[Developing Models Target Responses]
[Developing Models Target Responses]
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What are they? Why have them?
What are they? Why have them?
Target Responses (also known as mentor samples) are guides for teachers (not students).
Teachers use them for planning and supporting students across a unit.
They are behind-the-scenes planning tools for helping the teacher think about effective ways students might engage with a learning experience and interact with the DCIs, SEPs, or CCCs in practice.
Target Responses help teachers think through the learning outcomes they are hoping students will attain.
Kindly Note: Creating target responses is an iterative process.
[Cause and Effect Models]
[Cause and Effect Models]
A cause & effect model shows thinking about what happens and why. Some characteristics of cause and effect models are:
Cause in a box on the left side.
Effect in a box on the right side.
An arrow from the cause to the effect.
Pictures, words, and arrows to show the phenomenon.
The cause and effect observed drawn in bold color.
Grade 1
1-PS4-1
Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate. (Cause and Effect)
Students develop a cause and effect model as evidence to support the claim.
Grade 2
2-PS1-4
Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot. (Cause and Effect)
Students develop a cause and effect model as evidence for CER.
Grade 3
3-LS2-1
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive
Students develop a cause and effect model as evidence to support the claim.
Grade 4
4-PS3-2 Energy
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
[Systems Models]
[Systems Models]
A systems model shows your thinking about how parts in a group work together (relationships). Some characteristics of systems models are:
Identify the system.
Pictures or words of the parts in the system.
Arrows to show relationships in the system.
Kindergarten
2-LS2-1
Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow. (Cause and Effect) Students develop a systems model as a pre-assessment to determine prior knowledge about plant needs.
Grade 2
2-LS2-1
Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow. (Cause and Effect) Students develop a systems model as a pre-assessment to determine prior knowledge about plant needs.
Grade 5
5-ESS2-1
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. (Systems)
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