Literacy Plan for Kentucky

A fully interactive guide through Kentucky's Literacy Plan.

Acid Mine Drainage and Precipitates

In this video, environmental scientists measure the pH of water to detect acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine and then demonstrate how metals present in acid drainage fall out of solution as precipitates when a basic substance is added to the water.

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Arts in the Renaissance: Palestrina

Bruce Heim, a University of Louisville music professor, discusses and demonstrates key characteristics of Renaissance music including counterpoint and homophony. The segment concludes with the Louisville Brass performing an arrangement of Renaissance composer Palestrina's "Sicut cervus."

Controlling Water Run-off

This video shows how the environmentally friendly design of the Visitor Center at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville slows down water run-off and helps to control non-point-source water pollution, conserve water, and prevent soil erosion

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GED Professional Development Geometry Course Overview

In the Course Overview, you will find the description and objectives of the course, along with an outline of the four sections and their respective lessons. You will also find instructions on how to begin and progress through the course.

Explicit Lesson Plan

An example of a lesson plan.

Formative Assessment in Practice: Module 1: Overview

This series of modules looks at formative assessment—assessment for learning—and its role in increasing student achievement and motivation. Module 1 defines formative assessment and looks at how it fits into a balanced assessment system.

Introduction to Teachers' Domain Workshop

This workshop introduces the Teachers' Domain Web site, including how to register and how to find, select, and use the online resources.

Kentucky System of Interventions

This resource provides an overview of the Kentucky System of Interventions (KSI) to assist schools and districts as they develop systems of interventions for their students.

Lines, Angles, and Triangles: Lesson 1 - Introducing Lines and Angles

Introducing Lines and Angles is the first of eight self-paced lessons in the “Lines, Angles, and Triangles” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Module 1: Preparing To Teach Proportional Reasoning

This teaching module introduces proportional reasoning in the classroom and its place in the Common Core Mathematics Standards, the related teacher resources available at the Scale City website, and what students should know and be able to do to understand proportional reasoning. Module 1 of Using Scale City to Teach Proportional Reasoning.

Measurement: Lesson 1- Standard Measurement

Standard Measurement is the first of five self-paced lessons in the “Measurement” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Lesson 1 - Plane and Solid Figures

Plane and Solid Figures is the first of seven self-paced lessons in the “Perimeter, Area, and Volume” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 1

Overview of 2009 Kentucky Senate Bill 1: Learn more about the next generation of school reform in Kentucky and how it compares to the previous education system. State and national education leaders reflect on why education reform is needed to ensure high school graduates are college and career ready. Module 1 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Tunneling for Water: Geology and the Ohio River Tunnel Project

This video explains the importance of the Ohio River as a source of drinking water, its geologic origin, the rock strata exposed when Louisville Water Company dug a tunnel beside the river to access the water, and the meaning of the terms “aquifer” and “filtration."

WorkKeys® Locating Information - Level 3

Click here for additional video, worksheets, suggested uses, discussion questions, and more resources designed to help learners with Level 3 of the WorkKeys Locating Information assessment.

Arts in the Renaissance: Upon a Summer's Day

Instructor Jennifer Rose teaches students a Renaissance dance, Upon a Summer’s Day, from John Playford’s book The English Dancing Master. They perform the dance’s three figures and chorus. Rose relates that this was still danced in Appalachia in the 1920s and explains dance’s role in social interaction in the Renaissance.

Environmental Impact of Acid Mine Drainage

This video shows how acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine has affected Wildcat Branch in Kentucky's Daniel Boone National Forest. Because the creek has a very acidic pH of 2.9, most organisms cannot survive there, and Wildcat Branch is essentially dead.

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Formative Assessment in Practice: Module 2: Administrative Leadership

This module is targeted to school administrators, SBDM members, and school board members and looks at the role administrators play in helping teachers effectively assess students formatively.

Kentucky Literacy Resources by Standard

A collection of resources detailing literacy standards for all grade levels in Kentucky.

Lines, Angles, and Triangles: Lesson 2 - Types of Angles

Types of Angles is the second of eight self-paced lessons in the “Lines, Angles, and Triangles” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Module 2: Using Scale City To Teach Proportional Reasoning

This teaching module introduces you to the resources found in Scale City: The Road to Proportional Reasoning, including the mathematics explored in each module, descriptions of the videos, and tutorials for the Flash activities. Module 2 of Using Scale City to Teach Proportional Reasoning.

Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 2

Revised State Content Standards: Module 2 explores the new content standards as well as the process underway in Kentucky to adopt the Common Core State Standards and to develop new standards for the entire curriculum. Module 2 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Measurement: Lesson 2 - Standard Measurement Conversion and Problem Solving

Standard Measurement Conversion and Problem Solving is the second of five self-paced lessons in the “Measurement” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Lesson 2 - Properties of Circles

Properties of Circles is the second of seven self-paced lessons in the “Perimeter, Area, and Volume” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Pre-Assessment

The Pre-Assessment for KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course is a diagnostic tool that will help you identify your current geometry skill level. There are 24 questions which cover the content of the 24 lessons within the course.

Reusing Wastewater

This video demonstrates how peat filtration beds at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky purify and conserve wastewater and eliminate one cause of non-point-source water pollution.

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Tunneling for Water: Understanding the Riverbank Filtration System

This video explores the importance of groundwater, the use of wells, and the unique nature of Louisville Water Company’s riverbank filtration system.

Using Teachers' Domain in the Classroom Workshop

This workshop introduces teachers to strategies for using Teachers' Domain resources in the classroom.

WorkKeys® Locating Information - Level 4

Click here for additional video, worksheets, suggested uses, discussion questions, and more resources designed to help learners with Level 4 of the WorkKeys Locating Information assessment.

Arts in the Renaissance: About the Bransle

Carrie Nath, director of education for the Kentucky Arts Council, explains the purpose and structure of the Maltese Bransle, a country dance that was popular in the courts of England and France during the Renaissance.

Formative Assessment in Practice: Module 3: Elementary Classrooms

This module is designed to demonstrate the characteristics of quality formative assessment in elementary classrooms. Multiple videos of classroom practice illustrate what quality formative assessment looks like in elementary classrooms.

The Geology of Coal

In this video, a geologist describes how coal, a sedimentary rock, was formed when organic materials piled up in swamps millions of years ago. Over time, heat and pressure transformed the buried materials into forms of coal that cause acid mine drainage when exposed to oxygen.

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Lines, Angles, and Triangles: Lesson 3 - Complementary Angles

Complementary and Supplementary Angles is the third of eight self-paced lessons in the “Lines, Angles, and Triangles” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Module 3: Introduction to Scale City Learning Modules

This module includes videos of middle grades students tackling some of the problems in four of the Scale City modules. You will explore ways you might assess, support, and challenge your students as they learn about scale, scaling, and proportional reasoning. Module 3 of Using Scale City to Teach Proportional Reasoning.

Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 3

Great Teachers and Great Leaders: This module explores the characteristics of great teachers and leaders and provides some insight into the new teacher and principal evaluation system that is part of 2009 Kentucky Senate Bill 1. Module 3 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Lesson 3 - Perimeter and Circumference

Perimeter and Circumference is the third of seven self-paced lessons in the “Perimeter, Area, and Volume” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Phonemic Awareness Screen

A guide to identifying and understanding phonemes.

Recycling and Restoration

This video explains how Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky used recycled cypress from pickle vats to build its visitor center and then “paid back” nature by creating a cypress-tupelo swamp at one end of a lake on the park grounds.

Technology Guide to Teachers' Domain Workshop

This workshop provides instructions and tips for accessing media files on Teachers’ Domain.

Tunneling for Water: Digging the Tunnel and Prehistoric Water!

This video traces the construction of Louisville Water Company’s riverbank filtration system, including the unexpected discovery of a reservoir of prehistoric water.

WorkKeys® Locating Information - Level 5

Click here for additional video, worksheets, suggested uses, discussion questions, and more resources designed to help learners with Level 5 of the WorkKeys Locating Information assessment.

Arts in the Renaissance: Bransle

Kentucky students perform the Maltese Bransle (pronounced brahwl), a country dance that was popular in the royal courts of France and England during the Renaissance. The segment was recorded by KET in partnership with the Kentucky Arts Council and Kentucky Shakespeare. Kentucky Shakespeare also provided the costumes worn by the dancers.

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Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 4

Assessment Literacy: Learn about some of the essential components of a balanced assessment program, including assessments both for learning (formative) and of learning (summative) to accurately measure student achievement. Module 4 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Scale City: FAQs and Media List

This PDF answers questions teachers may have about Using Scale City To Teach Proportional Reasoning, including contact information. It also includes a Media List with the times of all the videos in the teaching modules that may be used to help plan a group professional development event around Using Scale City.

Formative Assessment in Practice: Module 4: Secondary Classrooms

This module is designed to demonstrate the characteristics of quality formative assessment in secondary-level classrooms. Multiple videos of classroom practice illustrate what quality formative assessment looks like in middle and high school classrooms.

High-Sulfur Coal and Acidic Water

In this video, a geologist measures the pH of water after high-sulfur coal from a Kentucky coal mine has been added to it. This test demonstrates that the sulfate salts found on the coal’s surface cause the water to become much more acidic.

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Lines, Angles, and Triangles: Lesson 4 - Vertical Angles and Parallel Lines

Vertical Angles and Parallel Lines Crossed by a Transversal is the fourth of eight self-paced lessons in the “Lines, Angles, and Triangles” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Lesson 4 - Area

Area is the fourth of seven self-paced lessons in the “Perimeter, Area, and Volume” section of KET’s GED® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Phonics Screen

An in-depth phonics screen guide.

Rain Gardens

This video shows how a rain garden at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky slows down the flow of water from the forest’s parking lot and helps prevent soil erosion.

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Tunneling for Water: Digging the Well and Treating the Water

This video examines the purpose, anatomy, and drilling of wells and looks specifically at how water moves through the Ohio River aquifer to the well and tunnel created by Louisville Water Company and how the water is treated to ensure its safety.

Using Folders and Groups Workshop

This workshop shows how to use the "My Folders" and "My Groups" features on Teachers' Domain.

WorkKeys® Locating Information - Level 6

Click here for additional video, worksheets, suggested uses, discussion questions, and more resources designed to help learners with Level 6 of the WorkKeys Locating Information assessment.

Arts in the Renaissance: About the Pavane

Carrie Nath, director of education for the Kentucky Arts Council, explains the purpose and form of the Pavane, an Elizabethan processional dance.

Creating User-Generated Media Workshop

This workshop introduces ways to use Teachers' Domain media to produce videos.

Lines, Angles, and Triangles: Lesson 5 - Properties and Types of Triangles

Properties and Types of Triangles is the fifth of eight self-paced lessons in the “Lines, Angles, and Triangles” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 5

Balanced Assessment and Accountability: Find out about the components of Kentucky’s new balanced assessment system and the characteristics upon which accountability systems are being developed. Module 5 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Mycoremediation

This video explores the process of mycoremediation: planting fungi such as oyster mushrooms to mitigate non-point-source water pollution caused by oil, gasoline, and other toxic substances.

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Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Lesson 5 - Irregular Figures

Irregular Figures is the fifth of seven self-paced lessons in the “Perimeter, Area, and Volume” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Phonics Screen - Student Materials

A student worksheet for working with phonics.

Restoring Lower Rock Creek

This brief video describes how Lower Rock Creek’s location between two National Wild and Scenic Rivers caused Kentucky environmentalists to choose the creek as a target for acid mine drainage remediation.

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Tunneling for Water: Full-Length Version

This video documents a massive riverbank filtration project undertaken by Louisville Water Company, including the construction of four wells and a mile-long tunnel. It also explores related science and engineering topics including Ohio River geology, aquifers, and the function and structure of wells.

Acid Mine Drainage Remediation

In this video, an environmental technologist visits an abandoned coal mine in Kentucky to talk about how a remediation system (a series of settling ponds and treatment cells) is neutralizing the acid drainage flowing from the mine and keeping it from damaging a creek downstream.

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Applying the Scientific Method

This video provides a real-life example of the scientific method: testing hypotheses about which plants will grow most successfully on a green roof in Kentucky.

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Arts in the Renaissance: Pavane

Kentucky students dance the Pavane, a processional dance from the Renaissance. The segment was recorded by KET in partnership with the Kentucky Arts Council and Kentucky Shakespeare. Kentucky Shakespeare also provided the costumes.

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Lines, Angles, and Triangles: Lesson 6 - Congruent and Similar Triangles

Congruent and Similar Triangles is the sixth of eight self-paced lessons in the “Lines, Angles, and Triangles” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Lesson 6 - Volume

Volume is the sixth of seven self-paced lessons in the “Perimeter, Area, and Volume” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Procedures for Measuring Oral Reading Fluency

Examples of how to measure oral reading fluency in students.

Tunneling for Water: Teacher Materials

This PDF is a booklet developed by Louisville Water Company for use with Tunneling for Water. It includes standards correlations, background information and graphics related to the water company’s riverbank filtration project and the geology of the Ohio River, vocabulary, prompts, and activities.

Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 6

Turning Around Struggling Schools: Examine the qualities of high performing schools and new efforts in Kentucky to turnaround consistently low-performing schools. Module 6 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Arts in the Renaissance: Scene from Hamlet

Actor Kevin Hardesty performs the famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy from Act III, Scene I of the Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet. Hardesty opens the segment with an introduction to the scene.

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Lines, Angles, and Triangles: Lesson 7 - The Pythagorean Relationship

The Pythagorean Relationship is the seventh of eight self-paced lessons in the “Lines, Angles, and Triangles” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 7

College and Career Readiness: Take a look at the ties—strengthened by Senate Bill 1—between P-12 core content standards and college and career requirements. You’ll learn more about what it means to be college and career ready and the strategies that will prepare Kentucky school children for success in life. Module 7 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Lesson 7 - GED Formulas Page

GED Formulas Page is the last of seven self-paced lessons in the “Perimeter, Area, and Volume” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course. This lesson focuses on making the best use of the GED formulas page.

Professional Learning Plan

The Kentucky Department of Education has designed professional learning resources to help schools work through the process of building and evaluating a high-impact professional learning plan.

Results of Acid Mine Drainage Remediation

In this video, a biologist visits Rock Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky to show how acid mine drainage remediation has increased the stream’s pH from acidic levels to almost neutral. Although the ecosystem has not been completely restored, many species have returned to Rock Creek.

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Stream Restoration

This video explores how Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky has restored a channelized or straightened stream to its original meandering path, thereby improving the stream’s water quality and creating a better habitat for wildlife.

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Aquatic Insects

In this brief video, a biologist talks about the macroinvertebrates (typically aquatic insects) that form the basis of food webs in healthy Kentucky streams.

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Arts in the Renaissance: Scene from Much Ado About Nothing

The main plot in Much Ado About Nothing revolves around Claudio and Hero. This scene features the more mature lovers from the play—Beatrice and Benedick. Hero’s character has been defamed, causing her fiancé, Claudio, to reject her at the alter. Enraged, Beatrice urges Benedick to kill Claudio.

Detached Wetlands

This video depicts a detached wetland, a small pool that forms beside a shallow meandering stream when it overflows its banks. These wetlands are important breeding grounds for the invertebrates that live in and beside streams

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Program Reviews: Purpose, Process, and Practice: Module 1

This module provides a definition of program reviews, the purpose and goals, and looks at the role they play in Kentucky’s new education initiative, Unbridled Learning: College/Career Readiness For All.

Think Aloud

An intermediate teacher leads students through a think aloud strategy to help students understand sequencing in a text.

Acid Mine Drainage: General Level Background Essays

These two background essays provide general information about acid mine drainage (AMD) for grades 6-12. The first explores how AMD is formed and its environmental impact, and the second focuses on the chemical processes involved in AMD. They can be shared with students or used as a reference by teachers.

Bernheim Forest: Background Essays

These two essays provide background information for grades 4-12 about water conservation and preservation at Bernheim Forest. The first essay describes the water-friendly features of the Bernheim Visitor Center, and the second describes two restoration projects undertaken at the forest.

Program Reviews: Purpose, Process, and Practice: Module 2

Module 2 takes a closer look at the content of program reviews and guidance on how to successfully conduct them.

Visual Supports

A fact sheet for understanding visual supports.

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About the Seasons

Children learn how seasonal weather changes affect everything, from the behavior of animals to the way we dress and play.

Acid Mine Drainage: Advanced Level Background Essay

This background essay for high school chemistry explores the chemical processes that underlie the problem of acid mine drainage and includes detailed equations representing these processes. It can be shared with students or used as a reference by teachers.

Bernheim Forest Discussion Questions

This PDF combines all discussion questions from the eight “Bernheim Forest” videos into a single document for teachers to download and print.

Building Video Literacy: Sound

This activity, created by EDC's Center for Children and Technology, explores how sound is used to create meaning.

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Vocabulary Activities

A worksheet with ideas for activities to guide student learning of vocabulary.

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Acid Mine Drainage Discussion Questions

This PDF combines all discussion questions from the eight “Acid Mine Videos” pages into a single convenient document that teachers can easily download and print. The discussion questions are divided into three levels: General (6-12), Intermediate (9-12), and Advanced (High School Chemistry).

Bernheim Forest Graphic Handouts

This set of five graphic handouts illustrate concepts from the eight “Bernheim Forest” videos including the design of the green roof, the cistern, and the peat filtration system as well as mycoremediation to offset oil and gasoline pollution and restoring a creek to its original meander.

Characteristics of Highly Effective Teachers

This collection of videos illustrate high quality literacy instruction as described in The Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and Learning, available at the Kentucky Department of Education website.

Program Reviews: Purpose, Process, and Practice: Module 3

This module takes a closer look at the Arts and Humanities Program Review.

Acid Mine Drainage Quantitative Questions, Advanced Level

This handout for high school chemistry students is divided into general, intermediate, and advanced problems that require students to balance chemical equations, write equilibrium expressions, and answer other quantitative questions related to acid mine drainage.

Bernheim Forest Glossary

This glossary provides definitions for scientific and technical terms used in the eight “Bernheim Forest” videos.

Program Reviews: Purpose, Process, and Practice: Module 4

This module provides an overview of the Writing Program Review.

Acid Mine Drainage Glossary

This glossary provides definitions for scientific and technical terms used in the eight “Acid Mine Drainage” videos.