Monday, February 24, 2014

First Session Tuesday February 25, 2014

We had our first session today (rescheduled from our last snow storm) and we discussed the basic structure of the three act lesson and went through a 3 Act Demo from Dan Meyer called "playing catch up," which I like to call "Me and Julio."

Here is the entire presentation.

You can also download the three act from Dan Meyer's site


Here are the 4 suggested readings and activities to prepare for the next session:

1. Read this Intro to 3 Act Lessons

2. Read the Focus on Act 1 and make sure to review the video (see below):



3. Read Geoff Krall's entry on getting started with 3 Acts.

4. Teach a 3 Act in your class and share your experience with the group. What worked well? What are you wondering? If you don't have a chance to teach a 3 Act, share one that you are interested in teaching or have taught and get feedback from the group.

Here are a few suggested resources for finding a great 3 Act lesson:

Dan Meyer's Spreadsheet

Geoff Krall's CCSS maps

101 Questions

Andrew Stadel's Spreadsheet

If you have any other great 3 Act resources please email me.

If you are able to share your work on a 3 Act lesson in our next session, we would love to post supporting media that you found or that you created. Send me an email a few nights before with the links, visuals and documents you have and I can incorporate them into the session.



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