Learning with Matt

    A presentation that examines restorative justice  Safe Schools Project: Restorative Justice

Reading and Analyzing Poetry Lesson

Click on the link to check out a lesson plan I designed as a follow up to a lesson I had observed! The idea is that the lesson plan captures the 6 elements of a Learning Map and represents UDL principles. Making a Claim Lesson Plan

Examine the diagram below.  Study the functions of the various parts of the brain. Regions of the Brain Examine the diagram below.  Study the areas of the brain related to the “Why”, “What”, and “How” of learning. Continue by reviewing the material about the parts of the brain at http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/nervous_system_disorders/anatomy_of_the_brain_85,P00773/ The second diagram comes from the CAST website.  Study the diagram. Think about how the 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning are related to activation of each of the 3 areas of the brain identified in the diagram.  The 3 principles are: Multiple Means of Representation Multiple Means of Action and Expression, and  Multiple Means of Engagement. Explain how the definitions of the regions of the brain in the first diagram relate to the 3 regions of the brain in the second.  The regions of the brain from the firs...

Introduction In California, there have been in recent history two standardized assessments that have been used to identify a student's English language proficiency, previously it was the California English Language Development Test (CELDT), and currently, it is the English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC). The CELDT and now the  ELPAC is broken down into four sections: reading, writing, speaking and listening. With each section, students are graded between four and zero, four being proficient and zero being not proficient. The results of these tests are used by teachers and administrators to determine three things: student classification as English proficient or learner, creating a language instruction educational plan, and for reclassification from English learner to proficient. Through this paper, these three decisions will be explained as to how they are determined and how they affect the students.  Classification One of the bigges...