{"id":4712,"date":"2016-05-05T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2021-08-20T21:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T04:29:34","slug":"backing-up-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/05\/backing-up-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Backing up Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/12\/text-is-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Text is Boss!\">In my last post<\/a> I shared learnings and takeaways from some Common Core ELA trainings I\u2019ve attended around the CCSS-ELA Shift 2 (students need to engage in, \u201creading, writing and speaking grounded in<strong> evidence from text<\/strong>, both literary and informational\u201d). This post continues with more about Shift 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questioning!<\/strong><br \/>Now that you\u2019ve selected the perfect complex text for your lesson your next step is to create some Text-Dependent Questions (TDQs) and\/or Text-Specific Questions (TSQs). The step in our common core training was to identify questions worth asking. Honestly, that did disturb me a bit because I sense an implication that I may have created questions in my career that just weren\u2019t worth asking. I usually know if I\u2019ve asked a question that wasn\u2019t well written by the responses I get from students. I start re-wording my questions if students can answer them too easily or without having to really think. You can tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When identifying questions worth asking the trainers posed the following questions of us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Could a student find <strong>evidence <\/strong>in the reading to answer the question?<\/li><li>Does a reader have to dig <strong>deep <\/strong>to answer this question? (<em>This is the one I\u2019ve had to come back and fix when students answered my questions too easily!<\/em>)<\/li><li>Does the question ask about a <strong>vocabulary <\/strong>word in the reading?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can answer yes to all three of the above, then you\u2019re on your way to having questions that are worth asking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found that it also helps to refer to either Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy, or, something I\u2019ve been referring to more recently, Depth of Knowledge (DoK). Here\u2019s an example of DoK followed by question stems by DoK level:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Chart.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Chart.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7284\" width=\"547\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Chart.png 729w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Chart-400x365.png 400w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Chart-150x137.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Stems.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Stems.png 722w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Stems-371x400.png 371w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DoK_Stems-139x150.png 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ohio.gov\/getattachment\/Topics\/Teaching\/Educator-Evaluation-System\/How-to-Design-and-Select-Quality-Assessments\/DOK-Question-Stems.pdf.aspx\">https:\/\/education.ohio.gov\/getattachment\/Topics\/Teaching\/Educator-Evaluation-System\/How-to-Design-and-Select-Quality-Assessments\/DOK-Question-Stems.pdf.aspx<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other resources for Questioning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the following websites (some were recommended at the trainings I\u2019ve been attending others I found myself):<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rightquestion.org\/\">The Right Question Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rightquestion\/\">The Right Question Institute\u2019s Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rightquestion.org\/education\/\">Question Formulation Technique (QFT)<\/a> on The Right Question Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or <a href=\"http:\/\/rightquestion.org\/educators\/resources\/\">QFT here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QFT is used to <a href=\"http:\/\/hepg.org\/hel-home\/issues\/27_5\/helarticle\/teaching-students-to-ask-their-own-questions_507\">teach students to ask their own questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Implications for Teaching &#8211; Achieve the Core<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Achieve the Core hosted one of the CCSS-ELA trainings I attended, and some of the trainers from the other two CCSS-ELA trainings I attended were there as part of the Achieve the Core trainers so it was cool getting to work with them again. I am able to give one of these trainings because two of the trainings I attended were WEA Train the Trainer trainings (I think I\u2019ve typed train and training more here than all my life put together &#8211; lol). I haven\u2019t yet had the chance to lead a training on the CCSS-ELA shifts but I\u2019m totally willing &#8211; knowing that I still have A LOT to learn myself. What I\u2019m good at doing is sharing resources and takeaways! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you haven\u2019t been to the <a href=\"http:\/\/achievethecore.org\/\">achievethcore.org<\/a> website, give it a go. It offers a wealth of resources to get you going on all the stuff I\u2019ve been sharing through this series of blog posts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check these out:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ELA Literacy resources to writing TDQs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/achievethecore.org\/category\/1158\/ela-literacy-text-dependent-questions\">http:\/\/achievethecore.org\/category\/1158\/ela-literacy-text-dependent-questions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete guide to creating TDQs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/achievethecore.org\/page\/46\/complete-guide-to-creating-text-dependent-questions\">http:\/\/achievethecore.org\/page\/46\/complete-guide-to-creating-text-dependent-questions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the above guide is too long, try the short guide \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/achievethecore.org\/page\/45\/short-guide-to-creating-text-dependent-questions\">http:\/\/achievethecore.org\/page\/45\/short-guide-to-creating-text-dependent-questions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In a Science Class<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I work with my 6th grade PLC team there are three of us, I teach Science to all the 6th graders, one teaches all the Math and the other teaches all the Humanities (ELA &amp; Social Studies). This CCSS-ELA shift binds our three different content areas together because whether you are writing a persuasive essay in ELA, a historical piece in Social Studies, a Math proof, or a Science conclusion students need to provide <strong>evidence <\/strong>to support their <strong>claims<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been using a great strategy to have my students write conclusions to their labs that our Humanities and Math teacher can use in their classrooms, <strong>Claims, Evidence, Reasoning (CER)<\/strong>. It has been fabulous and I\u2019ve been working on helping students write lab conclusions for years!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following graphic does a nice job of showing how CER works (even though I created this graphic I got the wording from the Edutopia article below &#8211; clicking on the graphic also takes you to the Edutopia post):<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CER_Graphic.png\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/9whDA4dt2fHoQnRzVnpchzmZGuntQINlazWHl9A9-WwikV2CzucR1-UGqYiDDWEH-nCP68hqlu7b4_PDJgN5h5Y8UwYFwvHR10enIehE8pdETLKyO_nBzHbWW__NSm9RHwdy0fYA\" width=\"468\" height=\"232\"\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/science-inquiry-claim-evidence-reasoning-eric-brunsell\">http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/science-inquiry-claim-evidence-reasoning-eric-brunsell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some<strong> other resources to get you going on using CER<\/strong> with your students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One way an elementary teacher uses CER :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachingchannel.org\/videos\/support-claims-with-evidence-getty\">https:\/\/www.teachingchannel.org\/videos\/support-claims-with-evidence-getty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CER Pinterest boards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/explore\/claim-evidence-reasoning\/\">https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/explore\/claim-evidence-reasoning\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A CER Rubric:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsta.org\/elementaryschool\/connections\/201104ClaimsEvidenceRubric.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nsta.org\/elementaryschool\/connections\/201104ClaimsEvidenceRubric.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How I changed the CER for my 6th graders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/10\/claim-evidence-reasoning-cer\/\">http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/10\/claim-evidence-reasoning-cer\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not quite CER but if you\u2019ve never heard of Inquiry Boards, check this out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/29\/can-inquiry-be-structured\/\">http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/29\/can-inquiry-be-structured\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next time we\u2019ll look more closely at the <a href=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/01\/building-knowledge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third and final shift of the CCSS-ELA<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my last post I shared learnings and takeaways from some Common Core ELA trainings I\u2019ve attended around the CCSS-ELA Shift 2 (students need to engage in, \u201creading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational\u201d). 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