Appendix B: Unpacking Standards Guide
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UNPACKING STANDARDS GUIDE – Template with Example
| Step 1 | Standard as it appears in the TN State Standards (copy/paste):
K.ETS1.2 Describe objects accurately by drawing and/or labeling pictures. |
DCI: Engineering Design-Developing Possible Solutions | |
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| SEP: Developing and Using Models | |||
| CC: Systems and System Models | |||
| Step 2 | Initial Gist:
Students draw and label pictures accurately. |
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| Step 3 | A Nouns / Noun Phrases:
Objects, pictures
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A Verbs / Verb Phrases:
Describe, draw, label |
B Webb’s DOK levels:
1
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| Step 4 | Key Academic Vocabulary:
Describe, accurately |
Key Content Vocabulary:
Label |
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| Step 5 | Learning progression notes (What comes before/after this standard? Use TN Science Standards Reference):
2nd grade – draw sketches to communicate solutions to problems
Prior knowledge (What prior knowledge/skills are needed to master this standard? Students need to know how to make drawings. Students need to know how to observe key features of objects.
Common misconceptions (also check out Uncovering Student Ideas books by Page Keeley): Drawings in science and art are the same. |
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| Step 6 | Learning Objectives:
Draw an object accurately. Label features of a picture accurately. |
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| Step 7 | A Instructional Implications:
(i.e., activities/strategies/writing)
Observe objects Draw objects. Label pictures and drawings. |
B Assessment Implications (formative and summative):
Formative – observation of drawings; ask students to describe what they see
Summative – accurate labels on a picture and drawing |
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| Step 8 | How will you differentiate to meet the needs of your students? | ||
