SDF+Lessons+for+Middle+School

This page contains lessons that can be used with Middle School/Junior High students. They appear in order but can be used however your school chooses. It is important to support teaching personnel (peer to peer) during initial phases.


 * Week One**: Explain the intent of the SDFs to students. The SDF will help motivate students; provide specific goals/targets for students to achieve; provide input for teachers, parents and other stakeholders; and improve metacognition.


 * Week Two:** Provide students with a copy of their trend data. This can include standardized testing results over a range of years; grade history; attendance data; behavior data; reading data; etc. The data should meet the goals for your specific school. **HINT** - do not overwhelm students with too much information. One data set will do for now - you may add additional data sets later.

Have students review their own data. Use the Plus/Delta worksheet for this activity. Students should search the data for tasks or skills that they do well first (Plus). Student write on their worksheet those skills that they already do well (some may still need improvement). Next students search for Deltas - those things that need improvement. For example, in standardaized math testing a student may do very well in measurement (Plus) and need improvement in Geometry (Delta). The facilitator should help students recognize trends and add to the worksheet.