What is an unpacked standard?

Unpacking a standard means to analyze that language, extracting clues that describe two aspects of the standard that students need to know: essential knowledge and essential skills.

What kinds of standards does Ga follow?

Georgia adopted 100% of both the ELA and mathematics Common Core State Standards. The only additions to the CCSS from the GPS were cursive writing in grades 3-4 ELA and a few other writing related elements.

Are Georgia Standards Common Core?

The Common Core State Standards Initiative Georgia adopted CCSS in June 2010 because we wanted a seat at the table to help ensure they were standards that met the expectations we had already set with our on Georgia Performance Standards.

What is Georgia math?

The Georgia Mathematics standards are designed to help learners achieve a balance among concepts, skills, and problem solving. They provide clear expectations for curriculum, instruction, assessment, and student work.

Why should we unpack standards?

Unpacking the standards allows teachers to better understand what are students are expected to know at each grade level. This allows teachers to develop appropriate lessons targeting the grade level standard. Unpacking also allows teachers to develop grade level assessments (both formative and summative).

How do we unpack standards?

There are four key steps to unpacking standards:

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

What do kindergarteners learn in Georgia?

Kindergarten students will develop the ability to write letters and represent words with letters, identifying some high-frequency sight words and understandings of basic conventions of language.

What is Georgia milestones?

The Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones) is a comprehensive summative assessment program spanning grades 3 through high school. Importantly, Georgia Milestones is designed to provide students with critical information about their own achievement and their readiness for their next level of learning.

Does Georgia have new math standards?

The new K-12 standards were developed with input from Georgia teachers, school administrators, parents, students and business leaders. They will take a full year to implement, with the new school year dedicated to retraining math teachers.

Do we need to unpack all MELCs?

What is the importance of unpacking and combining the MELCs? Answer:It is important to unpack and combine MELCs to systematize learningactivities and effectively address the varying needs of learners and the challengesof instructional deliveries.

Why do we unpack standards?

What are the Georgia performance standards for Education?

Georgia Performance Standards. The performance standards provide clear expectations for instruction, assessment, and student work. They define the level of work that demonstrates achievement of the standards, enabling a teacher to know “how good is good enough.” The performance standards isolate and identify the skills needed to use…

What are the Georgia standards of Excellence ( GSE )?

Many content areas have replaced the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) with the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE). Please reference the Georgia Standards of Excellence page for the most recent Georgia Standards. The performance standards provide clear expectations for instruction, assessment, and student work.

What do the performance standards tell the teacher?

They also tell the teacher how to assess the extent to which the student knows the material or can manipulate and apply the information. The performance standard incorporates the content standard, which simply tells the teacher what a student is expected to know (i.e., what concepts he or she is expected to master).