According to the Danielson Framework for Teaching Links to an external site.:
Effective teachers plan and prepare for lessons using their extensive knowledge of the content area, the relationships among different strands within the content and between the subject and other disciplines, and their students’ prior understanding of the subject. Instructional outcomes are clear, represent important learning in the subject, and are aligned to the curriculum. The instructional design includes learning activities that are well sequenced and require all students to think, problem solve, inquire, and defend conjectures and opinions. Effective teachers design formative assessments to monitor learning, and they provide the information needed to differentiate instruction. Measures of student learning align with the curriculum, enabling students to demonstrate their understanding in more than one way.
Access and Review the Module 1: Resources
Watch the 2 videos by Grant Wiggins and take notes about how to engage in plan instructional units.
Read the Wiggins & McTighe White Paper
Access the sample Math Links to an external site.or Reading/Writing Links to an external site.Curriculum, scroll to and the grade level that corresponds with your area of certification.
Download sample curriculum document by your select grade level (eg. if you are in Early Childhood program, you may download the first grade curriculum).
Review the Curriculum carefully paying close attention to the standards and unit plan section and answer the following questions:
State the grade level and provide the weblink to the unit you selected.
What is the projected length of the unit you selected?
How many lessons are within the unit you selected?
What content standards does the unit address?
How does each lesson align to the overarching desired outcomes?
How do the planned assessments align to the desired outcomes
Taking into account the Danielson Framework for teaching and what you have learned about Understanding by Design, explain in between 50-75 words why unit planning an important element in the teaching and learning process?
