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.6.5.G
Students should understand that some details in a text will not only support but also help to fill in understanding of the key ideas. These details tell a reader what is happening, who is affected, and why the idea matters or is being discussed in the first place. Other details cover fewer specifics and provide general information that adds to the background knowledge. Students must consider the intended purpose of a detail in order to evaluate whether the detail is effective.
Key ideas are ideas that must be understood to fully comprehend the meaning of the larger text. While reading, students should look for the relationships between details and how those details are organized so they can determine which key ideas the details focus on and support. If students are unable to figure out what the key ideas are in a text, they cannot determine the overarching message of a text.
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 of details and key ideas, that students have synthesized and evaluated what they have read. Through a more sophisticated notetaking process, students can better understand and engage with content text.