Essential Standards
Essential Learnings
I Can Statements
CFA
100

When reading a standard, look at the ________ to determine what students will need to know/understand.

A) Nouns

B) Verbs

What are A) Nouns?

100

Essential learnings is another way to say essential standard since it is what students have to learn.

True

False

False - Essential learnings are the essential steps students must learn in order to master a standard.

100
"I can..." statements describe what students will do in the process of mastering a standard.


True

False

What is true?

100

What does CFA stand for?

What is Common Formative Assessment?

200

To determine what students must be able to do, refer to the ______ in the standard.

A) Directions

B) Verbs

What is B) Verbs

200

DOK refers to what?

What is Depth of Knowledge

200

"I can..." statements require a CFA.


True

False

What is False?  Determining whether or not students understood a lesson can be done with quick checks and do not always need to be assessed formally.

200

CFA's should be created by each teacher individually because each teacher knows his/her own students and knows what each can accomplish.

True

False

What is False?  CFA's should be created collaboratively by each team.

300

To determine essential standards, apply the REAL criteria.  What does the "R" in REAL stand for?

What is Readiness?

300

What are thee common verbs you might find in a DOK 1 question?

What is:

define, measure, list, draw, explain, name, and any other recall-type noun.

300

"I can..." statements should be written in _______language.

A) Formal

B) Student-friendly


What is "Student-friendly" language?

300

When giving CFA's, it is important to give the test under the _________ conditions.

What is same?

400

To determine essential standards, apply the REAL criteria.  What does the "E" in REAL stand for?

What is Endurance?

400

Analyzing data in a chart would be what DOK level?

What is DOK 3

400

Students should never participate in writing "I can..." statements because it is the teacher's job to have this ready prior to the beginning of class.

True

False

What is False?  Students benefit from helping write the I can.. statements because it provides a sense of ownership in their learning.

400

Results of CFA's should be used to ___________?

Determine students' levels of mastery of essential learnings.

500

The "L" in REAL stands for Leverage.  What does Leverage mean in this context?

What is a standard that is necessary within the content area but can also be applied cross-curricularly.

500
In the PLC process, essential learnings are assessed using what protocol?

What is CFA's or Common Formative Assessments

500

New "I can..." statements can build on previous "I can.." statements.

True

False

What is true?

500

CFA's should contain a minimum of 10 questions.


True

False

What is False?  CFA's should have 3-5 questions that are directly tied to essential learnings.