Cognitive Alignment Table

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Sample Cognitive Alignment Table

Standard 4.NBT.5

Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models

Cognitive Level	Possible Verbs	Indicator (Learning Objective)	Formative Assessment
Remembering recalling information, recognizing	choose, describe, define, identify, label, list, locate, match, name, recite, recognize, select, state, retrieve, find, tell, recall, reproduce
Understanding Explaining ideas or concepts, translating, interpreting, extrapolating	classify, demonstrate, distinguish, explain, express, give example, illustrate, indicate, interrelate, interpret, match, paraphrase, represent, rewrite, select, show, summarize, tell, translate, implement, carry out, outline, convert, visualize	Demonstrate how to multiply a four digit number by a one digit number.	Demonstrate how to multiply a four digit number by a one digit number by completing a problem on an individual white board and showing me.
Applying Using information in another familiar situation	apply, choose, dramatize, explain, infer, generalize, organize, paint, prepare, put into practice, produce, show, sketch, solve, use, illustrate, complete, examine, put together, calculate, manipulate, modify
Analyzing Breaking information down into parts or forms to explore understandings and relationships	analyze, categorize, classify, compare, contrast, differentiate, distinguish, infer, select, subdivide, survey, examine, deduce, contrast
Evaluating Justifying a decision or course of action, based on some set of criteria	appraise, judge, criticize, defend, compare, select, choose, decide, argue, verify, recommend, assess, rate, prioritize, critique, evaluate, weigh, value, estimate, justify	Evaluate whether or not a given solution to a 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication problem is correct.	Evaluate whether or not a given solution to a 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication problem is correct by explaining to a partner why the solution is or is not correct.
Creating Generating new ideas, products, or ways of seeing things. Combining elements into a pattern not clearly there before.	create, compose, construct, design, plan, produce, invent, develop, do, formulate, hypothesize, make up, make, originate, plan, predict, imagine, forecast, devise, propose

Cognitive Alignment Table

Core Standard or Objective (L2): 

Cognitive Level	Indicator or Target (Learning Objective)	Formative Assessment
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating