Social Studies Middle School Guide

Canyons School District

Instructional Supports Department

those higher levels.

Expected Best Practices

Outdated Practices

● Student have multiple

● Retakes are not aligned to the standards. ● Students are not able to identify the specifc skills within standards they are expected to learn. ● There is no meaningful process in place to provide supports and opportunities for the student to learn the skills within the standards. ● Students are not required to show efforts of learning prior to retake.

opportunities to show mastery of practice work and assessments ● Feedback on prior assessment or practice work identifes skills in standards that student has and has not mastered. additional support, opportunities to improve learning and/or re-teaching when needed. ● Students must go through the retake process prior to re-assessment. ● Retake process includes

Implementation Standards

Practice Work

There are four purposes of practice work: Pre-learning for upcoming standards and skills, checking for student understanding of standards that have been taught, continued practice on a current standard or skill, and student refection of learning based on current standard or skill. -Vatterott ● Practice work is to provide a way to practice skills and solidify content knowledge before summative assessment. ● Practice work provides opportunities for students to get timely feedback on learning and understanding. ● Practice work can occur at home or during class time, depending on the purpose of the lesson. ● Homework should be aligned to student capabilities or understanding of content standard.

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Expected Best Practices

Outdated Practices

● Practice work assigned is not aligned to a standard. ● Students do not have the skills or knowledge to complete the work independently. ● There is no specifc goal or defned success criteria for practice work. ● Practice work does not meet one of the four purposes outlined. ● No feedback is provided to

Practice work is directly aligned to standards. ● When students are expected to complete practice work at home, individually the student should have the knowledge and skills to be able to complete the work without adult help. ● Assigned practice work should have a specifc purpose and success criteria. ● When students are given

Implementation Standards