Respectful+Tasks

= Respectful Tasks = = Respectful tasks are equally engaging and challenging. They are purposeful and meaningful with a particular common purpose. =

** The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it. **
Michaelangelo

Elluminate Session Power Point, Jan. 11, 2012
====This session featured a discussion of respectful task examples from Living Sky classrooms and an exploration of strategies. We would like to collect more examples from teachers and share them with others. If you wish to share your experiences, please contact us at Living Sky.====

Strategies for Teachers
[|Strategy Collection]1 [|Strategy Collection 4] [|ASCD video & explanation]

Curriculum Compacting
Curriculum compacting is based on the understanding that some students have mastered aspects of the curriculum before instruction. It is based on preassessing to determine which parts of the curriculum have been mastered and then planning so a student can move on to more challenging content and actitivities. It is a often used to support gifted students. [|Explanation] [|Gifted ppt] [|Learn NC] [|Suite 101]

RAFTS
RAFT is a strategy that offers students choice in how to express their understanding. (Role, Audience, Format, Topic) [|Online strategies RAFTS] [|RAFT Writing Charts] [|RAFT] [|Strategybank RAFTS] [|Learning through Listening] [|PPT]

Choice
[|Think Tac Toe Background and samples] [|Think-Tac-Toe] __[|Think Tac Toe Example 4]__ [|Management & Entrepreneurship Think Tac Toe] [|High School Think Tac Toe] [|Middle School Learning Menus]
 * Think Tac Toes**
 * Shape Up**
 * Learning Menus **


 * Choice Boards**

[|Choice Boards]

[|Example 1]

Tiered Assignments
[|Explanation] [|Explanation2] [|Explanation3] [|GiftedExplanation] [|Explanation and High School Samples] [|Best Practices]

Cubing and ThinkDots


[|High School samples]

Other:


(Number Five and Long a)

(generic)