ES5+Questions

Questions

KCK Standards:

KCK10R050130 Determining Importance: Identify the topic, main idea(s), supporting details, and theme(s) in a variety of passages (R5.1.4.10, ACT)

KCK10R020126 Determining Importance: Identify the topic, main idea, and supporting details in a variety of passages (R2.1.4.11, ACT)


 * What is the appropriate setting for teaching this standard? Small group? Explicit instruction? Independent work? 1/2 hour rotations? Homework?
 * When can we fit this in?
 * Why is it hard for our students?
 * What does "theme" actually mean?
 * How do we connect this standard to real life?
 * How are topic and main idea different? Are they?
 * How do we get students to separate paragraphs and whole passage 'main ideas'?
 * What is age appropriate?
 * How do you begin?
 * How big should the passages be?
 * How do you assess?
 * How do you appropriately group ideas?
 * When do you know to start a new topic? Forming paragraphs.
 * How do read a-louds play a role?
 * How to teach across curriculum
 * How do you make it real for the students?
 * What other standards could be taught in conjunction with this standard?
 * How do we get them to know the verbage?
 * How do they make it their own.
 * Are the KCK standards a bridge between the KCA and ACT standards?

21st Century Learning:
 * How do we get them to intertwine them with the 21st Century Goals?
 * How to facilitate collaboration?
 * Making it real?
 * How do we move the responsibility of "innovation and learning" to the student?
 * Cross-curricular activities?
 * How does differentiation work when the resources may or may not be available for all aspect of the project?
 * How possible is it with various/limited resources?
 * Is there an easy way to combine or find resources? i.e. finding an outside source, finding an expert?
 * What platform should be used for professional collaboration? Student collaboration?
 * Is it appropriate to have small group work, partner work?
 * How does it look in different grades? Primary? Intermediate?
 * Is there a time to combine grades?
 * How do we involve computers/technology into the process?

ACT Standards:


 * How are they separate from "future preparation"?

Our 5 "must answer" questions?
 * How do we connect this standard to the students' real life? How do we get them to make it their own? ||  ||
 * How do we combine it with other standards and across curriculum ||  ||
 * How do we facilitate collaboration with other teachers to make sure the best resources are used? ||  ||
 * What is the best learning model/setting to learn the standard? ||  ||
 * How do we combine it with 21st century goals? ||  ||