Common Core State Standards

1. Common Core State Standards Developing Common Core Curriculum Units Presented by Monaliza Chian Liz Hoppe Lisa Stafford

2. Presentation of the Process • Our intentions • Describe the process teachers are going through to write curriculum units. • Explain components of each unit

4. This is our work. Unit 1 Unit 4 Unit 3 Unit 2 Unit 1 Unit Overviews Essential Questions Unit 7 Unit 6 Focus Standards Resources Vocabulary Depth of Knowledge Unit 5 Enduring Understandings In Progress

5. Sample Unit

6. Sample Unit

7. Unit Components Overview • Describe key skills and strategies • Rationale for clustering standards • Explains the strategic timing of the unit • Gives teachers the big idea

8. Unit Components Vocabulary Tiers • Tier 2 Academic Vocabulary • useful across all content areas • e.g. Argument, relevant • Tier 3 Domain or discipline specific • e.g. affixes, language conventions

9. Unit Components Common Core Standards • Each unit includes • focus standards • Drives the instruction and the assessment • Support standards • Clustered with focus standards (often writing or speaking/listening standards) • Recurring standards • Taught in each unit (vocabulary, grammar) • End of year goals

10. Unit Components Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions • Enduring Understanding: • Why do we want students to know this 10 years from now? • It answers the “why should I care” question. • Essential Questions • If student can answer these questions, they show understanding of the skill

11. Unit Components Cognitive Rigor Matrix

12. The Big Picture Unit 1 Unit 4 Unit 3 Unit 2 Unit Overviews Essential Ques. Focus Standards Resources Vocabulary Depth of Knowledge Unit 7 Unit 6 Enduring Understandings Formative Assessment End of Unit Assessment Formative Assessment Unit 5 Check for Understanding

13. Questions