1. Welcome

2. Jar of Life

3. Determining Essential Standards
It is like identifying the big rocks!

4. Objective
Identify ELA & Math (special area content) essential standards both horizontally and vertically \

5. Determining Essential Standards
Consider A Kindergartener’s Life at PHES

6. Why Are We Focusing On Essential Standards?
The Need to Prioritize
“Singapore, Japan, and China teach to about a third as many math and science standards (about 15 per grade level compared to our 50)
- Leinwand & Ginsburg, 2007

7. Why Are We Focusing On Essential Standards?
The Need to Prioritize
“To cover all of this content, you would have to change schooling from K-12 to K-22. … The sheer number of standards is the biggest impediment to implementing standards.”
-Marzano, in Scherer, 2001, p.15

8. What Makes A Standard Essential?
Criteria for Selecting Essential Standards:
Endurance: Will this standard provide students with knowledge and skills that will be of value beyond a single test date?
Leverage: Will this provide knowledge and skills that will be of value in multiple disciplines?
Readiness (Preparation for the next level): Will this provide students essential knowledge and skills necessary for success in the next grade or level of instruction?

9. What Makes A Standard Essential?

10. What Do You Think Is Essential?
Look at your grade level math standards
Individually star any standards that are essential to know
Copy standards on different colored paper

11. What Do You Think Is Essential?
SORT your standards into following categories as a grade level team:
Essential to know and do
Important to know and do
Copy standards on different colored paper

12. Goals: How Will We Meet These Essential Standards
What will we do as a team to help students meet these essential standards?
(Write next to each standard)

13. Examine vertical commonalities
Gallery Walk
Examine vertical commonalities

14. Finding Essential Standards For ELA
Use the same process for your ELA standards

15. Share your findings using an INSIDE OUTSIDE CIRCLE

16. Ticket Out The Door
3 Things I learned about essential standards
2 Things you are going to do to focus on the essential standards
1 Thing I would like support with