Purpose of Stage 1
Purpose of Stage is for grade-level or course content teams to:
- Analyze their 2019-2020 curriculum to make adjustments to the 2020-2021 curriculum to address potential knowledge gaps for incoming students due to extended remote learning
- Identify areas for potential gaps for 2019-2020 students to share in vertical conversations
- Draft an adjusted curriculum for the 2020-2021 school year
Resources Needed
- Individual copies of our Academic Re-entry Organizer for each course/grade (electronic, save in Word format when complete)
- 2019-2020 local grade-level curriculum for content area/course (Units: http://instruction.knoxkyschools.com/instructional-units ; Critical Standards: http://instruction.knoxkyschools.com/critical-standards)
- Lesson plan book/calendar or Pacing Guides
- Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for specific content area/course
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- Document Upload Link
Before You Start
Before beginning this work, locate the following in the Kentucky Academic Standards for the specific content area:
- Your grade-level standards
- The progressions or coherence statements (specifically for the grade/course below and the grade/course above)
Utilize the resources below for additional information and to locate the progressions for each content area:
- Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing
- Mini-progression explanation, page 16
- Mini progressions for each standard on the Standards Breakdown View
- K-12 Progressions, beginning on page 391
- Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics
- Coherence and Vertical Alignment explanation, pages 10-11
- Coherence in the standards view for each grade level
- Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies
- Appendix A: K-12 Progressions, beginning on page 155
- Kentucky Academic Standards for Science
- Articulations explanations, page 5
- Progressions located below the foundation boxes in the Articulations of Disciplinary Core Ideas across grade levels
- Grade-band Progressions from NGSS Appendices
- Kentucky Academic Standards for Health Education
- Appendix C: Progressions, beginning on page 56
- Kentucky Academic Standards for Physical Education
- Appendix D: Progressions, beginning on page 43
- Kentucky Academic Standards for Visual and Performing Arts
- Progressions for each standard on the Anchor Standard pages
Resources
- Academic Re-Entry Graphic Organizer (one per grade/content area)
- KCPS Instructional Units
- KCPS Critical Standards
- KCPS Pacing Guides
- Find additional KCPS materials in the navigation menu above.
Upload
Submit your completed Academic Re-Entry Graphic Organizer (Word document only, please. All other formats will be returned. If using Google Docs, select File from the menu and Download. Microsoft Word will be an option.)