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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Homework Due Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 (PACT Class)

Please do the following until February 2nd, 12012:

PROJECT 3: Designing a SDAIE Unit

Materials to upload on GauchoSpace and bring to PACT class on 02-02-2012:

1) ONE Lesson Plan
2) ONE Unit Outline
3) Self-Assessment*

*Fill out the SDAIE Analysis questionnaire to assess your PACT lesson Plan for Project 3. The link to the online questionnaire is located at the top right corner of this page.

THANK YOU!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Homework Due Class #10 (Tuesday, January 24th, 2012)

Please do the following until Tuesday, January 24th:

1. Read: ELA, Science, OR World Languages Resources for working with ELs. (Readings are posted on GS under Readings for Class #10.)

2. Bring: One lesson plan you are using in your current placement (Winter, 2012).

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Homework Due Class #9 (January 19th, 2012)

Please do the following until Thursday, January 19th, 2012:

1) Readings: Read Huerta-Macias (2002) and Gee & Hayes (2011). Think of ways this might relate to alternative forms of assessment in your content area.

2) Project Work & Assessment: (Do this after you do your readings.) Post a reflective comment under the SAME link previously assigned to your group in our class wiki (link under homework for class #9). This is a short comment (3-5 lines/100-200 words). Consider the ways and when assessment is happening in your projects.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Homework Due Class #8 (January 12th, 2012)

Please do the following until January 12th, 2012:

1) Treasure Hunt: Find one concrete resource and/or strategy to work with ELs in our *new* GauchoSpace website. You can also use our textbook. Bring it to class to share. 

2) Traditional test: Bring a test or quiz you or your CT have used in one of your placements.

3) Readings: What time is it, Denise?, Reiss, CH. 9, and Assessment Challenges in the NCLB Act.

4) Project Self-Assessment: Complete the self-assessment via online questionnaire to reflect on your group experience. This is very important for our work. (See list of links for online questionnaire.)

*If you haven't had the chance to submit your SDAIE observations online yet, please do so until January 12th, 2012. We will share this data and use it for PACT improvement. Thank you! (See list of links to submit your observations online.)

**Please do not forget to bring your laptops.