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Purposeful Unit and Lesson Design and Implementation
Designing units and lessons with purpose is at
the heart and soul of great teaching. Teachers must carefully pull apart
curriculum standards and break down conceptual understandings to meet the needs of
students. Then the teacher must think how they can purposefully design effective
and engaging learning experiences.
Looking at the big picture and where you are
headed with content is essential. Mapping out conceptual understanding so
students see how ideas fit together is key to the process. Sharing unit content
maps with students is the next step in having them visualize the way information
is linked.
Below are links to with great resources for
unit and lesson development.
Unit Planning Resources
Overview of GPS backward design process -
see information on
www.georgiastandards.org under the training section.
Unit components
for Mercer students
PowerPoint
presentation on UbD design process
Template for unit map
Assessment
Presentation
General
Categories of Instructional Strategies
UbD Stage 3 Presentation
Unit Scope
and Sequence Calendar Template
Carroll County Schools - sample
content maps - look under curriculum section
Wayne County Schools - sample
content maps
EMAT621 ABC Review -
Final Presentations Fall 2006
Unit Resources from Mercer Courses
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Presentation for Mercer Field
Experience Students
Attached is file with PowerPoint presentation on unit and lesson planning
Lesson Plan Resources
Georgia teachers can see sample lesson plans
correlated to the state standards at the Georgia Learning Connections web site:
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/
Keep in mind that the Quality Core Curriculum
(QCC's) are changing to the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS).
ABC Teach
Free Printables: 5000+
free printable pages and worksheets.
http://www.abcteach.com/
EdHelper
Thematic units,
monthly ideas, content areas ideas
http://www.edhelper.com/
Education World
Lots of resources
on a variety of education topics
http://www.educationworld.com/
LessonPlansPage.com
Has over 2,500 free lessons!
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
PBS Teacher Source
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Over 4,500 free lesson plans and activities.
The Lesson Planet
Search from over
30,000 online lesson plans by keyword and grade!
There is a yearly membership charge of $9.95 to get full access to the resources
on this web site.
http://www.lessonplanet.com/
Resource Files
Skeletal Unit Template
EMAT605
Skeletal Unit Presentation
EMAT 605
Sample First Grade Plant Unit
EMAT605
Lesson Plan Template in
Microsoft Word
Lesson
Plan with Guiding Questions
Fishing for Syllables -
Sample first grade language arts lesson
Curriculum and Instruction EMAT621
Template for unit EMAT621 in
Microsoft Word
Unit Parts I & II -
presentation information
Unit Part VIII - instructional
sequence chart template - sample one
Unit Part VIII -
instructional sequence chart - sample two
Contemporary Curriculum EDUC651, 652, 653
Template for unit EDUC651,
652, 653 in Microsoft Word
Unit Design Presentation
- Stage One
Reading Comprehension
Observation Form and Strategies
Unit
Planning Chart
Sample Data Analysis Project
Copyright © 2008 Sherah B. Carr, Ph.D.
Revised
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