Unpacking Curriculum Standards Looking at What to Teach, When to Teach It, and Why Presented by Kathy Gates, Secondary Learning Coach, USD #497

Objectives To demonstrate how to break down curriculum standards in order to identify classroom uses To apply these “unpacked” standards in some real-life situations

Norms??

The Core Ideals of PLC’s Shared Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals Collective Inquiry Collaborative Culture Commitment to Continuous Improvement Results/Action Oriented Shared Leadership

Partner Activity Introduce yourself, including your position Why did you choose this session? What do you hope to learn How do you make a decision about what to teach and how to teach it? Share…with the large group!!

Instructional Planning Process – Traditional Style Select a topic Design instructional activities Design and give an assessment Give grade Move on Lather, rinse, repeat

Standards-based Instructional Planning Select standards Design assessment for students to demonstrate meeting the standard Plan appropriate teaching opportunities Use data from assessments to give feedback, to reteach, or to move on to the next concept

Unpacking Standards—It’s All About the Nouns and Verbs!

What do students need to be able to KNOW and DO? Knowledge Vocabulary Definitions Concepts Laws, Formulas Key facts Critical Details Sequence & timelines Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe, Understanding by Design, Skills Decoding, computation Communication skills – listening, speaking, writing Thinking skills – compare, infer, analyze Research – inquiry, investigate Study Skills – notetaking Group Skills

Unpacking Standards The student… ▲ identifies and determines the meaning of figurative language, ▲similes, ▲metaphors, ▲analogies, ▲hyperbole, ▲onomatopoeia, ▲personification, and idioms.

Unpacking Standards StandardVerbs (what students need to do) Nouns (what students need to know) The student… ▲ identifies and determines the meaning of figurative language, ▲similes, ▲metaphors, ▲analogies, ▲hyperbole, ▲onomatopoeia, ▲personification, and idioms. Identify Determine meaning Figurative Language Similes, metaphors, analogies, hyperbole, onomatopeia, personification, idioms

What does research tell us about standards-based classrooms? Marzano StrategiesPERCENTILE GAIN Summarizing and note taking34 % Reinforcing effort and providing recognition29% Homework and practice28% Nonlinguistic representations27% Cooperative learning27% Setting objectives and providing feedback23% Questions, cues, and advance organizers22% What Works in Classroom Instruction by Robert J. Marzano, et. al.

Unpacking Standards Find a partner?? Select a content standard Circle verbs Underline nouns Create a graphic organizer

Blue Sticky Notes What action/ideas/strategies will you be taking back to implement and reflect on during the next session? Follow-up questions or key points to guide our next session

Unpacking Curriculum Standards Can Help You to be a More Effective Teacher!!