Student Goal-Setting

Frequent Use Strategy

Strong literacy skills provide students with a foundation for academic achievement and support students’ mastery of AKS in all content areas. Throughout K-12 learning, students continuously strengthen their literacy development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Teachers will provide explicit and systematic instruction and opportunities to practice literacy skills in all content areas. As teachers plan for instruction, they will consider the course AKS and the literacy needs of their students to create intentional opportunities for purposeful practice to further support mastery of the course AKS and literacy skills.

In the K-12 language arts classroom, students will receive explicit, systematic, and cumulative literacy instruction aligned to evidenced-based literacy practices outlined in Science of Reading research. Using diagnostic assessments, teachers will determine instructional needs of students and design instructional opportunities using the QPTS to support students’ literacy development.

References

Articles

Texts

Serravallo, J. (2015). The reading strategies book: Your everything guide to developing skilled readers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Genishi, C., & Dyson, A. H. (2015). Children, language, and literacy: Diverse learners in diverse times. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Zwiers, J. (2013). Building academic language: Essential practices for content classrooms, grades 5-12. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.

Resources

Information for Accessing Formative Instructional Practices Module 4 (Using Evidence and Feedback to Increase Learning) and Module 5 (Fostering Student Ownership of Learning)
Online Modules: Formative Instructional Practices Modules 2 “Learning Targets” and Module 5 “Fostering Student Ownership of Learning”
Video: "Students Unpack a Learning Target" (EL Learning) (4:38)
Video: "Students Own Their Progress" (EL Learning) (5:01)

Look Fors

The Teacher will…

engage students in setting their own clear, specific, mastery focused learning goals.
model goal setting with students, clearly articulating the why of learning each day.
communicate goals for learning daily.

The Students will…

identify & articulate clear, specific learning goals for mastery of the AKS.
actively monitor & reflect on their own academic progress in learning the AKS.
reflect & evaluate work to identify misconceptions & errors to progress towards meeting learning goals.

Videos

Math ES 1197-2

In this video, the teacher is providing timely feedback to monitor student progress as students work in small groups.

Math HS 1207-11

In this video, the students work to explain their solutions while the teacher asks follow up questions for clarification.

Math HS 1207-12

In this video, students work to analyze, assess, and communicate their thinking on the math task.

Math HS 1207-5

In this video, the teacher provides a structure for students to self-assess their learning throughout the task.

Math HS 1207-6

In this video, students work and discuss collaboratively on the math task.

Math HS 1207-7

In this video, the teacher assess student understanding on the task and calls for students to reflect on their progress.

Math HS 1207-8

In this video, the teacher poses questions for students to analyze and discuss their mathematical thinking.

Math MS 1200-2

In this video, the teacher monitors students as they work collaboratively

Math MS 1219-7

In this video, the teacher purposefully poses questions throughout the teacher-led small group for students to clarify and expand their thinking.

QPTS Instructional Tech Toolkit for Teachers

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