VESTED™: Including All Learners in the Content Areas

A Presentation by Dr. Cindy Cardenas-Kolak

President, Kolak Group Inc.

Session Objectives

• Introduce the VESTED™ Instructional Approach

• Take Stock of Special Populations

• Demonstrate a VESTED™ Lesson– Texas TEKS

• Significant Battles of the American Revolution

VESTED™

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To Possess an Irrevocable Right, To Possess an Irrevocable Right, Claim, or Privilege Claim, or Privilege

All Students Can Be Successful

Learning as Exploring/Adventure

Avoiding Sink or Swim

Building Student Responsibility and Efficacy

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Birth of An Instructional Approach

• View from the top

• Experience for themselves

• Speak their truth

• Transform their language

• Extend beyond

• Deliver more

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Delivering Balanced Instruction

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Strugglers

Acknowledging Universals

• Supports are built into every lesson, not because there are strugglers in the class, but because at any point in time, any student may struggle.

• Challenges are built into every lesson, not because there are gifted students in the class, but because at any point in time, any student may choose to share his/her gifts.

Important Battles of the American Revolution

Content and Language Objectives

• Content – The students will learn about four major battles of the American Revolution

• Language –The students will write a short summary about each battle in small groups.

Film Sort Decide

Write Plan Act

Color-Coding Key

Americans

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Timeline

1775“Shot Heard

Around the World”Lexington and

Concord

1777Saratoga

“Turning Point of the war”

1776Declaration ofIndependence

1781YorktownCornwallisSurrenders

1783Treaty of Paris

1779

Sorting Activity

• Match the details for each battle.

Important Battles of the Revolution

Lexington Concord Saratoga Yorktown

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Lexington Concord

Saratoga Yorktown

Battles of the American Revolution

Lexington

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Tableaux

• Have the students work in small groups of two-four.

• Have the students develop a scene or concept for the class with their bodies as if they are statues or part of a picture.

• The students may not move or use any props.

• Have the other students in the class try to guess the scene they are illustrating from the story or the concept that they are sharing from the lesson.

Delivering Instruction With Everyone in Mind

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Film Clip, Color Coding, Timeline, Pictures

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Window Pane Wrap Up

Planning Table for Major Battles of the American Revolution

Magnet Summaries

Group Tableaux

Group presentations

Kolak Group Inc.

• Cynthia Cardenas-Kolak, Ed.D.

• Michael Kolak, M.Ed.– Web address: www.kolakgroup.com– E-mail: kolakgroup@kolakgroup.com– Phone: 281-897-0429– Fax: 281-897-8712