Resources
Depth of Knowledge
With the transition to the Common Core State Standards, it is expected that teachers and students will increase the level of rigor of their activities. Use the following resources to help you assess the rigor of your lessons and plan lessons that lead students from lower levels of thinking to higher levels.
AVID Levels of Thinking
DOK Video
- Handouts on Costa's Levels of Thinking and Bloom's Taxonomy
- Content-area specific question starters for both models
- Explanations of the four levels of thinking
- Examples of possible products, roles, and activities at each level
- Question stems at all four levels
DOK Video
- Watch an explanation of DOK from New York DOE
Hawaii Standards Toolkit
- Access the standards for the purposes of curriculum development and lesson planning
- Access Language Arts resources, such as a sample argument unit plan
- Access recorded webinars on a wide range of topics including the written argument
Literacy Design Collaborative
- Access template tasks (paragraph skeletons that will help you write high-level prompts for lessons and assignments)
- Access sample ELA modules (i.e. units) on various content including argument
- Access videos (must be watched at home)
Standards Progression
- See the standard progression from K-12 for each CCSS standard. Customize which standard you are interested in as well as which grade levels. Highlight changes from one grade to the next with the click of a button.
Standards-Based Bulletin Boards
Standards-Based Bulletin Boards Overview
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Reading and Writing Websites for Teens
Teen Ink
Figment
- Poems, stories, essays, book reviews, and visual arts by teens for teens.
- Teens can submit their own work to the site
Figment
- Writing by teens, for teens
- Book reviews, previews and author bios
- Writing contests
Lesson Plan Template
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