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US curricula and standards

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Bring your grade, subject, learning goal and current standard or course requirement. Choose a teaching task, then adapt the idea and check the result against your guidance and your students’ needs.

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Investigate a phenomenon

Ask students to use observations as evidence for their explanation.

Build an argument

Connect a claim to evidence and consider another interpretation.

Explain mathematical thinking

Use more than one representation to make reasoning visible.

Explore the context

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Explore the curriculum context, then take the conversation towards the task you are preparing.

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What do you know about the differences between Common Core, NGSS and AP?

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Bring your teaching context

  • School, district or state standards
  • Common Core standards for English language arts or mathematics
  • NGSS for science
  • AP course requirements

Choose the guidance your class follows, then add the relevant grade, subject and specific standard or course.

Choose a task for your class.

Investigate a phenomenon

Ask students to use observations as evidence for their explanation.

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Plan a science activity where students explain why a shadow changes during the day.

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Build an argument

Connect a claim to evidence and consider another interpretation.

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Create a reading task where students support a claim with evidence and consider a counterargument.

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Explain mathematical thinking

Use more than one representation to make reasoning visible.

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Create a maths task on [topic] that asks students to connect a diagram with their explanation.

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Questions about United States teaching

Is there one US curriculum?
No. State, district and school requirements vary. Use the framework and course expectations your school follows.
Are Common Core, NGSS and AP interchangeable?
No. They serve different subjects and purposes. Choose the standards or course requirements relevant to the task.
Can I ask for a specific standard?
Identify the standard and check the output against its current wording. A generated label is not proof that a task meets the standard.

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Start with one task, inspect the response and shape the next step for your class.

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