holland's Opus
- 6. Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
- Quote: " When kids can't, won't or don't read, nothing else matters."
- Strategies:
- Learning to Read
- Loving to Read
- Getting Kids to Love to Read
- Self-Selected Reading
- Vocabulary Building
- Comprehension Strategies
- Delve Into Data
- Reflection: Let the Data Tell the Story
- Film: Pay It Forward
References
References
Bibliography
Bibliography
Poem
Poem
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Close the Achievement Gap
Simple Strategies That Work
January 2005 | 104 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
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| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9780974741659 | $24.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781483361062 | $22.00 |
The idea that the person doing the talking is the person doing the learning seems counter-intuitive. Yet, that is exactly the case. When students put their thoughts into words, they internalize the learning. As they dialogue with peers, articulate their ideas, and express themselves, their oral language skills translate directly into written language skills. Explore six strategies that address the challenges of the achievement gap:
1) Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
2) Challenges Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
3) Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
4) Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
5) Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
6) Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
1) Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
2) Challenges Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
3) Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
4) Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
5) Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
6) Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
Table Of Contents:
- Introduction
- Introductory Comments
- Achievement Gap Facts
- A Story: Through the Cracks
- The Matthew Effect
- The Field Trip
- Heads Together
- Six Simple Strategies to Close the Achievement Gap
- 1. Set High Expectations: Get Kids Emotionally Involved
- Quote: "They don't teach us enough."
- Strategies:
- Brain Principles
- Student Choice
- TESA -- Teacher Expectations, Student Achievement
- Facing the Day with Feelings
- The Right Way
- Reflection: What Teachers Make
- Film: Dead Poets Society
- 2. Challenge Students to Think: Teach Higher Order Thinking
- Quote: "Make kids think."
- Strategies:
- Three-Story Intellect
- Fat and Skinny Questions
- Unpack the Language
- The Threaded Model
- Nine Best Practices
- Reflection: The Average Child
- Film: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jerry Seinfeld "World War II 101"
- 3. Require Rigor: Require Complete Sentences, Standard English, Formal Register
- Quote: "Good Morning, Class. I'm Miss Hobbs!"
- Strategies:
- Down Memory Lane
- Diagramming Sentences
- Put Words in My Mouth
- The Sentence Squad
- Mr. Pete's Questions
- Reflection: Mr. Parnes' Questions
- Film: To Sir, with Love
- 4. Leave Nothing to Chance: Revisit! Review! Re-teach! Revise!
- Quote: "I told them what they're supposed to know."
- Strategies:
- Revisit with a Two-Minute Buzz
- Review by Dialing 4-1-1 and Connecting
- Re-teach the MI Way
- Revise for Precision and Accuracy
- Reflection: Invitation to Learn
- Film: Teachers
- 5. Make No Excuses: Encourage At-Risk Participation
- Quote: "What is it about me you can't teach?"
- Strategies:
- Fishbowl, Card Game, and TAG
- Co-operative Learning Strategies
- Whole Group Strategies
- Partner Strategies
- Reflection: You're a Hero to Someone
- Film: Mr. Holland's Opus
- 6. Insist on Results: Emphasize Reading
- Quote: " When kids can't, won't or don't read, nothing else matters."
- Strategies:
- Learning to Read
- Loving to Read
- Getting Kids to Love to Read
- Self-Selected Reading
- Vocabulary Building
- Comprehension Strategies
- Delve Into Data
- Reflection: Let the Data Tell the Story
- Film: Pay It Forward
- References
- Bibliography
- Poem
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