F OOD FOR T HOUGHT Lincoln Street Alternative High School Birmingham Public Schools Kelley Andersen Mallory Soffin Denisse Jolokai.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Lincoln Street Alternative High School

Birmingham Public Schools

Kelley Andersen

Mallory Soffin

Denisse Jolokai

WHO ARE WE? THE PEOPLE IN THE BASEMENT

Our School Our Students Our Community Our Class

WHY THIS CLASS? RICH & RIGOROUS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS

History of co-teaching

Opportunity

BFA Grant

Increase Literacy

WHY FOOD?EVERYBODY EATS

Engage ALL STUDENTS

“Politics divide but food unites.”

Text Variety

We teach not only what we know but who we

are.

WHY IS IT STUDENT CENTERED?IT’S EMPOWERING

Group work

Visible thinking- explicit learning

Student needs

“Cookbook” Goal sheet Norms All writing All thinking

LITERACY TO CHANGE MINDSETS

School wide improvement plan

Literacy not just across the curriculum, but

throughout their lives

Transfer skills/knowledge

Common vocabulary

Broad range of texts

COMMON COREEVERYBODY IS DOING IT?

C4 Writing Initiative

Previous experience

Content appropriate standards for each

discipline

TECHNOLOGY21ST CENTURY LEARNING

Mindset change

Google Docs

Citelighter

Facilitates group work

Supports student assessment

MENUOUR METAPHOR

Overarching QuestionWhy do we eat what we eat?

Recipe for successELA SCIENCE SOCIAL

STUDIES

Show not tellDescriptive writing

Prescribed research Food borne illness

Culture of foodPrescribed research CARLEGS

PurposeElementsFood Narrative

Sensory descriptionsDescriptive writing

Element in all culturesESL Meet & Greet

Claims/evidenceRecipes Cards

Hypothesis /evidenceYeast bread

Heart of the storyI am From poems

SAMPLESA LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT WE DID

• Lessons:

– Show not tell

– Recipe Cards

– Food Narratives

– ESL interviews

– I am From poems

– Food borne illness

– CARLEGS

– Baking bread /hot chocolate

REVIEWSTHE RESULTS ARE IN...MOSTLY

Data

-Starting, midpoint, endpoint

Rigor

Fluency

Coherence

Stamina

Purpose

RESULTS

Increased by 2 points 41% students

Increased by 3 points 41% students

Increased by 4pts 9% students

Maintained ( Started with high scores)

9% students

Goal – Increase all students non-fiction reading/writing scores by 2 + points. • 91% of our students increased by 2 points or more, the other 9%

maintained their high score.

Increased Rigor 69% studentsIncreased Stamina 75%studentsIncreased Fluency 41% students

Increased Coherence 50% studentsIncreased Purpose 60% students

*** 3 ESL Students ( ~9 % of population) –ALL increased by 2 or 3 pts.

DESSERTICING ON THE CAKE

• Common language• Team building• Leading by example• Consistency• ESL friends• Gleaners• Community involvement• Chef James• Documentaries• Recognition

QUESTIONS?HOW WAS YOUR MEAL?

Contacts Kelley Andersen:

[email protected] Mallory Soffin:

[email protected] Denisse Jolokai:

[email protected]