Creating universal design FoR tier i How to unpack the Common Core State Standards through KUDs

Understanding KUDs KNOW Description Examples Most often represented in bullet form: Facts Dates Definitions Rules Names of people Places There are fifty states. Thomas Jefferson 1492 The Continental Divide Multiplication tables Rules of soccer Primary colors Strickland, C.A. (2009). Professional development for differentiating instruction. Alexandria: VA: ASCD.

Understanding KUDs: UNDERSTAND Definition Examples Best stated, “ I want students to understand that…” Big ideas Essential understandings Principles “Point” of a discipline Multiplication is another way to do addition. People migrate to meet basic needs. System parts are integrated. Writers use tools to shape their craft. Strickland, C.A. (2009). Professional development for differentiating instruction. Alexandria: VA: ASCD.

Understanding KUDs: DO Definition Examples Skills of a discipline, including basic skills Communication Thinking (analytical, critical, creative) Planning Evaluating Analyze a text for meaning. Solve a problem to find perimeter. Write a self-supporting argument. Contribute to the success of a group. Sort buttons into two poles. Strickland, C.A. (2009). Professional Development for differentiating instruction. Alexandria: VA: ASCD

Example ELA & Literacy CCSS Grade 2 Grade 7 Grade 12 CC.2.RL.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. CC.7.RL.9 Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. CC.11-12.RI. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.

Resource: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/powerpointpresentations/curriculum/cali/ct_di_day_1.ppt