In this PD we will dive in to looking at the complexity of the tasks we are asking students to do and identify the skills students will need to know in order to be successful while also identifying the levels of rigor students are being challenged by.
We will begin with deconstructing a common core aligned ELA task. We will identify what skills students will need in order to be successful along with looking at what completion of the task represents in relation to student learning. Then dive in to identifying the the DOK levels and finish with reflecting as to why it is important to know these elements about the tasks we assign and how this information may help the school build its progression of skills.
Post your thoughts regarding next steps here: Global Studies Padlet- Idea Collection for Next Steps
Resources to access:
Task to Analyze: https://coretools.ldc.org/#/mods/c286a814-0589-4d93-8d4f-af7e8b581cd2
Link to all materials for PD- https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxUqbtzKhEzHMWwycFAxWkN6aVk&usp=sharing
Literacy Design Collaborative has several mini-units and modules aligned to common core to reference, build from and use. Also one can use the tools to build his/her own units of instruction aligned to common core with skills and standards built in. Check out www.ldc.org.
Math Design Collaborative has formative math assessments to tap into as well. http://collegeready.gatesfoundation.org/Learning/MathDesignCollaborative
a collection of DOK tools from Stanislaus County of Education- http://www.stancoe.org/SCOE/iss/common_core/overview/overview_depth_of_knowledge.htm
