Teaching with the instructional cha-chas : four steps to make learning stick /
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Solution Tree Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
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- This Book's Organization
- pt. I Setting Up Your Classroom Dance Floor
- ch. 1 Choreograph Your Instruction With the Cha-Chas Steps
- What Does Neuroscience Say About Learning?
- What Is the Formative Assessment Process?
- What Are the Characteristics of the Formative Assessment Process?
- Is There Research to Support the Formative Assessment Process?
- What Is Differentiated Instruction?
- Is There Research to Support Differentiation?
- How Did We Merge Neuroscience, the Formative Assessment Process, and Differentiated Instruction Into Four Steps?
- Chunk (Instruct)
- Chew (Learn)
- Check (Evaluate)
- Change (Differentiate)
- Summary
- ch. 2 Move Smoothly From Broad Ideas to Smaller Ideas
- How Do You Identify the Standard?
- How Do You Identify the Learning Target?
- How Do You Choose the Main Formative Assessment?
- How Do You Choose Criteria for Success?
- Summary
- ch. 3 Get to Know Your Dance Partners
- How Can You Learn About Students?
- Why Are Preassessing, Activating Prior Knowledge, Pre-Exposing, and Priming Worthwhile?
- Preassessing
- Activating Prior Knowledge
- Pre-Exposing
- Priming
- What Strategies Can You Use?
- Create-a-Cloze
- Self-Evaluation Graffiti Corners
- Anticipation Guide
- Draw It, Web It, Write It
- Knowledge Framing
- Find an Expert
- Show What You Know
- Four-Choice Processing
- Kinesthetic Vocabulary
- Big Picture
- Summary
- Anticipation Guide
- Draw It, Web It, Write It
- Knowledge Framing Prior to Reading the Text
- Find an Expert
- Show What You Know
- Kinesthetic Vocabulary Cards
- Big Picture
- pt. II Putting the Cha-Chas Steps Together
- ch. 4 Take Step One: Chunk (Instruct)
- What Is a Chunk and Why Does the Brain Like It?
- How Long Should a Chunk Be?
- How Do You Chunk a Daily Lesson?
- What Teaching Elements Should Chunks Include?
- Lesson Plan With Chunks
- Directions
- Example
- What Strategies Can You Use During Chunking?
- Text Chunking
- Teacher Think-Aloud
- Student Think-Aloud
- Big Picture Note-Taking
- Chunk Mind Map
- Color-Coded Nonfiction Chunking
- What? So What? Now What?
- Interest Expert Groups Jigsaw
- Rotation Stations
- Summary
- Text Chunking
- Partner Reading Checklist---Fiction Strategies
- Partner Reading Checklist---Nonfiction Strategies
- Big Picture Note-Taking Method
- Mind Map Assessment Rubric
- What? So What? Now What?
- ch. 5 Take Step Two: Chew (Learn)
- What Is Processing?
- Why Does the Brain Need to Process?
- What Are the Benefits of Processing?
- How Can You Differentiate the Content Processing?
- Processing in Homogeneous Groups
- Processing in Heterogeneous Cooperative Learning Groups
- Lesson Plan With Chew Points
- Directions
- Example
- Suggestions for Differentiation
- Suggestions to Incorporate Technology
- What Strategies Can You Use During Chewing?
- Question Stars From Bloom's Taxonomy Levels
- Think Notes
- Framing Opinions With SOS
- Framing Arguments
- Talking Chips
- Swap-a-Question
- Stop-Think-Write
- Reciprocal Teaching
- Thirty-Second Expert
- Chalk Talk, Wisdom Walk
- Conversation Starters
- Summary
- Main Idea and Detail Tabletop Graphic Organizer
- Question Stars for Bloom's Taxonomy Level One---Knowledge
- Question Stars for Bloom's Taxonomy Level Two---Comprehension
- Question Stars for Bloom's Taxonomy Level Three---Application
- Question Stars for Bloom's Taxonomy Level Four---Analysis
- Question Stars for Bloom's Taxonomy Level Five---Evaluation
- Question Stars for Bloom's Taxonomy Level Six---Synthesis
- Think Notes
- Framing-an-Argument Organizer
- Talking Chips Explanation
- Talking Chips Pieces
- Swap-a-Question Template
- ch. 6 Take Step Three: Check (Evaluate)
- Why Is Checking for Understanding Worthwhile?
- How Do You Differentiate the Product With Checkpoints and Feedback?
- What Evidence Are You Checking?
- How Can You Respond to the Many Checkpoints?
- How Can You Give More Powerful Verbal Feedback?
- Where Am I Going?
- Where Am I Now?
- How Do I Get Closer to the Goal? How Do I Close the Gap?
- Lesson Plan With Added Checkpoints
- Directions
- Example
- Suggestions for Differentiation
- Suggestions to Incorporate Technology
- What Strategies Can You Use During Checking?
- All-Student Response Quick-Check Tools
- Seven-Step Feedback
- Feedback Cue Cards
- Multiple Intelligence Closure
- Exit Tickets
- Dynamic Duo Feedback
- Praise-Question-Polish+
- Fix-It Activities
- Daily Learning Target Check
- Student Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
- Summary
- Feedback Cue Cards
- Exit Ticket Templates---Version One
- Exit Ticket Templates---Version Two
- Fix-It Activity Tally Page for Grades K-3
- Fix-It Activity Tally Page for Grades 4-8
- Daily Learning Target Self-Assessment---Version One
- Daily Learning Target Self-Assessment---Version Two
- Exam Error Breakdown
- Rubric for Self-Assessment and Goal Setting
- Reading Strategy Goals Bookmark
- ch. 7 Take Step Four: Change (Differentiate)
- What Common Changes Exist?
- How Can You Find the Time for Change?
- How Do You Use Data to Determine What Change to Make?
- What Strategies Can You Use During Change?
- Flexible Grouping
- Preteaching
- Reteaching
- Tiered Assignments
- Learning Stations
- Student-Driven Inquiry Learning
- Summary
- Teacher Checklist for Grouping
- Group Evaluation Sheet
- Learning Station-Planning Template
- Learning Station Self-Assessment Template
- Jump-Start Inquiry or Passion Projects Brainstorming
- Credible and Accurate Resource Tracker
- Criteria for Success Cards
- Student Personal Accountability and Reflection Guide
- Student Effort Self-Assessment
- ch. 8 Finesse the Chunk, Chew, Check, and Change Cycle: A Beautiful Classroom Dance
- Classroom Scenarios
- Scenario One
- Scenario Two
- Cheat Sheet for Planning With the Instructional Cha-Chas Cycle
- Self-Assessment for Strengths and Growth Opportunities
- Summary
- Planning With the Instructional Cha-Chas Cycle
- Ideas for Bumping It Up
- Ideas for Breaking It Down
- Daily Lesson Plan
- Teacher Self-Assessment for the Instructional Cha-Chas Cycle.