PLC & Rigor Resources
PLC Introduction & Basics
The Big Ideas
The 3 Big Ideas of a PLC
4 Essential Questions
The 4 Essential Questions of a PLC
Team Norms Worksheet.pdfTeam Norms
Use this worksheet to set your team meeting norms
Click HERE for a blog post with more info!
A-Learning Process.pdfTeam Learning Process
Steps teams should follow to be a fully functioning PLC.
What’s a PLC Meeting, Anyway?.pdfWhat's a PLC Meeting, Anyway?
This is a great blog post from Solution Tree about what a PLC really is - it is NOT just about meeting together!
One Step at a Time - PLC Team Progress.pdfOne Step at a Time
PLC Teams can all be in different places along the PLC journey. This great article outlines 7 stages of where PLC teams can be.
Essential Standards & Learning Targets
What do we want students to know?
Content Planning: Learning Targets (Secondary)Learning Targets
This outline explains the purpose of learning targets and how to write them
Deconstructing Standards Template.pdfGVC Worksheet
Use this worksheet to guide the create of GVC's and learning targets
CFA's & Data Analysis
How do we know if they learned it?
Data Meeting protocol.pdfSteps/protocol for team meetings focused on Data
data analysis protocol.pdfA different data analysis tool
Assesment plan.pdfAssessment Plan Worksheet - outline for assessment creation
Response to Interventions - RTI
What do we do for those students that haven't learned it?
Enhancement & Enrichment
What do we do for those students that have already learned it?
Depth of Knowledge Resources
DOK Information & Resources
depthofknowledgechart.pdfDOK Explanation
A chart explaining the different DOK levels and other info
DOK Question Stems.pdfDOK Question Stems
Use this to develop questions relating to the different DOK levels
DOK 3-4 prompts.pdfDOK 3-4 Learning
This document shows you different examples how to use DOK levels 3-4
DOK 3-4 Learning Strategies.pdfDOK Level 3-4 Learning Strategies
Taken from "Diving in to Strategic Thinking" by Gwendolyn Leininger & Sandra Adams
Content Specific DOK Learning Activities.pdfContent Specific DOK 3-4 Learning Strategies
Taken from "Diving in to Strategic Thinking" by Gwendolyn Leininger & Sandra Adams
Increasing Rigor in Instruction
Resources related to Rigor
Rigor Definition.pdfA Definition of Rigor
10 Strategies To Add Rigor To Any Lesson, Unit, or Assessment.pdf10 Strategies to Add Rigor
4 Myths About Rigor.pdf4 Myths About Rigor
Metacognition Learning Activities.pdfLearning Activities for Metacognition
Focused on student reflection and self-evaluation
Project Based Learning Quick Reference.pdfProject Based Learning
Quick Reference Sheet
Question Matrix - Blackburn.pdfQuestion Matrix
From Barbara Blackburn. Dividing the grid into 4 quadrants, upper left is basic questions, bottom right is higher level questions.
Rigorous Skill Instruction
Infographic showing rigorous ways to implement Deep Practice/Desirable Difficulty
Updated Rigor Infographic.pdfMusican Life Project.pdfProject Based Example
This is an example of a rigorous learning project
Essential Elements for Effective PBL.pdfEssential Elements for Project Based Learning
from pblworks.org
Why Project Based Learning is effective
Student Reflection & Self-Evaluation Resources
Reflection-Questions.pdfReflection Questions
Questions that can be used before, during, and after learning.
40 Reflection Questions.pdf40 Student Reflection Questions
Includes questions for backward looking, inward looking, outward looking, and forward looking
Student Reflection Resources.pdfReflection strategies for the classroom
6 great strategies for incorporating reflection into learning
