1. Depth of knowledge (dok)
Mascot Time for September 19, 2017

2. You will need … Capability to project video
5 sheets of chart-size paper (There will be some for you in the mail room)
Markers for each group
dok card for each table (just ONE dok CARD LEVEL 1, 2, 3, OR 4 (Currently in MAILBOXES), YOU WILL NEED TO CUT THE 1 SHEET INTO 4 CARDS) / SEE image
Notebook paper (IN MAILBOXES by EOB monday)

3. Purpose and Directions for Teacher (Not for Students)
CORE TEACHERS ANALYZED THEIR GRADE LEVEL ASSESSMENTS DURING content times USING the DOK to determine levels of assessment questions they wrote.
To MAKE STUDENTS MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR LEARNING, WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND DOK, as well. This mascot time lesson can be linked to learning in your daily courses.
Directions: immediately begin lesson to ensure you have enough time.
1 minute – break students into 4 groups of at least 4 students (some groups may have 5)
Read Slides 4-8 of this Powerpoint which explains dok.
Provide each student with a sheet of notebook paper. Each group with a poster size paper, and each group one of the dok cards (Ex. Group 1/dok level 1, group 2/dok level 2…)
Continue to follow the instructions for this lesson on Slide 10.

4. DOK DEFINED
Norman Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels, can help teachers and students focos on the rigor (difficulty) of lessons.
Depth of Knowledge (DoK) categorizes tasks into 4 parts according to the complexity of thinking required for a student to complete them.

5. Level 1: Recall and Reproduction
Tasks at this level require recall of facts or rote application of simple procedures.
The task does not require any cognitive effort beyond remembering the right response or formula.
Copying, computing, defining, and recognizing are typical Level 1 tasks.

6. Level 2: Skills and Concepts
At this level, a student must make some decisions about his or her approach.
Tasks with more than one mental step such as comparing, organizing, summarizing, predicting, and estimating are usually Level 2.

7. Level 3: Strategic Thinking
At this level of complexity, students must use planning and evidence, and thinking is more abstract.
A task with multiple Correct responses where students must justify their choices would be Level 3.
Examples include solving non-routine problems, designing an experiment, or analyzing characteristics of a genre.

8. Level 4: Extended Thinking
Level 4 tasks require the most complex cognitive (Thinking) effort.
Students synthesize (Combine) information from multiple sources, often over an extended period of time, or transfer knowledge from one domain (Area) to solve problems in another.
Designing a survey and interpreting the results, analyzing multiple texts by to extract themes, or writing an original myth in an ancient style would all be examples of Level 4.

9. A BAD CASE OF STRIPES by david shannon
The students will
Review the dok level in their group
listen to the story “A Bad Case of Stripes” and take notes in order to write the DOK QUESTION
(Each student) write a dok level question based on their dok Card (each member in the group for DOK Level 3 group 3 will write an assessment question for that level). They will refer to their card to write the questions appropriately. They should write the first draft on notebook paper.
Click on the link below to listen and take notes for writing the dok level question
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To enable the Link, you must be in slide show mode or just copy and paste the url

10. Next steps
Students will write their dok level sentences on the posters.
By the end of Mascot Time, their should be 5 posters (1 for each dok level (1-4).
Take a quick check to assess understanding and post on walls for later review.
This mascot time lesson can be referenced and extended upon by teachers during classes.