A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”
A knowledge and skills statement is a broad statement of what students must know and be able to do. It generally begins with a learning strand and ends with the phrase “The student is expected to:” Knowledge and skills statements always include related student expectations.
Glossary Support for ELA.4.6.H
Once students have determined what the key ideas are in a text, they can combine details and parts of a text or even multiple texts to form a new coherent and unified idea not explicitly stated in the source material. When students can synthesize information from a text, they are able to apply the knowledge gained from it to their lives and the world around them. For example, students who synthesize several viewpoints presented on an issue will have the ability to look at the issue in different ways and be better able to consider solutions.
Summary: This article features an instructional sequence that takes students through the notetaking process. The purpose of the process is to move students away from simple bulleted lists toward notes that demonstrate, through organization, that students have synthesized and evaluated what they've heard. Through a more sophisticated notetaking process, students can better understand and engage with content text.