Got a Minute?
Writing
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
The California Coalition for Inclusive Literacy (CCIL)
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
Got a Minute?
Time is an educator’s kryptonite.
Plan how to spend your time expanding your knowledge and skills.
Start your learning if you have 10 minutes. If you have 20 minutes you can cover an additional concept. With 45 minutes, you can start and finish this work in one session.
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
Session Goal
Writing GaM? Goal: �To support educators to provide meaningful and actionable feedback to students when they engage in argument writing across content areas.
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
Materials: Are you Ready?
Materials Needed
*Rubrics for math and science constructed responses can be found on the last slide of this deck
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
Table of Contents:
Plan your learning
Steps 1 - 2
10 Minutes of Learning
Argument Writing
Understanding the overlapping practices when writing across the disciplines
Steps 1- 4
20 Minutes of Learning
Deconstructing Rubrics
Preparing students to write for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences
Steps 1 -7
45 Minutes of Learning
The Single-Point Rubric
Providing meaningful and actionable feedback to students when engaging in argument
Got Another Minute?
Additional Resources
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
10 Minutes of Learning
Argument Writing
Step 1
Engaging in Argument as Shared Practice
Engaging in argument is a key practice in all disciplines. This skill is fostered from elementary school where it manifests as expressing an “opinion” all the way through high school where it manifests as argumentative writing or constructing viable argument in math or science. Take a moment to review the Understanding Language Venn Diagram (Cheuk, 2013) and pay special attention to the convergence of English, math, and science practices in the center.
Step 2 - Reflect independently or discuss with colleagues
What do you know about how students engage in argument or build toward it in English Language Arts? Math? Science? Health?
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
20 Minutes of Learning
Deconstructing Rubrics
Step 3 - Watch a Video
Take a look with us at a performance task rubric for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
Step 4 - Reflect individually or discuss with a colleague
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
45 Minutes of Learning
Single-Point Rubrics
In this next section, we’ll pull specific criteria from analytic rubrics for performance tasks for use in rubrics during classroom instruction and learning to provide meaningful and actionable feedback to students.
By doing so, feedback will become focused and can inform next steps for both teaching and learning.
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
45 Minutes of Learning
Single-Point Rubrics
Step 5
Read about single-point rubrics
Step 6
View these samples of single-point rubrics:
Step 7
Download this template to build your own single-point rubric. The criteria can be pulled from Smarter Balanced Performance Task rubrics and/or directly from content area standards.
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
Got a few more minutes?
Additional Resources
Mathematics
Science
Videos
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
Feedback is a Gift!
bit.ly/CCIL-Tier1FB
Your feedback provides insight into learner variability and in turn we can design more inclusive learning experiences.
@CAST_UDL | #CASTPL
© 2021 CAST | Until learning has no limits