Evidence of Learner Behaviors

• Share, with peers or during the lesson experience, ways the new skill or concept connects to one they learned the day or week before

• Give examples of how this new knowledge reminds them of something they learned

Questions to Ask Learners

• How does the learning today remind you of something you learned before?

• What made you think about how they are connected?

Evidence of Learner Behaviors

• Describe, in a current learning task or project, how something they learned before is part of it or will be part of it before it is completed

• Articulate why the prior and current learning have importance

Questions to Ask Learners

• How does this task include skills and concepts you've learned before?

• How will you use that learning in this task or project?

• Why was that prior learning necessary?

Evidence of Learner Behaviors

• Share how their current learning task or project uses skills or concepts they've learned from more than one content area (i.e., how their history project also requires ELA and lifelong learning skills)

Questions to Ask Learners

• What kinds of learning are needed for this project/task?

• What different content areas are you using or learning from in this project/task?

• Why do you need to use the learning from those different areas to complete this project/task proficiently?

Evidence of Learner Behaviors

• Demonstrate critical thinking in their approach to the project/task, including asking new questions and discussing other ideas beyond the task

Questions to Ask Learners

• How has this project/task had you thinking of new ideas or questions on the topic?