Pre-Game Sheet- Back
Pre-Game Sheet - Front
This is a professional development game for educators (not students) led by
a facilitator.
Game Supplies List:
Note: do not hand out the DOK DOTS or Question Cards until AFTER the Pre-Game
Activity.
1.
2.
Each participant will need a copy of the Pre-Game Sheet.
Each team (4 pr. Team) will need…
• …one set of DOK DOTS.
• …one set of Questions Cards.
Game Rules
Pre-Game Activity
1. Read DOK level Descriptors
2. Read the Story (Facilitator Models how to “find questions” while
reading) and
think about possible questions you could ask students at different
DOK Levels.
3. Participants discuss question ideas and the different DOK levels.
The Game Rules
 Divide participants into teams of 4 players each.
 Hand out one set of DOK DOTS and one set of Question Cards per team.
 Lay the Question Cards with the Question Side Up, in a stack.
 Spread out the three sets of DOK DOTS.
 The person with (i.e., the birthday earliest in the year goes first, then so
on).
 The person reads the first Question Card from the stack to the team.
The reader MUST NOT allow the back of the card to be seen – read
the question card with it lying flat.
 The team comes to a consensus of the DOK level of the question.
 After a consensus is reached, the reader checks the answer on the back
of the card.
 If the team was correct – place the Question Card under the DOK DOT
set in which it belongs.
 If the team was incorrect – place the Question Card aside.
 Continue with all cards.
 When all cards have been played, review the Question Cards that were
set aside, discuss and then place under the correct DOK DOT set in which
it belongs.
DOK-1
Reporter
DOK-2
Interpreter
DOK-3
Judge
DOK-1 ONE STEP
Key Details, Facts, Words, Terms, Events acts . These can
stand alone as sources of information. They require the
skills of recalling, locating, reading, defining and
recognizing. These questions or tasks require students to
go to the source or recall information and are one –step
DOK-1 questions. Students do one thing. The answer is
either right or wrong.
DOK-2 Example:
What is an important fact about spiders?
DOK-2 TWO STEPS
Cause and Effect, Results, Relationships, Concepts,
Ideas. These are not stand alone concepts. They are
broader. They require the skills of specifying,
explaining, showing, summarizing, logically inferring,
identifying, predicting and showing explicit
generalizations using two-steps (1) locating and
selecting those stand-alone pieces of information (DOK1 facts, terms, words, etc…) to (2) identify and verify the
correct answer. The answer is still either right or wrong.
DOK-2 Example:
What is the main idea of the story?
DOK-3 THREE STEPS
Evidence, Quotes, Examples, References, Word Choices,
Points of View, Bias, Purpose., New Problems,
Conclusions, Generalizations, Conjectures. These
concepts move students into reasoning. They require
the skills of explaining, generalizing, connecting,
describing the effects of, solving and interpreting. DOK3, three -step questions are asking students to (1)
explain “HOW” the two-step questions are connected
[how are the key details helping us identify the main
idea? How do the illustrations in the text contribute
more to the story?] (2) show how they solved the
question using words, pictures, graphic organizers and
(3) draw and justify a conclusion.
DOK-3 Example:
What character traits did Goldilocks have that
contributed to the sequence of events?
Golden Keys
Supply List:
Pre-Game Sheet
A bunch of golden keys is mine
To make each day with gladness shine.
"Good morning!" that's the golden key
That unlocks every door for me.
When evening comes, "Good night!" I say,
And close the door of each glad day.
When at the table "If you please"
I take from off my bunch of keys.
When friends give anything to me,
I'll use the little "Thank you" key.
"Excuse me," "Beg your pardon," too,
When by mistake some harm I do.
1 Set of DOK DOTS
Or if unkindly harm I've given,
With "Forgive me" key I'll be forgiven.
On a golden ring these keys I'll bind,
This is its motto: "Be ye kind.“
I'll often use each golden key,
And so a happy child I'll be.
1 Set of Question Cards
Q1
Q2
Question:
The central theme of the poem is that manners
are important. Write a paragraph explaining the
key points that support this theme. Use details
from the poem to support your response.
Q3
Question:
In a few sentences, explain what lesson the
reader can learn from the poem Golden Keys.
Use details from the poem to support your
response.
Q4
Question:
What does the child say the golden keys will
make him be?
Question:
What are the golden keys a symbol of?
A2
Question:
In a few sentences, explain what lesson the reader can learn
from the poem Golden Keys. Use details from the poem to
support your response.
Answer: DOK-3
Standard RL.3 Three-Step Question
STRATEGIZE and
Locate/Select
and Identify/Verify
Step 1
Student selects- verifies
prior information…
locate details to show
what a reader could learn
from the poem).
DOK-3
Judge
Locate and Select
THINKING
SOLVE -CONCLUDE
TO
Question:
The central theme of the poem is that manners are important.
Write a paragraph explaining the key points that support this
theme. Use details from the poem to support your response.
Answer: DOK-2
Standard RL.2 Two-Step Question
then EXPLAIN my
show HOW to
Step 2
…in order to strategize
and show how to solve
the question ( a rule
could be that good
manners make you
happy ) a fact could be
that the child is happy
when using manners
and a conclusion could
be that children may be
happier when using
good manners.
A1
AND
(concept#1) Key Details
Step 1
Student must (1) identify
key points to support the
theme (manners are
important).
Step 3
---student can then
explain and justify
his/her thinking (if
good manners makes
people happy then
children who are
taught or use good
manners will also be
happy!)
A4
Identify and Verify
TO…
(concept #2) Central Theme
Step 2
In order to… (2) verify that
manners are important and is
the theme!
DOK-2
Interpreter
A3
Question:
What are the golden keys a symbol of?
Answer: DOK-2
Standard RL.2 Two-Step Question
DOK-2
Interpreter
Question: What does the child say the golden
keys will make him be?
Answer: DOK-1
Standard RL.1 One-Step Question
Locate and Select
Identify and Verify
Show Me – Tell Me
(concept#1) Key Details
Step 1
Student must (1) identify
key details to support what
the golden keys symbolize.
(concept #2) Central Idea
Step 2
In order to… (2) verify what the
golden keys symbolize.
(concept #1) Key Details
Explanation:
Student can find this information explicitly in the
text. “I'll often use each golden key,
And so a happy child I'll be.”
TO…
DOK-1
Reporter
Q5
Q6
Question:
Which key unlocks the day and which closes it?
Q7
Question:
How does the child in the poem relate to the
golden keys?
Q8
Question:
If the golden keys were a character in the poem,
how would you describe that character?
Question:
Summarize the poem.
A6
A5
Question: How does the child in the poem relate to the golden keys?
Answer: DOK-3
Standard RL.3 Three-Step Question
I
Locate/Select
STRATEGIZE and
and
show HOW to SOLVE -
Identify/Verify
CONCLUDE
Step 1
Student selects- verifies
prior information…
(selects details about
the keys that verify how
the child feels about the
keys).
Step 2
Step 2
…in order to strategize and
show how to solve the
question ( a rule could be
that the keys are used to
remind someone of good
manner words) a fact
could be that some words
are good manner words
and a conclusion could be
that the child in the poem
uses good manner words.
TO
DOK-3
Judge
then EXPLAIN my
THINKING
AND
Step 3
---student can then
explain and justify
his/her thinking
( The child in the poem
relates to the keys
because when he
needs a good manners
word, the keys remind
him).
Question: Summarize the poem.
Answer: DOK-2
Standard RL.2 Two Step Question
(concept #1):Key Details
Step 1
Student must (1) identify Key
Details …
(i.e., details about the golden
key “words,” and the child).
TO
…
Show Me – Tell Me
(concept #1) Key Details
Explanation:
Student can find this information explicitly in the
text. "Good morning!" that's the golden key
That unlocks every door for me.
When evening comes, "Good night!" I say,
And close the door of each glad day.”
DOK-1
Reporter
A7
Question: If the golden keys were a character in the poem, what kind of
friend would they be to the child?
Answer: DOK-3
Standard RL.3 Three-Step Question
A8
Locate and Select
Question: Which key unlocks the day and which
closes it?
Answer: DOK-1
Standard RL.1 One-Step Question
Locate/Select
STRATEGIZE and
Identify and Verify
and
show HOW to SOLVE -
(concept #2) Summarizing
Step 2
In order to… (2) summarize the
poem.
(I.e., in some way summarize how
the good mannered words help
the child through the day and to
have a great day.)
Identify/Verify
CONCLUDE
Step 1
Student selects- verifies
prior information…
(selects details about
the keys that verify
their character).
Step 2
Step 2
…in order to strategize and
show how to solve the
question ( a rule could be
that the keys would be a
polite friend) a fact could
be that the golden keys
only use good mannered
words so I could conclude
that the keys would be a
polite friend that uses
good manners.
DOK-2
Interpreter
DOK-3
Judge
TO
then EXPLAIN my
THINKING
AND
Step 3
---student can then
explain and justify
his/her thinking
( The golden keys
have the character
traits of being polite
and kind so I think
they’d be a good
friend that uses nice
words and is very
considerate ).
DOK-1
DOK-1
DOK-1
Recall and Reproduce
Recall and Reproduce
Recall and Reproduce
SHOW
ME
TELL ME
SHOW
ME
TELL ME
SHOW
ME
TELL ME
DOK-1
DOK-1
DOK-1
Recall and Reproduce
Recall and Reproduce
Recall and Reproduce
SHOW
ME
TELL ME
SHOW
ME
TELL ME
SHOW
ME
TELL ME
DOK-2
DOK-2
Skills and Concepts
Skills and Concepts
I can
Skills and Concepts
Skills and Concepts
SELECT
VERIFY
Information or
details…
a new concept.
In order to…
and
IDENTIFY
IDENTIFY
and
and
VERIFY
LOCATE
In order to…
a new concept.
I can
DOK-2
DOK-2
DOK-2
DOK-2
Skills and Concepts
a new concept.
Skills and Concepts
Information or
details…
I can
VERIFY
LOCATE
and
and
SELECT
IDENTIFY
SELECT
and
Information or
details…
LOCATE
In order to…
DOK-3
DOK-3
DOK-3
Strategic Thinking and Reasoning
Strategic Thinking and Reasoning
Strategic Thinking and Reasoning
...which I use to show
my
and then I
I can
LOCATE and
SELECT
information and
details
IDENTIFY
and VERIFY
to
a new concept…
REASONING so
I can show HOW I
SOLVED and
CONCLUDED
EXPLAIN
my
THINKING
the question
DOK-3
DOK-3
DOK-3
Strategic Thinking and Reasoning
Strategic Thinking and Reasoning
Strategic Thinking and Reasoning
...which I use to show
my
and then I
I can
LOCATE and
SELECT
information and
details
IDENTIFY
and VERIFY
to
a new concept…
REASONING so
I can show HOW I
SOLVED and
CONCLUDED
the question
EXPLAIN
my
THINKING