Unit Design
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RESOURCES:
Engaging Classroom Assessment (ECA) Framework
A set of modules and resources (sample problems) linked to the Standards of mathematical practices. http://www.mathedleadership.org/ccss/itp/index.html
Kindergarten Lessons and Unit Plans
4. Sequencing: The Very Hungry Caterpillar - This lesson uses the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and is the first in a three lesson unit that focuses on sequencing. The next two lessons use the texts Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Haber and the Aesop fable The Tortoise and the Hare. The initial lesson focuses on the concepts of beginning, middle, and end while the last lesson supports students in including additional key events and details. Students use story structure supports to retell these familiar stories. (Source: Teacher Vision)
Engaging Classroom Assessment (ECA) Framework
Lesson Planning Graphic Organizers
Instructional Common Core Planning Template
Hess’ Cognitive Rigor Matrix & Curricular Examples
Common Core Model Lesson Planner
Common Core Unit Planner for Math
Lesson Planning Graphic Organizers
Instructional Common Core Planning Template
Hess’ Cognitive Rigor Matrix & Curricular Examples
Common Core Model Lesson Planner
Common Core Unit Planner for Math
Linking
Assessments, Standards and
Instruction
(August 6, 2014 Presentation)
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Math
Performance Task Planner: click HERE
Problem
Solving Sheet: Upper
Grades
Problem
Solving Sheet: Primary
Language
Arts Task Planner click HERE
Unit, Lessons, and Performance Task
The links below are for both Math and Language Arts. Scroll down towards the bottom on this post to view the Language Arts sample lessons and units.
Resources for Mathematics
A
sample unit in Mathematics (“Geometric Transformations”) developed in the state
of Delaware. Click on “Model Units” to view.
An
Algebra I course developed in Alexandria City, VA Public Schools using
UbD. Under “Curriculum Overviews” click on “Sample Algebra Course” to
download a pdf file.
SpringBoard®
Mathematics with Meaning™ from The College Board presents curriculum maps with
Essential Questions for mathematics
Middle
and High School Levels (Grades 6-12), including pre-Algebra, Algebra 1,
Geometry, Algebra 2, and pre-Calculus. ). Click on link to view.
The
New York City BOE Common Core Library includes a searchable database of units,
assessment tasks and samples of student work aligned to the Common Core
Standards for pre-K – 12 in mathematics and other subjects.
Georgia
Department of Education has developed mathematics units for K-12 aligned to the
CCSS. Click on the grade band links below; then, you can select specific grades
to view the units.
AERO
Standards for International Schools include a set of Understandings and
Essential Questions in Mathematics. See pp. 8, 17, 33, 49, and 59.
A
collection of “authentic” performance assessment tasks in mathematics, are
available through a paid subscription (school and district licenses). The
assessment tasks include annotated examples of student responses illustrating
different performance levels. Sample tasks are available on line. A good
Problem-Solving Rubric is available for download.
Leadership
in Mathematics Education Group (NCSM)
A
collection of “great tasks” – performance tasks in mathematics linked to the
Common Core Mathematics Standards. This project is a collection of tasks to
support implementation of the CCSS. Many of these tasks are drawn from existing
sources. Each task includes:
- Teacher Notes that provide an overview of the task, the Common Core State Standards Content and Practices standards that the task requires
- Activity Launch that addresses key prerequisite understandings and assesses student readiness for the task
- Core Task and Extension Activities
Click
on “Great Tasks” link to view samples. http://www.mathedleadership.org/ccss/materials.html
MARS
Assessment Project offers a collection of formative and summative assessment
tasks and “challenges” aligned to the Common Core content and practices in Mathematics.
A set of modules and resources (sample problems) linked to the Standards of mathematical practices. http://www.mathedleadership.org/ccss/itp/index.html
Albuquerque,
NM Public Schools have developed sets of math tasks aligned to the Common Core
Standards. Choose “math” and grade level to view. (Not all are “authentic”
problems). http://rda.aps.edu/RDA/Performance_Task_Bank/index.cfm
Math
Matters – The PBL Academy at Indiana University provides a variety of
teacher developed math task and project ideas. You can access most of these
resources by signing in as a “guest.”
Emergent
Math – A blog containing ideas for interesting math tasks and projects.
A
collection of authentic tasks, rubrics and student exemplars developed by the
Ontario, CN Ministry of Education. Click on “Exemplars” to view.
The
Balanced Assessment Project contains a library of over 300 mathematics
assessment tasks and scoring guides for K-12. Although most are not framed as “authentic”
problems, the website provides many useful and challenging assessment items.
A
collection of challenging mathematics tasks developed by The Mathematics
Assessment Resource Service (MARS) -- Michigan State, Berkeley, and the Shell
Center.
NCTM
has established a library of “reasoning task” ideas linked to the CCSS for the
high school level.
A
collection of challenging mathematics tasks and accompanying lessons, some of
which are linked to the Common Core standards.
A
collection of mathematics problems developed by the math department at Phillips
Exeter Academy.
Share
my Lesson – A free sharing site by and for teachers sharing ideas and resources
for math lessons and tasks.
Primary
(grades K-2)
Elementary
(grades 3-5)
Middle
school
High
school
Language Arts Resources
Kindergarten Lessons and Unit Plans
1. Tell
A Story, 1-2-3 This is the link to the Common Core Standards
Curriculum Maps. The kindergarten unit 2 map, Tell a Story, 1-2-3, lists RL.K.2
as a focus standard and supports students in retelling familiar stories in a
coherent sequence (beginning, middle, end). The unit also includes
opportunities for students to explore multiple versions of the same story in
both literature and art. Examples of resources, activities, assessments and
interdisciplinary connections to science are also provided. (Source: Common
Core Curriculum Maps)
2. ReadWorks - This website provides access to a three lesson unit on sequencing for kindergartners. In the first lesson, the teacher models how to identify and describe events at the beginning and end of a story. During the second lesson, the teacher builds on these concepts and models how to order events in the middle of the story. The unit concludes with the third lesson, in which the teacher models how to use the sequencing clue words “first” and “then” in a retelling of a story. The third lesson lists RL.K.2 as the focus standard for the lesson. (Source: Read Works)
3. Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales - The Read Write Think website offers a unit lesson that focuses on story structure in familiar fairy tales. Although grades K-2 are listed at the top of the plan, the overview of the unit states that the lessons are most appropriate for students in second and late first grade. However, Sessions 1-3 of the unit could be easily adapted for kindergarten students. In these particular lessons, the teacher prompts and supports students in identifying the beginning, middle and end of fairy tales that have been read aloud. Charts to assist with the lesson (see “Printouts” under the “Resources and Preparation” tab) are provided as well as follow up center activities (see “Sessions 7 and 8” under the “Instructional Plan” tab). (Source: Read Write Think website)
2. ReadWorks - This website provides access to a three lesson unit on sequencing for kindergartners. In the first lesson, the teacher models how to identify and describe events at the beginning and end of a story. During the second lesson, the teacher builds on these concepts and models how to order events in the middle of the story. The unit concludes with the third lesson, in which the teacher models how to use the sequencing clue words “first” and “then” in a retelling of a story. The third lesson lists RL.K.2 as the focus standard for the lesson. (Source: Read Works)
3. Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales - The Read Write Think website offers a unit lesson that focuses on story structure in familiar fairy tales. Although grades K-2 are listed at the top of the plan, the overview of the unit states that the lessons are most appropriate for students in second and late first grade. However, Sessions 1-3 of the unit could be easily adapted for kindergarten students. In these particular lessons, the teacher prompts and supports students in identifying the beginning, middle and end of fairy tales that have been read aloud. Charts to assist with the lesson (see “Printouts” under the “Resources and Preparation” tab) are provided as well as follow up center activities (see “Sessions 7 and 8” under the “Instructional Plan” tab). (Source: Read Write Think website)
4. Sequencing: The Very Hungry Caterpillar - This lesson uses the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and is the first in a three lesson unit that focuses on sequencing. The next two lessons use the texts Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Haber and the Aesop fable The Tortoise and the Hare. The initial lesson focuses on the concepts of beginning, middle, and end while the last lesson supports students in including additional key events and details. Students use story structure supports to retell these familiar stories. (Source: Teacher Vision)
First Grade Sample Lessons and
Unit Plans
1. The
Amazing Animal World students are asked the essential question, “Can
stories about animals teach us lessons about ourselves?” and are expected to
retell fictional text using details and focusing on a central message.
Interdisciplinary connections to art, science, writing, and vocabulary are
provided. (Source: Common Core Curriculum Maps)
2. Life Lessons lists RL 1.2 as a focus standard and has students examine what stories (including traditional stories, fables, poetry, informational text, and biographies) can teach us about life. Students identify key details of stories and then categorize those details into the following groupings: characters, key events, and settings. The related activities provide interdisciplinary links to language, art, science, and narrative and informational writing. (Source: Common Core Curriculum Maps)
2. Life Lessons lists RL 1.2 as a focus standard and has students examine what stories (including traditional stories, fables, poetry, informational text, and biographies) can teach us about life. Students identify key details of stories and then categorize those details into the following groupings: characters, key events, and settings. The related activities provide interdisciplinary links to language, art, science, and narrative and informational writing. (Source: Common Core Curriculum Maps)
3. In this unit, Junie
B. Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes the teacher reads aloud parts of
Barbara Park’s Junie B., First Grader (at last!). Students have partner
discussions and write sentences about key events in the story. They also create
mystery boxes with pictures or items from the plot that serve as physical
reminders for students as they retell the story. Observation and retelling
rubrics are provided for assessment and an interactive link helps students make
a stapleless book as a culminating activity. (Source: Read Write Think,
International Reading Association, NCTE)
4. Retell a Story with Sequence Clue Words The teacher will model retelling a story using sequence words and Eric Carle’s book, My Apron. Then students will practice retelling another book, Kevin Henkes’ Kitten’s First Full Moon, with guidance and feedback, and then use pictures and sequence words to retell the same story independently. (Source: Read Works)
4. Retell a Story with Sequence Clue Words The teacher will model retelling a story using sequence words and Eric Carle’s book, My Apron. Then students will practice retelling another book, Kevin Henkes’ Kitten’s First Full Moon, with guidance and feedback, and then use pictures and sequence words to retell the same story independently. (Source: Read Works)
Second Grade Sample Lessons and
Unit Plans
1. Season
for Chapters - The Common Core Standards Curriculum Maps provides a
second grade unit 1 map is titled, Season for Chapters. Although this
unit does not directly relate to reading foundational skills, teachers are
encouraged to find ways to integrate word study and phonics into the lesson.
2. The Wild West - This second grade, Unit 2, curriculum map does not provide suggestions for integrating phonics into the lesson. Teachers are encouraged to have students identify root words with affixes in the reading as well as identify the syllable types of the syllables in multi-syllabic words found in the text.
3. Building Bridges with Unlikely Friends - The second grade unit 3 map, Building Bridges with Unlikely Friends, encourages teachers to discuss vowel pairs and trigraphs in new words introduced.
4. A Long Journey to Freedom - The second grade unit 4 map focuses on The Long Journey to Freedom. Although this unit does not include activities that directly relate to reading foundational skills, teachers are encouraged to find ways to integrate word study and phonics into the lesson.
2. The Wild West - This second grade, Unit 2, curriculum map does not provide suggestions for integrating phonics into the lesson. Teachers are encouraged to have students identify root words with affixes in the reading as well as identify the syllable types of the syllables in multi-syllabic words found in the text.
3. Building Bridges with Unlikely Friends - The second grade unit 3 map, Building Bridges with Unlikely Friends, encourages teachers to discuss vowel pairs and trigraphs in new words introduced.
4. A Long Journey to Freedom - The second grade unit 4 map focuses on The Long Journey to Freedom. Although this unit does not include activities that directly relate to reading foundational skills, teachers are encouraged to find ways to integrate word study and phonics into the lesson.
Third Grade Sample Lessons and
Units
1. Adventures
with Dragons, Gods, and Giants- helps students learn to summarize as they
read fantasies, poetry, mythology, and informational texts. The activities link
writing, multimedia, history, and art to literature. RL 3.2 is listed as a
focus standard and retelling myths with key details while noting the message is
a main student objective of this unit. (Source: Common Core Curriculum Maps)
2. Stories Worth Telling Again and Again- lists RL 3.2 as a focus standard and has students examine why stories are handed down across generations and cultures. Students will read stories of grandparents and multicultural folktales with tricksters. The related activities provide interdisciplinary links to geography, art, and narrative writing. (Source: Common Core Curriculum Maps)
3. Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales These lessons help students learn the basic plot features of folktales as they work in small groups on one of three folk tales from African, Japanese, or Welsh cultures. Students read the assigned story, use a graphic organizer to record the most important events, and retell their folktale during oral presentations that include visual representations of the story and research about the culture. There are websites listed for student online research about each culture and an oral presentation rubric. The folktales are provided to print out, but the plan could also be adapted to other folktales. (Source: Read Write Think, International Reading Association, NCTE)
4. Guided Comprehension: Knowing How Words Work Using Semantic Feature Analysis In this series of lessons, semantic feature analysis, a comprehension strategy that helps students identify characteristics associated with related words or concepts, is used to compare and contrast characteristics of folktales, myths, and fables. It includes whole group lessons, small group lessons, and student graphic organizers and charts. This comprehension strategy is part of the Guided Comprehension Model and references the following book: McLaughlin, M., & Allen, M.B. (2002). Guided Comprehension: A teaching model for grades 3–8. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. (Source: Read Write Think, International Reading Association, NCTE)
2. Stories Worth Telling Again and Again- lists RL 3.2 as a focus standard and has students examine why stories are handed down across generations and cultures. Students will read stories of grandparents and multicultural folktales with tricksters. The related activities provide interdisciplinary links to geography, art, and narrative writing. (Source: Common Core Curriculum Maps)
3. Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales These lessons help students learn the basic plot features of folktales as they work in small groups on one of three folk tales from African, Japanese, or Welsh cultures. Students read the assigned story, use a graphic organizer to record the most important events, and retell their folktale during oral presentations that include visual representations of the story and research about the culture. There are websites listed for student online research about each culture and an oral presentation rubric. The folktales are provided to print out, but the plan could also be adapted to other folktales. (Source: Read Write Think, International Reading Association, NCTE)
4. Guided Comprehension: Knowing How Words Work Using Semantic Feature Analysis In this series of lessons, semantic feature analysis, a comprehension strategy that helps students identify characteristics associated with related words or concepts, is used to compare and contrast characteristics of folktales, myths, and fables. It includes whole group lessons, small group lessons, and student graphic organizers and charts. This comprehension strategy is part of the Guided Comprehension Model and references the following book: McLaughlin, M., & Allen, M.B. (2002). Guided Comprehension: A teaching model for grades 3–8. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. (Source: Read Write Think, International Reading Association, NCTE)
4th Grade Units (
(Source: Lonoke Elementary School, AR)
Note: These units were found in the Lonoke Elementary School Website. They are aligned to some of the new Common Core Standards, but also have Arkansas standards listed. Please revise and tailor to California Standards.
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Engaging Scenarios
Scenarios are a great way to make performance tasks more
engaging. They help students learn at a deeper level. Instead of just reading,
learners must read with the intent to understand and at times place themselves
into the particular situation, giving students information to make decisions.
Basically, scenarios turn information into practical application.
Scenarios provide learners the opportunity to:
- apply knowledge and practice skills relevant to the situation they face
- analyze, identify issues, solve problems and formulate strategies
- learn by completing structured learning activities which resemble the challenges they are likely to face in the real world
Elements of Effective Scenarios
Here are some elements that teachers should consider
when creating effective scenarios:
- involves mentally processing and connecting the content presented to the question/task
- models “real-life” thinking processes that the learner has to be able to perform
- presents issue(s) related to the learning outcomes
- is sufficiently complete, complex and focused
- presents a situation, problem, or issue
- appears to be realistic
- events are in a logical order
- content is accurate, relevant, and appropriate
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