Activating

Prior Knowledge

Using Explicit Direct Instruction

Grounding Activity

If you were to describe your day/week in the form of a bumper sticker, what would it say?

1• Description of APK

2• How to APK

3• Examples

4• Activity/Share Out

5• Collaboration Time

6• Exit Tickets

APK Is…

Connecting old knowledge to new

knowledge

Reviewing 2-digit addition before teaching 2-digit

addition with regrouping.

Discussing what we do when it rains, before a

cause-effect lesson.

APK is not…

Assessing prior knowledge

“Boys and girls, who can tell me what a

sphere is?”

“Class, what do you know about

Confucius?”

Table Talk!

What Knowledge Do I Activate?

Learning Objective:

Compare and contrast characters

Ways of Activating Prior Knowledge

Universal Experience

Life experience

Must beUNIVERSAL!

Sub-Skill Review

Prior Lesson

Prior Grade

Fill Gaps/Holes

Activate Knowledge

• Universal Experience• Sub-skill Review

Facilitate Interaction

• Whiteboards• Pair/Share

Explain the Connection

5 Mins. Max!

Table Talk!

Identify the setting of a story (Kinder)

Where is your favorite place to play?

You told me places you like to play. In a story, these places are called settings. Today we will identify the setting of a story.

Identify the place value of numbers to 1,000

(2nd grade)

How many blocks are there? What does each digit stand for?

You know that each digit in a number has a meaning, like the 2 in 27 means 2 tens. That is called place value. We will identify the place value of numbers up to 1,000 today.

Use prefixes to determine the meaning of words (3rd grade)

Which one is locked?Which one is unlocked?

A B A B

Which one is happy?Which one is unhappy?

What is the difference between the words locked/unlocked? What is the difference between the words happy/unhappy? The group of letters at the beginning change the meaning. These letters are called prefixes. Today…

Explain the sequence and function of the digestive system.

(5th grade)

Point to your mouth. Point to your teeth. Point to your stomach. What do we do when we begin to eat something?

You already know that when we eat food we first have to bite it and then chew it. This is the first step for our body to break down food, which is called digestion. Now we will…

Solve one-step linear equations

(6th grade)

1) 6 + 2 = 8 2) 10 − 3 = 7 8 = 6 7 = 10

3) 4 × 3 = 12 4) 15 ÷ 5 = 3

12 = 4 3 = 15

What operation would undo the change in value?

Inverse Operations+ and −

× and ÷

You already know how to use inverse operations to undo a change in a value. Today, we will…

Activity Time!1.Choose a standard and write

an objective for it

2.Discuss whether to APK of the SKILL (verb) or CONCEPT (noun)

3.Discuss ways of APK for this lesson

• Universal Experience?• Sub-skill review?

4.Be ready to share out!

Activating Prior

Knowledge

LINK!

All Student

sSHORT!

Specific feedback, suggestions, and

questions are welcome!

Collaboration Time

& Exit Tickets!

“Achievement follows from opportunities… Closing the ‘curriculum gap’ is an effective way to close the ‘achievement gap’.”

Carol Corbett Burris & Kevin G. Welner4/1/05 Phi Delta Kappan 594