NY Next Generation ELA 8SL1.b
The Standard
Follow norms for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students follow norms for collegial discussion and decision-making. They track goals and deadlines, define roles, and adjust group work when progress stalls.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student participates within agreed norms, fulfills a role, and monitors progress visibly. The student helps the group make a transparent decision and meet its deadline.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat decision-making as majority rule without discussion. They may complete individual tasks while ignoring shared goals, deadlines, or unequal participation.
How to Assess It
- Give groups a timed decision task with roles, criteria, checkpoints, and a deadline. Observe norm use, progress tracking, and decision-making.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use role cards, decision criteria, a timer, and a progress board during a group task.
Ask students which norm helps groups disagree productively before deciding.
Play Meeting Repair with scenarios involving missed deadlines, unclear roles, or excluded voices.
Hold a planning meeting for a class project with documented roles, goals, and decisions.
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Related Standards
- 5SL1.b
Follow agreed-upon norms for discussions and carry out assigned roles.
- 7SL1.b
Follow norms for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
- 6SL1.b
Follow norms for collegial discussions, set specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
- 9-10SL1b
Work with peers to set norms for collegial discussions and decision-making, establish clear goals, deadlines, and individual roles as needed.
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