Recognizing and Supporting Rigor in the Classroom Renee’ Yates [email protected] 1.
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Rigor in the Classroom
Insert School Name and Date Here
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Please use Post-It notes to respond to the
questions on the charts on the wall.
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1. Prepare students for the future (jobs, college, etc.).
2. Help them learn new and challenging material.
Why Is Rigor Important?
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What Is True Rigor?
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Challenging students to high expectations for learning,
helping them learn, and letting them show how much they
understand.
Classroom Examples of Rigor
Instruction will include questions that require thinking, and questions may have more than one answer.
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Classroom Examples of Rigor
We’ll be reading more than one book, sometimes at the same time, so students can compare them to each other.
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Classroom Examples of Rigor
When they answer a question, students will be asked to show where they found the answer in the story/article/text.
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Classroom Examples of Rigor
Your sons and daughters will be writing a lot!
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Classroom Examples of Rigor
They’ll be using problem-solving in math, not just memorizing facts.
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Classroom Examples of Rigor
On their homework, they will be asked to explain their answers.
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Classroom Examples of Rigor
If something is too easy, we’ll move your son/daughter to more challenging work. The goal is higher learning.
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What about Grades?
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We focus more on learning than on grades.
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What about Grades?There will still be a grading scale (A, B, C, etc.) or standards-based grading (choose what you will use).
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What about Grades?
If work is challenging, your son/daughter probably won’t make 100 on everything.However, they can still make an A.
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What about Grades?
At times, students will be given the opportunity to redo work to show understanding and improve grades.
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What Can I Do?
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Praise for effort and progress.
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Don’t panic over a couple of lower grades; look at overall work.
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Encourage your son/daughter to keep up with and do their best work.
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If you son/daughter asks you to look at their homework and tell them if it’s “right,” ask them to explain their answer before you tell them.
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Talk to the teacher(s). It always helps to understand what is happening.
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We want to challenge each student to do his or her best!
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Questions?
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