Please create a name tag and
set it in front of you.
Print Your Name
Welcome to What is LFS?
Presented by Jennifer Bower
Seaford Middle School
jbower@seaford.k12.de.us
http://agi.seaford.k12.de.us/sites/jbower
Agenda:
Introduction
Anticipation Guide (LFS Strategy)
What is Learning-Focused? (LEQ)
Word Map (Graphic Organizer)
KUDS/Student Learning Maps
Lessons
Strategies
Revisit Anticipation Guide
Give One, Get One (LFS Strategy)
Questions
Student Learning Map
Topic: Learning Focused Strategies
Key Learning: The Learning-Focused Strategies Model provides a planning
framework that when
implemented with quality transforms standards from “words in a document” into
learning for all students.
Unit EQ:
How do I use the Learning-Focused Strategies planning
framework to transform standards into learning?
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Lesson EQ:
Lesson EQ:
Lesson EQ:
Lesson EQ:
How is the KUD used
to develop the
Student Learning
Map?
What is the
difference between
an acquisition
lesson and an
extended thinking
lesson?
Why is it important
to know what
strategy to use and
when to use it in an
lesson?
KUDs & SLMs
Lessons
Strategies
How do assessment
prompts impact
learning and
instruction?
Vocabulary:
Standards, essential
questions, concepts
Vocabulary:
acquisition lessons,
extended thinking
lessons, assessments
Vocabulary:
distributed summarizing
activities, graphic
organizers, word walls,
collaborative pairs
Word Map Outline 1: LFS
What is it?
(Write the definition)
The
Word
Learning-Focused
Framework
What are some examples?
What is it like?
It is a model that provides a planning
framework for thinking about, planning,
and delivering instruction using exemplary
practices with a focus on learning.
Goals:
Continuous Improvement
Consistent and Pervasive
Quality
What is the Learning-Focused
Strategies Model?
Exemplary Practice #1
With your partner, which strategy is most important?
Learning Focused Solutions
research states…
Lesson Essential
Question(s)
Vocabulary
Concep
ts
Unit EQ
Key Learning
Develop
SLM
Develop
KUD
For every Lesson Essential Question (LEQ)
you should have an
Acquisition Lesson with 2-4 higher level
extended thinking questions and/or activities
or
an Extended Thinking Lesson (EMTS)
What should a lesson contain?
*Acquisition lesson is used to teach a NEW
concept/skill/knowledge in order to answer the LEQ.
*Activating strategies are used to activate or build
background knowledge as well as to model/preview vocabulary,
thinking strategies, and graphic organizers that may be new in
the unit. Best planned after the teaching strategies.
*Graphic Organizers: You should have one in every lesson--not necessarily a new one. It can be an LFS graphic organizer
or one you have created or found.
*Teaching Strategies: Instruction should be before the
assessment prompt (distributed summarizing).
Teach > Assessment prompt >
Teach > Assessment
prompt > Teach > Assessment prompt …
2-4 extended thinking questions or activities should
be included in each lesson
*Summarizing: Should be distributed throughout the lesson—
not just at the end! Key to knowing when and what to reteach!
Top 8
Extended Thinking
Strategies
Include 2-4
extended thinking activities
and/or questions in acquisition
lesson to “extend” or transfer
previously learned concepts,
skills, or knowledge.
Abstracting
Analyzing Perspectives
Classifying/Categorizing
Comparing/Contrasting
Constructing Support
Deductive Reasoning
Error Analysis
Inductive Reasoning
*Summarizing Strategies: should be written
most of the
time, not oral to answer
the LEQ
Ex: KWL, 3-2-1, $2.00 summary, learning
logs, etc.
Quick reference created by Jennifer Bower, SMS ELA Teacher, and approved by Carol Gardner based on LFS by Max Thompson
8/28/2011
Common Core
Standards
Suggested sequence for planning a
unit with 2-4 extended thinking
questions/activities
Launch
Activity
1. KUD
2. SLM
3. Culminating Activity/Project
4. Rubric for Culminating
Activity/Project
Acquisition
Lesson (s)
EATS
5. Student Assessments
6. Launch Activity
7. Acquisition Lesson Planning
(include 2-4
extended thinking
questions or
activities)
Focus is on
the Unit
Essential
Question
Extended
Thinking
Lesson (s)
EMTS
(Each LFS unit should
have 2-3 extended
thinking lessons)
8. Extending Thinking Activities
9. Differentiating the Unit
10.Lesson/Activity Sequence
11.Review and Revise
12.Resources and Timeline
Diagnostic,
formative, and
summative
ASSESSMENTS—
Including
Culminating
Activity
For more details/examples refer to
your Planning a Unit training book or
your
Planning a Unit flipchart
Created by Jennifer Bower, SMS ELA Teacher, and approved by Carol Gardner based on LFS by
Max Thompson 8/28/2011
KUD for a Poetry Unit
Standards



•

•
Produce clear and coherent writing in which
the development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Gather relevant information from multiple
print and digital sources; assess the
credibility of each source; and quote or
paraphrase the data and conclusions of
others while avoiding plagiarism and
providing basic bibliographic information for
sources.
Know
Genre
Poetry
Poet
sound devices (rhyme, rhythm,
repetition, alliteration,
onomateopoeia)
figurative language
(metaphors, similes,
personification)
Draw evidence from literary or informational
texts support analysis, reflection, and
research.
sensory language (imagery)
Demonstrate command of the conventions
of standard English grammar and usage
when writing or speaking.
stanza
line
narrative
lyric
Demonstrate command of the conventions
of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning words and
phrases based on grade 6 reading and
content, choosing flexibly from a range of
strategies.
concrete
haiku
limerick
inference
preview
Understand
Understand the purpose,
elements, and meaning
(themes) of different poetic
forms.
Do
Read and analyze a
variety of poems.
Apply reading and
context clues to ask
questions to identify
unfamiliar words.
Apply the reading skill of
paraphrasing to reread
and respond to literal and
inferential questions.
Analyze literary
elements.
Build vocabulary by
using prefixes and
idioms.
I
dentify simple and
compound subjects.
Identify poet's purpose.
Part 2:
Identify subject
compliments:direct and
indirect objects.
Poetry Slam: Write and
present a poem.
Honors
Summative
Project:Poetry Anthology



Displayed in classroom
A map that guides what students are
expected to know by the end of a unit
Referred to often during instruction
Contains:
◦ Key Learning
◦ Unit Essential Question
◦ Concepts
◦ Lesson Essentials Questions (Acquisition/Extended Thinking)
◦ Vocabulary
Student Learning Maps
6th Grade Student Learning Map
6th Grade Social Studies
Student Learning Map (SLM)
Social Studies Student Learning
Map
6th Grade ELA
Student Learning Map (SLM)
6th Grade Science
Student Learning Map
Essential
Question
Question
What do the
students need
to learn to be
able to
answer the
essential
question?
Activating
Strategy
Key
vocabulary to
preview
Teaching
Strategies
Graphic
Organizer
•Instruction
•Assessment prompt
•Instruction
•Assessment prompt
Assignment
Summarizing
Strategy
Essential
Question
What do the
students need
to know?
Mini Lesson
Review steps
of using the
graphic
organizer
Task
Extended
Thinking
Strategies:
•comparing/
contrasting
•constructing support
•inductive reasoning
•deductive reasoning
•abstracting
•analyzing
perspectives
•error analysis
•classifying
Sharing
Subject
Non-Examples
Examples
Language Arts
Who are the characters?
What is the problem of the story
and how is it solved?
Jack has a quarter, 4 dimes and
two nickels. How much money
does he have?
List the steps in the scientific
method.
Describe the problem and solution
in the story from the perspective
of one of the characters.
Jack has 75 cents in his pocket.
What different coins might he
have?
Study Anna’s experiment. What
could she have done differently to
get more valid results?
Which amendment has the
greatest impact on your life and
why?
How is an artist like an author?
Math
Science
Social Studies
What individual liberties are
protected by the Bill of Rights?
Art
What techniques do artists use?
Extended Thinking is the #1
strategy that positively impacts
student learning
ELA Word Wall
Science Word Wall
ELA Word Wall
ELA Word Wall
ELA Word Wall
ELA Word Wall
ELA Word Wall
Graphic Organizers
Frayer Diagram
Frayer Diagram
Summarizing Activity
Summarizing Activity
Summarizing Activity
LFS 7 Comprehension Strategies
Learning-Focused helps teachers make
decisions about:











Deciding what to teach
Using what you already know to teach your best
Connecting and using the most important practices/strategies in every
lesson
Helping your administration observe and understand your professional
teaching practices
Finding instructional time for higher level thinking activities/lessons
Quickly assessing student learning
Differentiating instruction easily
Quickly building background knowledge and moving students from where
they are
Accelerating learning (previewing)
Integrating writing, reading comprehension, and higher level thinking
Focusing on key vocabulary and good vocabulary strategies
What are the benefits for
teachers?
 Give
One, Get One
(strategy)
Using your graphic organizer on the back,
move around the room and give ideas and
get ideas to build your knowledge.
Summarizing Activity
Additional Resources
http://agi.seaford.k12.de.us/sites/jbower/
staff/Wiki%20Pages/Home.aspx
 http://www.learningfocused.com/

What is learning focused?
What is Learning Focused?