Resources: Informational Documents and PowerPoints

The informational documents and PowerPoint (PPT) presentations listed below are the results of the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's initiatives and partnerships.

Informational Documents

Depth-of-Knowledge Levels

The Depth of Knowledge documents provide language to discuss concept complexity and learning.  Developed by Norman L. Webb, a senior research scientist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and the National Institute for Science Education, these tools have been used to make judgments about assessment items and standards (grade level and grade span expectations).

 

For each content area, Webb uses four levels to describe the complexity levels of tasks and student behaviors. Links to the descriptions for each content depth of knowledge level are provided below:

• Reading Depth of Knowledge Levels
• Writing Depth of Knowledge Levels

• Mathematics Depth of Knowledge Levels

• Science Depth of Knowledge Levels

Reading Instruction for ELL:

Components of Effective Reading Instruction for English Language Learners (4MB)

Five Essential Areas of Reading:

• Phonemic Awareness Instruction (180KB)
  
  
• Phonics Instruction (482KB)
  
  
• Fluency Instruction (851KB)
  
  
• Vocabulary Instruction (381KB)
• Supporting Vocabulary Development (2.4MB)



• Comprehension Instruction (381KB)
• Teaching Comprehension (2.5MB)

Grade Level and Grade Span Expectations

Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) and Grade Span         Expectations (GSEs) (126 KB)

Personal Literacy Plans

Personal Literacy Plan Information (1.6MB)

Differentiating Instruction

Differentiating Instruction (1.8MB)

Oral Language Development

Oral Language Development (1.9MB)

RIRF Leadership Institute

RIRF Leadership Institute (1.9MB)

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