Unpacking Standards in Order to Meet Them

This week, I learned a lot about what it means to unpack standards and the importance of doing so. In order for a learning standard to be met, the way in which fulfillment of it is demonstrated must be deciphered. That is, how can I help students achieve the goal of this content standard? Along with classmates from my content area, we unpacked a content standard for 6th grade. It was difficult to understand at first but after sharing ideas among the class, we understood better how to do so. Being able to unpack standards is vital to successful teaching and student learning, so I am really glad we are working on this in order to feel more confident with it. Last week's class definitely helped us to fulfill Standard 3a, "Teachers align their instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study."

Until next class,

Chrysalis