Unpacking Academic Standards by Vicki Blomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib It is essential that teachers become proficient in unpacking standards so that the pathway to mastery becomes evident for teachers and students. What are students expected to know, understand, and be able to do? en-us 2020-12-16 22:14:49 UTC 2025-11-06 08:25:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Read the focus standard as a team. vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1025945195 1.  Highlight verbs/verb phrases in blue.  
2.  Highlight  the nouns/noun phrases in pink.
3.  Determine the context of the standard.
4.  Determine the complexity of the standard.

]]> 2020-12-16 22:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1025945195 1. Student-friendly proficiency scales. vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1025968349 2.  Level 2 has easier parts of standard and vocabulary.
3. Level 3 shows mastery of the standard.
4.  Level 4 shows student can use the knowledge in other applications, real-world application of the standard and/or additional capacities.
5.  Resource:  https://padlet.com/tammy_heflebower/Hayden2 ]]> 2020-12-16 22:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1025968349 1. Unpack academic standards to ensure clear understanding of what students are expected to know, understand, and be able to do to master each standard. vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1088136929 2.  Create/edit/revise proficiency scales for priority standards.
3. Attach/create/edit/revise teacher-created examples/exemplars and student examples to proficiency scales.]]> 2021-01-14 17:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1088136929 vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1089490622 2021-01-14 22:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1089490622 My current knowledge for 'unpacking academic standards' is for me to better understand what my students are expected to know for the grade level I teach. https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1103673352 2021-01-19 23:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1103673352 https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1103675242 When I've done this in the past, we have looked and tried to find the verbs, so what exactly will the students be doing. ]]> 2021-01-19 23:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1103675242 The benefits for unpacking the standards is helping me create engaging lessons for meeting the grade level standard as well as assessments for the standards https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1103675939 2021-01-19 23:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1103675939 https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1103676588 To help me understand exactly what the students should be doing and to what level should they be able to do it at.]]> 2021-01-19 23:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1103676588 https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1104052498 I unpack all of my standards to create learning objectives and to guide all of my instruction, assessments and reporting to students and parents (sometimes with proficiency scales or similar skills checklists).  We do this by looking at the precise language of the standard and identifying the verbs and the level of rigor the standard is measuring. What do I want my students to learn? How will I know they've learned it? What do I do if they don't learn it? What do I do if they already know it? ]]> 2021-01-20 03:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1104052498 https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1104060493 Unpacking standards "peels back the curtain" for students making their own learning objectives clear, as well as narrows the focus for teachers, making what we are required to teach more clear and attainable. We often teach much more than we need to (and not much to mastery) because we're following a prescribed pacing guide from a program, instead of really understanding what our students are required to learn according to our standards. Knowing our standards well allows us the time and precise progressions to teach to mastery,  instead of just following lessons in a program manual. ]]> 2021-01-20 03:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1104060493 What is the difference between an example and an exemplar? vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106187304 2021-01-20 15:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106187304 vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106258492 2021-01-20 15:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106258492 vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106763638 2021-01-20 17:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106763638 vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106841144 2021-01-20 17:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106841144 vblomquist https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106849204 2021-01-20 17:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1106849204 I believe unpacking standards is breaking down the standards into teachable items. https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107731585 2021-01-20 21:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107731585 The benefits of unpacking standards is being able to break down the standard and create lessons based on the standards. https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107733482 2021-01-20 21:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107733482 unpacking the standards helps you to see what exactly your learning targets should be so you know what you should be teaching. mwoodley3 https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107801285 2021-01-20 21:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107801285 Unpacking standards is looking at the verbs on the Blooms Taxonomy to determine complexity of the standard and creating learning targets based on the standard. kvoegtle https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107885882 2021-01-20 22:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107885882 To have in depth knowledge of what I should be teaching. It also helps in vertical alignment. kvoegtle https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107897899 2021-01-20 22:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vblomquist/7meqprpravvi2vib/wish/1107897899