Unpacking

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO UNPACK A STANDARD?



analyze language
extract clues

Essential Knowledge (nouns!)

Essential Skills (verbs!)

Steps:

• Read the standards as a team
• Circle the verbs
• Underline the nouns and noun phrases
• Determine the number of learning targets found within each standard
• Write them as separate learning targets
• Pull the academic vocabulary from the standard

Determine Essential Standards

Remember, the standards we have determined as essential are the ones we are going to spend the bulk of our time pre-assessing, teaching, assessing, re-teaching and reassessing. These are the standards we can’t imagine our students leaving our course of study or grade level without mastering.

Prioritization

Prioritization does not mean elimination. The other standards will still be taught. They are good to know, but a student could still progress to the next grade or course without mastering them at a high level.

Alignment

Guiding our Instruction

What do we expect our students to know?

Learning Targets Based on the Standards

How will we know they are learning?

Formative & Summative Assessment

How will we respond when students don't know it?

MTSS - INTERVENTIONS

HOW WILL WE RESPOND WHEN STUDENTS ALREADY KNOW IT?

MTSS - EXTENSIONS