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Notes for Steppingstones to Curriculum: Chapter 7

Planning Classroom Units - Brainstorm individually first then


collaborate with other teachers.
Goals in unit integration: - Web diagram would be helpful to identify
- meaningful experience the subtopics and their relevance to each
- improve the teachers curriculum planning skills other and to the major theme.
- bring a closer relationship and collaboration to - Work your worldview topic to develop a line
the teachers. of action (CREATION-FALL-
Christ-Centered REDEMTION-FULFILLMENT)
Teacher-Directed - Consider which aspects of reality are part of
Student-Oriented the topic and issues.
Community-connected - Your planning should do the following:
- Designing and adapting units is probably the *Recognizing the significance of the topic
for your students, and what enduring
most significant component of your curriculum
understandings you want them to grasp
planning.
*Identifying the values that you can weave
into the unit
Keep asking, where am I taking my students?
*Determining which aspects of reality are
relevant and can be an integral part of the
Units can be in different sizes and forms. In terms
unit
of length and concentration of the topic. *Getting some ideas on how to help students
learn through different modes of knowing
Integrated Units the unit is multidisciplinary. (multiple intelligences)
Integral Units is a portion of the course or * Choosing the skills that students can learn
program that forms a unity with a clearly focused in a meaningful setting as part of the unit
theme. *Seeing what types of activities are possible
a. it has an internal unity. that would fit your topic and theme
Integral Unit is Unified
- it should contain main ideas and concepts, the 3. Formulate your unit focus (e.g., a thematic
values and the dispositions you want to foster. statement, guiding questions, and intended
- Thematic Statement it provides the learning outcomes).
framework for the objectives, intended learning - You can make a storyline.
outcomes, content, activities, and structure. "How the bean got to my plate: The story of
b. it has an external consistency. a seed."
c. includes pertinent and meaningful aspects of - Thematic Statement - describes your overall
reality that are related to, and may even go goals, the basic values, dispositions, and
beyond, the main discipline focus of the unit. commitments that you want to foster, the
enduring understandings, major concepts,
Nine Steps In Designing A Unit and key skills that you want students to
1. Consider the suitability of a proposed topic acquire.
- A topic should be suitable for a particular - Guiding Questions - Open-ended why and
grade level how questions can help students look for
- But there are universal topics like family
patterns and meaning, think about what they
which can be used in all grade levels. It can
be taught in different levels of depth. learn at higher levels and call for personal
response.
2. Brainstorm ideas, possibly using a planning - Intended Learning Outcomes can also be
chart or web diagram. called objectives.
It specifies and extends your thematic
statement.
Carl Mendoza
Notes for Steppingstones to Curriculum: Chapter 7
It should be precise and pre-specified 8. Plan student assessment. Throughout the unit,
standards by which you measure whether consider what evidence will show that you
students have attained each outcome. have met your intents.
It should include content outcomes, ability - Emphasize formative assessment feedback.
outcomes, value and disposition outcomes, - As much as possible, align learning
and expressive-creative outcomes. outcomes, learning activities, student
4. Design, balance, and sequence learning products, and assessment strategies.
activities. Include a motivational introductory - Use varied assessment strategies.
activity and a culminating summative one. - Use state standardized tests as only one of a
5. Incorporate the governments standards and/or broad array of assessment strategies.
curriculum guides, adding or revising learning 9. Review the effectiveness of your unit.
activities accordingly.
6. Plan a schedule. To adapt a unit from other source( s ), first
7. Select your resources. determine your own focus and intents, and only
then, use and adjust ideas from the source( s) that
are available.

Carl Mendoza

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