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October 11, 2010 Action Plan October 11, 2010

· Look into inquiry circles (Harvey Daniels)  o Length of time for units  o Fiction inquiry circles? Chapter One: Mind Map · Chapter One  o Amy: Common Core Standards: Collaborations to create with other states/countries, equity for all, development/history  o Blanca: Rationale for a Researcher’s Workshop, What is a Researcher’s Workshop, what does it mean to be a researcher?  o Jen: What is the workshop model (America’s Choice/Flexible Model) and where do balanced literacy practices fit in? This supports differentiation. Type four pages, APA style, single spaced about your topic. (Find Research) and highlight it in yellow: use when you don’t remember who said a quote. Amy will bring her ASCD book about writing for education. Next meeting will be held on Sunday, October 17th at 9:00 am at Ann Sather on Clark Street in Andersonville.

__**Big Ideas about Researcher's Workshop**__
 * Time to develop language and content objectives
 * Not just about learning facts - Vygotsky's theory of sociocultural learning
 * Develop understandings around big ideas
 * Time depends on the complexity of the essential question/enduring understanding and grade/developmental level
 * As you go up in grade level, the amount of informational text and depth of understanding increases
 * Balanced literacy practices are themeans by which instruction is develivered - Access to the text