Essay : Drafting Essential Questions

Select a 1-5 grade level and a corresponding Arizona College and Career Ready Standard or other state standard based on the Number and Operations in Base Ten domain.
Design and complete the National/State Learning Standards, Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives, and Learning and Teaching Activities sections of the COE Lesson Plan Template. Be sure to include appropriate support and guidance for fostering academic language.
Upon completion of your partial lesson, draft 20 questions to guide meaningful learning progressions and foster problem solving for individuals with exceptionalities. Five of the questions should activate prior knowledge and the remaining 15 questions should be based on the progression of the lesson activity and probe the four Depth of Knowledge levels.
Using four of the questions you drafted, complete the attached “DOK Questions Table.”

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Drafting Essential Questions

Instructor:   Grade Level:   Date:   Subject:   Lesson Title	1st Grade     Nov 24, 2018   Math   Operations and Numbers
I.  PLANNING
Summary and lesson focus	Students to identify numbers and model them.
Classroom and student factors:	(20 students, 1 teacher, 1 paraprofessional) as well as IEPs and relevant students inclusion classroom (general and special education learners).
Arizona Learning Standards	1.0 A.A.1 – use addition and subtraction signs. Use oranges as models. Be able to read numbers loudly (Arizona Department of Education, 2013).
Learning objectives: To: Utilize models to identify numbers and read them out loudlyBe able to use + and –	Teaching notes: The lesson is on how to arithmetic signs and combine numbers using the signs
Key areas: -Addition -Identifying numbers -Subtraction -Combining numbers using arithmetic operations	Key vocabulary: -Equals -Sum -Difference	Function: Students to use worksheets in addition and subtraction. To also count numbers	Form: Utilizing a math story and identifying whether to use + or -.