Week 6 Readings - Standards

Under Week 6 on Module, click on Read NY and National Standards. When you click on Read NY and National Standards what is below will come up. You should click on the different links so that you can view the standards that will be used in class and are also for science and helpful when it is time to do lesson plans. 

Standards

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are the skills and knowledge base expected of students for a particular subject area at a particular grade level; the benchmarks students are to reach in a particular discipline at a particular age.

In other words, a standard is a benchmark indicator a student is expected to reach by the completion of his/her grade.

National Science Education Standards - make yourself familiar with the rationale, categories, concepts and principles of the science education standards.

NY S Learning Standards - study the MST standards that address the topics and key ideas of science.
Visit the NY S Resource Guide.

Thinkfinity is a helpful site in selecting the standards' key ideas (to formulate your lesson plan's goals), performance indicators (to formulate your objectives) and view the activities aligned with other content area standards.


Week 6 readings is about standards. It mentions NYS Learning Standards, National Science Education Standards, and what standards means. This is important for teachers to know. The readings also means about Thinkfinity which can help with performance indicators which help form objectives. 


Standard are important for teachers to know. Standards are what the lesson is going to be based off of. Standards is the benchmark indicator that students are expected to be at and to reach a particular discipline. It is important for teachers to make sure that the students reach the benchmark indicator by the end of the year. It is important to know National Science Education because they are what the aim of what every state is suppose to be at for each subject. State standards are the key ideas and more specific then the national standards. Thinkfinity is a helpful site in selecting key ideas that go with the lesson plan. The key ideas are to help with formulating the goals.  The performance indicators help to formulate the objectives for the lesson. This is all important for teachers to know about to formulate the lesson and to make sure that students learn the material and are at the benchmark that the students need to be reached by the end of the year. The teachers need the benchmarks to be reached by the end of the year so that the students can carry the material that the students have learned to the next level. Standards are important to know to base your lesson and knowledge off of.