Rick Wormelli: Redos and Retakes Done Right

Essential Questions 

  

1.  Who did Rick Wormeli write this article for and why did he write this article?

 2.     Identify three important ideas or points Rick Wormeli makes in his article. 

  

3. After you have identified three important ideas, state whether you agree or disagree with each idea. 

4. After you have stated whether you agree or disagree with each idea, find and use evidence in the text that support your response.

Fair Policies [Opening Assignment / Common Core Performance Task # 1]

Every year teachers work on determining a fair classroom policy that takes both the teacher and students into consideration. It’s tricky, it’s tedious, and sometimes controversial. However, education professionals like Rick Wormeli offer some answers. Rick Wormeli, one of the first Nationally Board Certified teachers in America, is a national education consultant and author. He has taught Math, Science, English, Physical education, Health and History for over 20 years.

Assignment #1: Performance Task

(September 3rd, 2013)

Read the article “Redos and Retakes Done Right” by Rick Wormeli. As you are reading, please annotate, which means you should highlight important ideas or ideas that stand out, make notes for yourself that will help you understand the text, and identify the article’s purpose for writing the article. As you are annotating, answer the following questions as you are doing the above: (Please complete this work on paper you can hand in)

1.      Who did Rick Wormeli write this article for and why did he write this article?

2.     Identify three important ideas or points Rick Wormeli makes in his article.

3.     After you have identified three important ideas, state whether you agree or disagree with each idea.

4.     After you have stated whether you agree or disagree with each idea, find and use evidence in the text that support your response.

We will discuss your responses as a class, so be ready to share your ideas. When you share your responses, try and use the text as you share out. 

Watch the following videos to help you in this assignment.

If the clip doesn't work, click this: Rick Wormeli Part 1

If the clip doesn't work, click this: Rick Wormeli Part 2

Class Syllabus

Here are snapshots of the class Syllabus. There is a PDF file for it located under Pages. Check it out!

 

 

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Women in science: Women’s work

Science remains institutionally sexist. Despite some progress, women scientists are still paid less, promoted less,win fewer grants and are more likely to leave research than similarly qualified men. The reasons range from overt and covert discrimination to the unavoidable coincidence of the productive and reproductive years.

In this special issue, Nature takes a hard look at the gender gap and at what is being done to close it. A survey of the data (see page 22) reveals where progress has been made and where inequalities still lie, from salary to tenure. A News Feature (see page 25) reveals a particular dearth of women in some commercial spheres, such as on the scientific advisory boards of biotechnology firms, and an article by historian Patricia Fara (see page 43) traces the wearying stereotypes perpetuated by the biographers of women scientists.

Nature special:nature.com/women

A series of Comment articles looks at possible solutions. Neuroscientist Jennifer Raymond (see page 33) calls on both sexes to recognize and reduce their biases against women in science, and eight researchers from around the world offer their prescriptions (see page 35), from equalizing the retirement age in China, to liberalizing travel restrictions in Saudi Arabia, to boycotting conferences that lack female speakers. We catalogue some of the ambitious moves being made in Europe to get more women into top positions (see page 40) and explore some surprising statistics about mandatory quotas (see page 39). Finally, profiles of four successful 30-something women (see page 28) show how ambition and talent can trump obstacles.

This special issue is dedicated to the memory of Maxine Clarke. In the 28 years that Maxine spent championing the highest scientific standards as an editor at Nature, she was all too often the only one to ask, “Where are the women?”

http://www.nature.com/news/women-in-science-women-s-work-1.12547

Earth Science in a Nutshell

Earth Science is the study of the Earth and its neighbors in space. It is an exciting science with many interesting and practical applications. Some Earth scientists use their knowledge of the Earth to locate and develop energy and mineral resources. Others study the impact of human activity on Earth's environment and design methods to protect the planet. Some use their knowledge about Earth processes such as volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes to plan communities that will not expose people to these dangerous events.