Creating an MPI (Model Performance Indicator) Strand

Now that you know that an MPI offers a format for writing objectives to help us differentiate within our classroom, we need to practice. A team of teachers from Sullivan has video taped their meeting where they created their first strand of MPIs to meet the needs of all of the different levels of proficiency in a Third Grade classroom. Included in the meeting was the classroom teacher, the PST, the ESL teacher and the Title 1 teacher. Together, they all could offer a different perspective as they brainstormed for various activities that all will meet the same CCSS. We can do the same thing, but to see what that means, you can watch their video by following this path:
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Who wants to practice with their next unit of study?

ELL Objectives: (MPI) Model Performance Indicators

All students are learning the same thing, just in a different way. We can take any topic and make it accessible and meaningful to all ELLs by changing the cognitive function and support in our objectives. WIDA Standard 2: ELLs communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts (Picture books, Phonemic awareness, Story elements) According to Bloom’s Taxonomy, some variations of verbs can be used to differentiate your objectives. i.e. Understanding: Lower ELL levels: label, name, find, draw, repeat, fill in, match, record, retell, identify Higher ELL levels: memorize, recognize, define, outline, demonstrate, infer, relate, summarize

Bloom's Taxonomy Anchor Chart for us!

This is a great visual for us and a quick "go to" for writing our objectives. Of course the next step towards differentiation is to choose verbs that match the various proficiency levels.

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If they can do it, WE CAN too!!!

Watch this engaging video of Common Core Literacy: Close Reading Strategies with Informational Text by Expeditionary Learning. Students in Andrew Hossack's 5th grade class use close reading strategies to determine the main idea and important details from a newspaper article about the Seneca people.

Video: Grappling with Complex Informational Text

Play some On-line Games about the Main Idea

The children read some sentences and identify which would be the Main Idea. If they're correct, a hamburger magically appears!

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Follow this link to another game...
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/rcmi1.htm

Main Idea and Manipulatives???

Give the students a short story of sentences strips. They label the Main Idea with the blue bag and the details with the red ones. This includes TPR and color clues that are so useful to ELLs. It's a good center activity.

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Summarize to the Main Idea

After reading a story, the students can start summarizing the events. Then, do it again, but with fewer words. In the end, find one phrase that captures the Main Idea and they have a visual reminder of the selective process.

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