What are unpacking standards?

Unpacking a standard involves teachers taking a deep dive into the content that will be taught. When unpacking, teachers study a standard closely to identify: What students need to KNOW: What are the facts, vocabulary, or rules that students need to be successful in this unit?

How do I unpack an assessment?

Steps to Unpacking Standards for Embedded Assessments: Close read a second time and “mark the text” Continue with a class discussion and visual representation of the EA (stop sign, web, mountain etc.) Display the unpacked EA in the room and refer to it after lessons to see what skills students are mastering.

How do you deconstruct a learning standard?

Deconstructing is the process of taking a broad standard and analyzing its components, then breaking the standard into smaller, more explicit instructional learning targets for use in daily teaching and classroom-level assessment. Steps in the Deconstructing Process: Identify the action required of the learner.

How do we unpack learning competencies?

There are four key steps to unpacking standards:

STEP 1: IDENTIFY KEY CONCEPTS & SKILLS.
STEP 2: IDENTIFY LEARNING TARGET TYPES.
STEP 3: DETERMINE BIG IDEAS.
STEP 4: WRITE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS.
STEP 1: IDENTIFY KEY CONCEPTS & SKILLS.
STEP 2: IDENTIFY LEARNING TARGET TYPES.
STEP 3: DETERMINE BIG IDEAS.

How do I unpack a training package?

How to unpack a unit of competency (currently)

Thoroughly read the entire unit of competency and relate it to his or her experience of this type of work.
Review the Australian Qualifications Framework descriptor.
Unpack each unit of competency.
Review the Assessment Guidelines.

How do I unpack learning competencies?

What are the four steps of unpacking standards?

There are four key steps to unpacking standards: Identify what students need to know and what they need to do. We like to highlight nouns (content) in blue and verbs (skills) in green. Next, you’ll determine which concepts are content/knowledge targets, reasoning/cognitive targets, skill/performance targets, and product targets.

Why is it important to unpack a standard?

Unwrapping or unpacking a standard results in a form more easily translated into unit and daily lesson plans. This process helps educators zero in on what is essential for instruction. The unpacked standard alone should be sufficient for planning.

How are unpacked standards used in the classroom?

“Unpacking” is a technique teachers can use to make sense of standards, and then create focused learning targets to make them actionable. This process, also called “deconstructing” or “unwrapping” standards, fosters a collaborative dialogue that supports growth and effectiveness. Once you have unpacked standards…

How to unpack and prioritize standards like a pro?

As part of our Client Success series, this is the first of a two-part guide to unpacking and prioritizing standards like a pro. Have you ever looked at a standard—local, state, or national—and wondered, “What is this? And how am I going to teach it?” If so, you’re not alone!

What are unpacking standards? Unpacking a standard involves teachers taking a deep dive into the content that will be taught. When unpacking, teachers study a standard closely to identify: What students need to KNOW: What are the facts, vocabulary, or rules that students need to be successful in this unit? How do I unpack an…