1. Staff Meeting
November 17th, 2011
Robin Cate

2. What is Learner-Centered
Instruction?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxPVyieptwA
 How engaged were these students?
 Were these students expected to think on higher levels
of critical thinking?

3. What is Learner Centered
Instruction?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EdWgsTUhmI&fe
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 Were the students in this class engaged?
 How did you know?

4. Learner Centered Instruction/
Student Engagement
 Not all lessons can be a huge production so how can
teachers keep the rigor and relevance high as well as
have quality student engagement?
 Strategy #1 –THINK, PAIR , SHARE
 Strategy # 2- SENTENCE STARTERS

5. How can I improve my daily
learner-centered instruction and
student engagement?
 THINK, PAIR, SHARE using sentence starters
 As you are teaching a lesson, build in
multiple times that the students are
expected to think about what is being
taught, and thoughtfully share with a
partner, or group.

6. How can I ensure that they are
thinking on higher levels?
 While creating opportunities for your students to
think on higher levels, create sentence starters for your
students to read and answer as they think and share.
 When creating these sentence starters use phrases and
words used in the Bloom’s Higher Levels of Thinking
chart.

7. Example
 While teaching a 6th grade lesson over the nine types
of energy sources (TEK 6.5 D) create sentence starters
for students to think and share.
 Example:
The energy resource that I feel is the most
environmentally effective is________________.
I can justify this because__________________________

8. Activity
 You are teaching a science lesson over physical and
chemical changes.
 As a group explain the steps to recognizing whether a
physical or chemical change has occurred.
(think, pair, share)
 At your tables mix the 10 mg of salt into the 30 mg of
water.
 A_______________ change has taken place, and I know
that this is true because___________________.
 After answering this question, use the Bloom’s chart to
create another sentence starter.

9. Share Responses
 Please select one person from each
think, pair, share group to share the response
created through the sentence starter.

10. What will administrators look for in
your classroom pertaining to this
training?
 Student engagement is very important in any
lesson. The person doing the most work is the
person that is doing the most learning.
 As we walk through your rooms, we expect to see
meaningful student engagement and higher levels
of student conversations through selected
sentence starters, and think, pair, share.