Marzano
Marzano
Marzano
Dimensions
English Social Studies Geometry Music
Attitudes and
Perceptions
of Learning
1. Community
Circle will promote
an ongoing trustful
classroom
community in a
safe setting
2. Consistent
differentiation for
readiness levels
and MI/LS
1. What is culture
(Social Studies)?
2. Various
discussions foster
trustful classroom
/community (Reading
for Meaning Lesson +
NAL Lesson
particularly).
1. What is culture?
2. Hook and
opening activities in
all lessons help to
determine student
understanding in
those areas.
1. What is Musical
Culture?
2. Morning sectionals
3. Individual
Hearings
Acquiring
and
Integrating
Knowledge
1. Weeks of
lessons on Greek
society co-taught
with Social Studies
2. Week of logic in
Greece co-taught
with math
1. Done throughout
the unit. Specific
examples in New
American Lecture and
Reading for Meaning
lesson plan.
2. All assessments
ask students to
integrate knowledge.
1. Proof language
and conditional
statements.
2. History of proof:
Pythagoras and
Euclid.
3. Visual and
geometric proofs.
4. Proof by
counterexamples.
1. Lesson plan:
Ancient Music
2. Lesson plan:
Evolution of
Modes
3. Subsequent
Mode Project
research in class
4. Morning
sectionals
5. Group
sightreading
6. Individual hearing
Extending
and Refining
Knowledge
1) Near daily
synthesis tasks
1. All assessments
ask students to refine
their knowledge.
Refinement through
comparison in the
parallels project,
refinement through
analyzing
perspectives in the
symposium project.
2. Lessons ask
students to refine
knowledge through
reasoning and
perspective analysis
(Apology lesson
particularly)
1. Making
connections
between math and
harmonics.
2. Making
connections
between math and
art.
3. Journaling and
writing letters to
Euclid. Euclid
response letters.
1. Mode Project
check-ins
2. Etude
performances and
feedback
3. Morning sectionals
4. Group
sightreading
5. Individual hearing
Using
Knowledge
Meaningfully
1. Three formative
projectives to
bolster knowledge
for Time Capsule
project
1. Parallels
assessment makes
students use their
knowledge of Greek
city-states
1. Fairy tale debate
and preparing
logical arguments.
2. Real life
applications of
1. Mode Project
presentation
2. Group
sightreading
meaningfully.
2. Students use
knowledge to
investigate individuals
and important issues
of Greek era in
Symposium
assignment.
proof arguments.
Habits of
Mind
1. Students are
called upon to use
critical thinking in
their logical
arguments,
Community Circle,
and many other
daily and formative
assignments.
2. Students are
called upon to use
creative thinking in
the Symposium,
Epic Creation, and
other assignments
that push students
boundaries safely.
3) Self-regulated
thinking
consistently in
English through
encouragement to
revise and resubmit
formative
assessments.
1. Students use their
critical thinking in all
lesson plans and
assessments to make
value and judgement
calls.
2. Students are
called upon to use
creative thinking in
the Symposium
project by asking
them to take on roles
and be imaginative.
3. Self-regulated
thinking is required
from students by
asking them to
identify research
resources, and in
asking them to
respond to feedback
in one-on-one
conferences with
teacher.
1. Making logical
arguments.
2. Seeing the
importance of
proving your point
and being able to
present proof in an
argument.
3. Critical thinking:
looking for
problems in
arguments and
thinking about how
to address. them.
4. Creative thinking:
there are multiple
ways to solve a
problem.
1. Mode Project
Presentation
2. Etudes feedback
3. Individual hearings
4. Group
sightreading
*Note: My goal as a
teacher is to develop
critical thinking when
performing music as
well as self
confidence, aiming
for improvement, and
group
support. These
habits of mind are
continually developed
by teacher
encouragement, peer
encouragement, and
working together as
an orchestra.