Learning Focused Framework/PLCs

Learning goals for any lesson should be derived from...

• 
  

  Essential Question

• Unpacked Standards

• Textbook Materials

• Vocabulary List

All of the following are true about learning goals except

• each Will Be Able to Do connects to Learning Activity

• At least one LG should align to the highest learning level

• LGs include important facts, formulas, vocab, and concepts

• is the same thing as a Learning Target

Essential questions...

• should be open ended

• should be limited to one per lesson

• are learning goals in the form of a question

• all of the above

Teachers should write an essential question for every...

• Week

• Standard

• Day

• Lesson

In Learning-Focused, a lesson is defined as

• daily lesson

• 2-5 class sessions

• unit plan

• time spent in whole group instruction

Once you have developed a quality essential question for a lesson, the next step is to...

• create learning activities

• develop a list of key vocabulary

• choose a graphic organizer

• create the assignment

Which of the following is most important about quality assignments?

• They are on grade level and aligned to standards

• They need to be fun and engaging 

• They should not involve writing

• They should be done independently at home

Everything in a learning-focused lesson plan should...

 

• be aligned to standards and learning goals

•  require student learning that is on grade-level

• Both

• Neither

Effective teams have a set of norms because it decreases which of the following?

• productivity & effectiveness

• members opportunities to contribute

• respectful and open dialogue

• lack of shared leadership roles

Which type of question should not be focused on during data PLCs?

• Where did students struggle?

• What was the final grade?

• Do we notice any patterns?

• In what ways did you teach this concept?