What I Need to Do

The “What I Need to Do” tool provided by Exemplars is a combination of a rubric and a guide for students. This tool provides a way for students to organize their thoughts while they are reading, thinking and writing. It also has self-regulation built into it where the students are guided to do things like check for mistakes, provide evidence for their thinking, and tasks to complete. It can help with science literacy because it provides prompts for the students to make connections, evaluations, and recall. These are showcased by some of the prompts under “What I Need to Do” in the tool.

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