Creating Meaningful Standards-Based Learning Experiences for Students.CMS Monthly Mentor/Mentee

MeetingApril 3, 2014

Julia Hagermoser

Relating Classroom Curriculum to Standards

• What is the purpose of this lesson?• Why are you teaching this?• Why now?• Is it part of a larger unit of study?• Which standards relate to this lesson?• Why did you select them?

Relating Standards to Real Life

• Personal Connections• Service Learning• Connect to the Community Career Day

VolunteeringSchool wide project

What are the students supposed to know and be able to do as a result of this service?

Looking at Student Work

• Do you use the common core standards in rubrics?

• Are those standards posted in student friendly language in your classroom?

• How many students in your class are meeting the standards?

• How do you adjust your teaching but not your expectations of what students should know?

Common Core Websites

• Common Core Implementation Kithttp://www.metrialearning.org/legacy/ccik/• The English Teacher’s Friendhttp://www.englishteachersfriend.com/common-core.html

• Model Curriculum Unitshttp://www.doe.mass.edu/candi/model/

Felicitaciones por su nuevo bebé.Jacklyn

• Wishing your family a happy and healthy life together.