Curriculum Planning

Focusing on Instructional Strategies

Using Thinking Maps for Curriculum Planning Chapter 5 Pages 234 - 240

Focusing on Curriculum Planning Objective: •To use Thinking Maps as tools for designing a unit of study. •To connect specific maps to unit objectives. Model the Process of Curriculum Planning using teacher input

Welcome and Agenda

Share ideas and plan for classroom applications

Closure and expectations for sharing student work

Create a Unit Plan using Thinking Maps

A Language for Learning Chapter 5 Pages 234 - 240

You can use Thinking Maps for Curriculum and Lesson Planning.

You Have Integrated Thinking Maps for Effective Instructional Strategies CHAPTER 5 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES Page 233

You have embedded Thinking Maps in other instructional strategies. You and your students construct Thinking Maps for a variety of applications in order to explain, revise, and synthesize ideas. Your students use multiple Thinking Maps in collaborative team work. You use Thinking Maps independently across disciplines to encourage student metacognition, self-reflection, and

Page 234

GREAT TEACHING REQUIRES PLANNING Page 235 BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND -Covey

Step One: Brainstorming and Defining Page 236

Step One: Brainstorming and Defining Page 237

Step Two: Classify and Task Analyze the Learnings Page 238

Step Two: Classify and Task Analyze the Learnings Page 238

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UNIT PLANNING

Step Two: Classify and Task Analyze the Learnings

Now You Try

Working as a grade level or content team, plan a unit using the two step process you have seen modeled. (You may need to refer to pages 236 – 239 in your Language for Learning text for directions.) Put your Circle and Tree Map on a large sheet of paper and be prepared to share.

Closure

Try to apply the plan you have created in your classroom. Save your students’ work and be prepared to share their examples at our next follow-up session. Be sure to write the state standard being addressed on the student work.