April 18, 2011




Prek/K Essential Questions and Cornerstone Assessments


Pre-K/K WASC review



Grade 1 WASC mid-year review



Grade 2 WASC Review


Grade 3 Feedback WASC Mid-year Review


Grade 4 WASC mid-year review



Grade 5 WASC Review


Essential questions and assessments by grade 5

Essential questions and assessment by Grade 4 (Draft)





Essential questions and assessments by grade 3



Essential questions and assessments by grade 2


Essential questions by grade


This highlights the common units and the essential questions that we have aligned.
Gr. 1 ATLAS maps(Puxi collaborative and Pudong collaborative) will reflect updates,
changes and have all assessments included and documents uploaded.

Next Steps in preparation for February 7th and 8th

Worksheet with suggested steps to define EAGLES




Uploaded December 6th, 2010
Kindergarten - Puxi Campus feedback anticipated Friday, December 10th.

ES Master Social Studies Curriculum Document
Last updated January 6, 2011 - work in progress


ES Essential Questions Worksheet




NEXT STEPS
PERSON RESPONSIBLE
BY WHEN?
Intermediate and Primary EAGLES
Michael Martin, Todd Denton - Pudong

One or two volunteers representing each campus is ideal

Default option: Ed Programs finalizes work from Dec 2009
As soon as feasible
Craft Divisional Essential Questions – Primary and Intermediate Focus (built from Departmental Level Enduring Understanding)

Grade 6-8 Essential Questions provided in Essential Question Worksheet;
Grades 9-10 available upon request or through Wiki
Grade level Cross-river representatives:

Default option: 1 intermediate, 1 primary rep with Alicia
1. Grades PK-2
2. Grades 3-5
Default option 2: PSU Student
Default option 3: Ed Programs office finalizes
December 17, 2010


January 14, 2011
Read/review chapter “Thinking like an Assessor” in Understanding by Design, 2nd Edition

All Task Force Members

Chapter will be sent soon;
Available in text of Understanding by Design: email Alicia if you prefer a hard copy for the nightstand.
For February 7th
Essential Units Scope and Sequence:
  1. Review Grade-level Essential Questions
  2. Identify updated standards and benchmarks pertinent to each common or related unit.
  3. Alignment to updated benchmarks
  4. Have conversations around potential cornerstone assessments and measurements (types of assessments)
Grade-level representatives from Puxi and Pudong
February 7th, 2011, Puxi Campus

Strongly encourage grade-level Social Studies Task Force partners to have a meeting phone call/Video Conference with Alicia January 27th, 2011, to ensure completion by end of day, February 7th
Identify Cornerstone Assessments
ES Social Studies Task Force
February 8, 2011
Resource Recommendations
ES Social Studies Task Force
February 8, 2011 (afternoon, during T.T.T.)
Receive feedback from Team
Forward to Ed Programs Office
ES Social Studies Task Force Members
Monday, February 21, 2011
Social Studies Curriculum presented to Admin Team
Alicia and Karl
February 22, 2011
Curriculum presented to Student Programs Committee in Pudong
Alicia & Karl, Andy T., representative Task Force Members
March 4, 2011

Please note: Grades 6-12 have added a sixth strand:
Standard VI Apply literacy skills and understandings of key ideas, details, structure, and integration of knowledge.
(inclusive of Digital Literacy)
Proposed Enduring Understandings:
  • Technology changes and people need to adapt to those changes
  • People need to communicate effectively
  • Reading is an essential skill

Grade 6 benchmarks
1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis.
2. Demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge and develop innovative products
3. Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others




DRAFT Scope & Sequence, posted Monday, November 1, 2010
Needs Standards segregated and Grade-level/Unit-level Enduring Understandings



Common Units Worksheets
Intermediate Google Doc
Primary Google doc