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Coffee with Corbett

Coffee with Corbett. The Common Sense of DI. Crafting an environment that actively supports each student in the hard work of learning. Having absolute clarity about the learning destination. Persistently knowing where students are in relation to the destination along the way.

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Coffee with Corbett

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  1. Coffee with Corbett

  2. The Common Sense of DI • Crafting an environment that actively supports each student in the • hard work of learning. • Having absolute clarity about the learning destination. • Persistently knowing where students are in relation to the destination • along the way. • Adjusting teaching & learning to make sure each student arrives at the • destination, and when possible, moves beyond it.

  3. Teacher Must Distinguish Between: What is worth being familiar with What is important to know and do What are the enduring understandings

  4. Planning a Focused Curriculum Means…. • Clarity about what students should: • KNOW • Facts • Vocabulary • Definitions • UNDERSTAND • Principles/generalizations • Big ideas of the discipline • BE ABLE TO DO • Processes • Skills

  5. Know… • Facts, names, dates, places information • There are 50 states • Barack Obama • 1066 • The Continental Divide • Photosynthesis • Multiplication tables

  6. UNDERSTAND • Essential truths that give meaning to the topic. • Stated as a full sentence. • Begin with “ Students will understand that…( not how…or why…or what…) • Have level of complexity/ continuum • Multiplication is another way to do addition • People migrate to meet basic needs • All cultures contain the same elements • Voice reflects the author

  7. BE ABLE TO DO Skills (basic skills, skills of the discipline, skills of independence, social skills, skills of production) Verbs or phrases (not the whole activity) ----Analyze ----Solve a problem to find perimeter ----Write a well supported argument ----Evaluate work according to specific criteria ----Contribute to the success of a group or team ----Use graphics to represent data appropriately

  8. In Other Words:KUDs Matter Because…. They create clear learning goals Allow us to align goals, assessments, teaching and learning tasks They allow us to incorporate standards AND make meaning for students They give us a basis for differentiation. Who needs which K’s & D’s How do we ensure that every student gets meaningful access to the U’s They tell us what strugglers should invest in They give us a platform for extending for advanced students

  9. In a Differentiated Classroom… The teacher may vary the KNOWS and Dos with caution and based on evidence that a student needs to learn backwards as well as forward to catch up—or that a student needs to move ahead in order to keep learning The UNDERSTANDS are the constant fulcrum on which effective differentiation pivots for all students

  10. A Powerful Activity… ….is one in which Students make or do something using essential knowledge and essential skills in order to arrive at or explore an essential understanding. The knowledge and skills are in service of understanding. NOT ends in themselves!

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