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T.MOUNKHALL- YOUR WORK IS ALL DONE-PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.4/29--B.Barbulean- I have posted the required posts and the response for the requirement to data driven instruction. Thank you for your understanding. 4/28 //B.Barulean- The data driven instruction ca be found on Kristina's page with the written assignment. Lots of work these last two weeks, that is why i have delayed in my responses to others posts. I will be getting home from work tonight at 8pm and will make an effort to update all of my posts and complete the assignment. Sorry for the delay 4/27// //T.MOUNKHALL- BRIAN, YOU STILL HAVE 1 DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION MODE AND 6 POSTS AS OF TODAY-4/25- HAVE YOU DONE ANY OF IT? PLEASE PUT IT AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE OR POSTS AT TOP OF COLLEAGUES' PAGES.THANKS.-4/25// //T.MOUNKHALL- HAVE YOU DONE ANY MAKE UP WORK? DID YOU DO ANY COOPERATIVE WORK WITH KRISTINA?-4/23// //T.MOUNKHALL-PLEASE SEE INSIGHT LIST ON MY PAGE-4/14- SHARING MEETING RE:INSIGHTS ON 4/18-3:30-6:30 P.M. IN SAME ROOM AS FIRST MEETING-PLEASE BRING INSIGHTS AND COMPLETE YOUR WORK ON THIS PAGE AT THE TOP- 4/14// //T.MOUNKHALL- YOU NEED TO COMPLETE A MODEL OF DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION, A PRECISE CLAIM MODEL, AN EXPANDED CONCLUSION MODEL PLUS 7 POSTS. PLEASE PUT ALL WORK AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE OR POSTS AT TOP OF COLLEAGUES' PAGES-4/9// //L.Feyen 4/3-I really like your 25 questions activity. Not only is it a reading activity that promotes higher level thinking skills, it could also be used as an assessment tool. It is also helpful that you have the first one modeled so that students know what you expect them to do on their own. Having students work with a partner also promotes learning and can motivate students.-T.MOUNKHALL- AGREED-4/4//

T.MOUNKHALL- PLEASE SEE NOTE ON MY PAGE ABOUT THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OF THE WORKSHOP-4/2

T.MOUNKHALL- PLEASE BRING COPIES OF INSIGHTS FOR ALL ON 4/18-THANKS. 3/30

T.MOUNKHALL- PLEASE SEE MY COMMENTS ABOUT INSIGHTS FOR 4/18 ON MY PAGE-3/29

T.MOUNKHALL- PLEASE SEE MY QUESTIONS ABOUT 4/18 ON MY PAGE AND ANSWER THEM HERE-3/28

T.MOUNKHALL- BY 3/25, YOU NEED AN EXAMPLE OF DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION AND 4 POSTS ON COLLEAGUES' WORK. PLEASE PUT MODELS AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE-3/23 3/21 B.Barbulean- We were given the time to complete our Units today in school. This document outlines all the days with the exception of day 4. Which we cannot include in digital format. The following is the Marlboro outline for the unit plan filled in according to our districts standards .-T.MOUNKHALL-THIS SATISFIES THE UNIT PLAN AND GOAL LIST REQUIREMENTS. GOALS DIRECTLY ADDRESS COMMON CORE READING AND WRITING GOALS. DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF WORDS FROM THE CONTEXT IS A VERY IMPORTANT SKILL THAT WE HAVEN'T EMPHASIZED, AS IS THE SKILL OF PARAPHRASING IMPORTANT TEXTUAL IDEAS. SUGGEST A CLEARER STATEMENT OF THINKING SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED IN UNIT-3/21 Ms. Vandemark will be including the final version of the assessment. //M.Grande-The vocabulary from your "planoutline." Is that in the textbook or do the students need to look them up?-T.MOUNKHALL- IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT STUDENTS WILL READ ALONG WITH THE TEACHER IN CLASS AND WORK ON VOCAB. MEANING THROUGH CONTEXT CLUES RATHER THAN HAVE A VOCAB. LIST- 3/23// The last days activity is listed here- -T.MOUNKHALL- NAZI 25 POINTS READING ASSIGNMENT IS A WELL PLANNED SET OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR YOUR STUDENTS: THINKING SKILL OF THEME AND EXAMPLE IS AT ITS BASE, WORKING IN PAIRS COULD FACILITATE DIFFERENT READING LEVELS IF THE PAIRS ARE SET UP WITH THAT GOAL IN MIND, TEACHER MODELING OF ANY TASK IS CRUCIAL TO LEARNING A SKILLS AND STUDENTS HAVE TO PROCESS DATA FROM SOPHISTICATED TEXT-3/21 M.Grande-3/22-I like the idea of giving them an assignment (ie the "day 1" writing assignment) at the beginning just so they know what is expected of them and their expectations.T.MOUNKHALL- THIS TEACHING IDEA USES ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THE LEARNING PROCESS AND IS WHAT THE COMMON CORE REFERS TO AS DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION-3/23 3/20 B. Barbulean- After we were working through the text i realized i should have added a vocabulary list. Instead we looked at the words as they came up in the reading and wrote them in the margin. In the future i will address the text. In class we ended up having the kids sketch a venn diagram comparing the things that Hitler and Stalin had in common which were coming about in a time of depression, totalitarian rule, secret police, and use of terror. On the outside of the diagram we showed their different stances on religion to kind of tie in the main idea that when in desperate times people will turn to desperate measures, or dictators.-T.MOUNKHALL-SOPHISTICSTED VOCAB HAS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS- A COMMON CORE POINT OF FOCUS. LIKE THE VENN DIAGRAM FOR COMPARE/CONTRAST. DO YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY INVENTED BY A GUY NAMED VENN?-3/21 3/20 B.Barbulean Today's lesson is this is day 6 of the unit. Me and Ms. VanDeMark are working together on this unit and will have the academic goals and data driven instruction included on the final overview of the unit. We will be working on it today during our planning period and also during tomorrows development day.-T.MOUNKHALL- THIS IS AN EXCELLENT READING LESSON THAT ADDRESSES MANY COMMON CORE GOALS: SOPHISTICATED TEXT, ESTABLISHING CREDIBILITY OF AUTHOR, SPLITING UP TEXT INTO SMALLER SECTIONS WITH QUESTIONS, IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEA. SUGGEST VOCAB LIST GIVEN THE READING LEVEL-3/20

3/19 B.Barbulean This is the general overview of the unit plan that me and Ms. VanDeMark are implementing in class.-T.MOUNKHALL- THE UNIT PLAN NEEDS ACADEMIC GOALS AND AN EXAMPLE OF DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION-3/19

3/13- Failures of the Treaty ofVersailles, Loss of faith in democracy (Great Depression), capitalism (Kristina) 3/14 Wednesday - What is totalitarianism/ intro to fascism (Brian) 3/15 Thursday - Facism in Italy(Brian) - 3/16 friday - Stalin & Russia (Kristina)T.MOUNKHALL- READING ASSIGNMENT ON FASCISM IS WELL DOME. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE BLOCKING OFF QUESTIONS RE: CERTAIN PAGES. VOCABULARY LIST IS ALSO HELPFUL. SUGGEST SOME QUESTIONS THAT EXPECT STUDENT TO GO BEYOND THE INFO. THEY CAN FIND IN READING E.G. WHAT DID MUSSOLINI SHARE WITH PETER THE GREAT?-3/19 3/19-Monday- Russian policies (K) 3/20-Germany(Nazi ideas, Rise of Germany)- fall of the Weimar Republic (Brian) 3/21 staff development 3/22- Thursday- Radical Germany (Brian) 3/23- Friday- August 2005 essay 3/26- Review 3/27 assessment

The Two documents that are attached to Thursday are the lesson for that day. I will have the fall of the Weimar republic up by the end of the day today.

B. BarbuleanT.MOUNKHALL-PLEASE SEE MY NOTES ABOUT YOUR WORK ON MY PAGE DATED 3/17-GRACIAS. 3/7-T.MOUNKHALL-YOU HAVE 3 POSTS ON THIS PAGE AND I WILL LOOK FOR THE OTHER ONES ON COLLEAGUES; PAGES. THE WEBSITE AOUT EUROPEAN HISTORY AND THE COMMON CORE SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING.AGREE ABOUT LECTURING. PUT THE KIDS TO WORK FOR THEIR LEARNING. GIVE THEM A TASK TO ACCOMPLISH WHEN YOU DO LECTURE-3/18 Me, Kristina, and Jimmy are in the process of creating a 5 day unit for use this year in class. Our goal is to establish direct close readings from the perspective of people living during the time of pre world war 2 Europe and also fom the perspective of the leaders. Kristina found an interesting website at @http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/modsbook42.asp. This might be a good place for alot of people seeking out documents to use in your common core lesson plans. My biggest concern so far has been tracking down documents that are apprpriate for the 9th grade curriculum. This website has helped alot .-T.MOUNKHALL- I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE SURVEY NARRATIVE OF GLOBAL 10 HAS NOT BEEN STOPPED BY YOUR 5 DAY UNIT- DOCS. THAT ADDRESS MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES DIRECTLY ADDRESS A COMMON CORE READING GOAL- FORDHAM SITE IS A GOLD MINE- 3/7

3/10 I will be implementing elements of this lesson starting on Wednesday the 14th. The first unit revolves around the rise of Fascism and its comparison to communism and democracy. This article is found on the Fordham website and is directly from the horses mouth, Mussolini. I will start with a preface on who Mussolini is and what his stance is and a little background on the reason fascism catches on in Italy. I will be using the document with guiding questions and the overall idea is to look at why governments change over time, especially in the wake of the treaty of Versailles. We were given Friday in our district to work on Common Core lesson plans for our unit. You can see the evidence on Mr. Ventriglia's page. Most of my work needs to be converted over to paper but will be posted tomorrow afternoon. T.MOUNKHALL- WILL CHECK ON 3/12 T.MOUNKHALL- YOU NEED A 5 DAY UNIT PLAN, GOALS, DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTIN MODEL, 2 POSTS FROM LAST WEEK AND THREE POSTS FOR THIS WEEK- 3/15

B.Barbulean- I posted twice in the first week of the course, and have now posted three times in second week of the course. I have completed three lessons for the common core unit. I will be able to post the majority of this unit on Monday when i return to school because the files are not on my home computer. I have also found a few European websites that show how to use the CCLS standards in class. I will post them both when i return to school on Monday. We are luck enough to have a day on Wednesday the 21st to work on our CCLS units so expect an update from Mr. Ventriglia and myself on that date. The feedback from my students so far on the plans we have used has been very positive. I lectured one out of the five days of the week and that was just to outline the ideas of totalitarianism.-3/18

//3/19 L. Feyen- I'm eager to hear how the rest of your unit goes and hear your thoughts on it. When we implemented a common core ELA lesson infused with Social Stuides content earlier this year students were very responsive also. Sometimes I think that many educators are already doing the types of things expected by Common Core, it is just that now we are thinking more about it. Very interesting comment about lecturing, sounds like your students are taking ownership of their learning-T.MOUNKHALL- TALKING IS NOT TEACHING AND LISTENING IS NOT LEARNING-3/19//