LDC Secondary Resources
Literacy Design Collaborative
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LDC's CoreTools
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Text Resources
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LDC for Novice Reduction
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) is an instructional framework for implementing Kentucky’s Academic Standards and improving teacher effectiveness by design: the instructional cycle includes teacher collaboration in designing instruction, analyzing student work, and adjusting instructional practice based upon data and lessons learned about students and their needs. LDC empowers teachers to build students’ literacy skills and understanding of science, history, literature, and other important academic content through meaningful reading, writing and other learning experiences. The building block of LDC is the module, a 2-4 week instructional cycle based upon a worthy, compelling, and rigorous student task.
The LDC website hosts a national community of educators providing a teacher-designed and research-proven framework, online tools, and resources for creating literacy-rich assignments and courses across content areas.
To learn more about how LDC is being used in Kentucky as the Novice Reduction and instruction in Kentucky, visit KDE's website.
To learn more about LDC: Click HERE for 2 free LDC Basics Mini-Courses--Designed to be used with PLCs or individually--each mini-course takes approximately 45 minutes.
The LDC website hosts a national community of educators providing a teacher-designed and research-proven framework, online tools, and resources for creating literacy-rich assignments and courses across content areas.
To learn more about how LDC is being used in Kentucky as the Novice Reduction and instruction in Kentucky, visit KDE's website.
To learn more about LDC: Click HERE for 2 free LDC Basics Mini-Courses--Designed to be used with PLCs or individually--each mini-course takes approximately 45 minutes.
Modules and Mini-tasks
What is the Difference Between a Module and a Mini-Task?
Modules:
A one- to four-week instructional plan for classroom study designed around a single LDC Task. The task supports mastery of transferable literacy skills students develop during the module supported by explicit instruction and practice
Mini-Tasks:
Small, scorable assignments that address a targeted literacy skill identified by the teacher for a particular LDC Task.
A complete mini-task includes:
Prompt: Instructions to students regarding the product they will develop in the mini-task
Product: Evidence students will produce to demonstrate competency with the targeted skill
Pacing: An estimate of how long the mini-task will take to complete
Scoring Guide: Criteria for what teachers should expect in the product
Instructional Strategies: A description of what happens in the classroom
*May be used as formative assessment pieces.
Modules:
A one- to four-week instructional plan for classroom study designed around a single LDC Task. The task supports mastery of transferable literacy skills students develop during the module supported by explicit instruction and practice
Mini-Tasks:
Small, scorable assignments that address a targeted literacy skill identified by the teacher for a particular LDC Task.
A complete mini-task includes:
Prompt: Instructions to students regarding the product they will develop in the mini-task
Product: Evidence students will produce to demonstrate competency with the targeted skill
Pacing: An estimate of how long the mini-task will take to complete
Scoring Guide: Criteria for what teachers should expect in the product
Instructional Strategies: A description of what happens in the classroom
*May be used as formative assessment pieces.
Modules |
Mini-TasksSpecial Content Collections |
6th-12th Student Work Rubrics
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All Student Work Rubrics (PDF, Google, Word formats) 6-8 Argumentation Rubric 6-8 Informational Rubric 6-8 NGSS Content Dimensions 6-8 C3 History/Social Studies Content Dimensions K-12 Reading Content Dimensions (BETA) 9-12 Argumentation Rubric 9-12 Informational Rubric 9-12 NGSS Content Dimensions 9-12 C3 History Social Studies Content Dimensions |
Need to know how to use the LDC Rubrics with Content Dimensions?
Watch this 5 min. screencast to learn how! |
Additional Tools & Resources
LDC Task Template Collection (if you want to design your own LDC task for your students--these are the templates used for modules)
LDC Big Task Bank Collection (if you want to have a questioning tool for classroom discussions, extended responses, short answer, mini-task--these are aligned to reading standards and provide a question frame for K-5 grades)
*These can also be used with the Reading Content Dimension rubric strips. The rubric is already created and vetted!
LDC Big Task Bank Collection (if you want to have a questioning tool for classroom discussions, extended responses, short answer, mini-task--these are aligned to reading standards and provide a question frame for K-5 grades)
*These can also be used with the Reading Content Dimension rubric strips. The rubric is already created and vetted!
