Chronology+and+Timelines

** October 11, 2010 **
 * Professional Learning Communities In-Service **

** 1. **** SMART Goal ** ( ** S ** pecific, ** M ** easurable, ** A ** ttainable, ** R ** ealistic, and ** T ** imely): 75% of students will demonstrate mastery of basic concepts of chronology and timelines through a formative assessment.

**//2.//** **Rationale:** //Assessing and analyzing the order of events using chronology and a timeline is an important social studies skill. Mastering timeline assessments and analysis will promote a better understanding of chronological order of events and reinforce the concepts of order of operations associated with the math curriculum. This will support Goal #2 of using formative assessments to increase student outcomes.//

** 3. ****Action Plan** ** 4. ****Group Member Names: Geri Anglum, Denise Garagliano, Chris Iadarola, Margaret Trum** **5.** **Which Middle School goal does this impact? Goal #2**
 * **Activity** ||  **Person Responsible**  ||  **Timeline**  ||  **Outcome**  ||
 * Introduce concept of timeline through personal student timeline. || Geri, Denise, Chris, Margaret || Oct - Nov ||  ||
 * Analyze important events for each civilization through chronology and timelines. || Geri, Denise, Chris, Margaret || Oct. - June ||  ||
 * Comparison of timelines across civilizations to develop critical analysis skills. || Geri, Denise, Chris, Margaret || Dec. - June ||  ||
 * End of year formal assessment of mastery of chronology and timelines. || Geri, Denise, Chris, Margaret || May-June ||  ||
 * Students demonstrating proficiency on formal assessments and formal assessments demonstrate students achieving goals. Discussed developing another MART goal based on implementing cooperative learning strategies in the classroom. Specifically, Jigsaw activities. Next meeting, present ideas for new MART goal. || Geri, Denise, Chris, Margaret || Feb-Mar ||  ||
 * Discussed different types of cooperative learning techniques current used in class includeing Jigsaw activities and Think-Pair-Share activities in order to determine new MART goals related to cooperative learning. || Geri, Denise, Chris, Margaret || Mar-Apr ||  ||