U sing Questions to Define the Essentials of Your Curriculum

1. Using Questions to Define the Essentials of Your Curriculum

2. Effective Questioning

3. Step #1 State the Essential Curriculum or Common Core Standard then ask: What will students need to know in order to master this standard?

4. Step #2: Break it Down: Form objectives for What students will Know (factual), be able to do (procedural), and understand (conceptual). * Student will ..... ** Student will be able to

5. Essential questions are few in number. • Essential questions are created by looking at the big ideas presented in the unit/lesson. • These ideas serve as connections to other disciplines. • Well-crafted questions should be written open-ended and in ways that challenge and intrigue the students . • Essential questions may not be completely answered but will guide the student through content knowledge on the “quest” for an answer. Step #3: Create Essential Questions or Focus on the “Quest” in “Questions” * Student will ..... ** Student will be able to

6. Who questions should engage the students in making choices. • What questions should involve students in hypothesizing. • When questions should require students to predict. • Where questions should have students developing plans. • Why questions should use the students; skill of analysis • Which questions should provoke students to use criteria and evidence to make decisions and reason arguments. • How questions should compel students to synthesize meaning by gather information on the manner or method of solving problems. Types of Essential Questions * Student will ..... ** Student will be able to

7. Unit questions are formed as subordinate questions to the essential questions. • Unit questions build understanding. • Unit questions are specific to the lesson or unit of study • Unit questions provide guiding questions for a particular activity or expected outcome. • Unit questions can be seen as the benchmarks for students to comprehend in order to understand the essential questions. Step #4: Develop Unit Questions * Student will ..... ** Student will be able to

8. Defining the essentials of your curriculum enables you to break down the components of a topic/concept into it smallest parts. • It is a lot like planning a vacation trip. • You have a destination in mind but you Google the route so you arrive at your destination in a timely fashion. You pay attention to the twists and turns along the way so you don’t get lost. • You may decide to add stops along the way but they fit into the overall idea and time frame of your vacation. • Likewise, your essential questions direct your students knowledge “quest” and give them a roadmap to follow in order to master the content. • Use essential questions to guide the lesson to its final destination. Essential Questions Become a Roadmap

9. Fill in the sheet Using Questions to Define the Essentials of Your curriculum. • Read the information on Dimensions of Learningweb site. Pay particular attention to Dimension 2,3, and 4. • Answer the following question on Edmodo: How do Dimensions 2,3,and 4 from Dimensions of Learning relate to breaking your essential curriculum into essential questions? Now what? – Task 1

10. Create a lesson for an upcoming unit using the UDL Lesson Plan with Questions. • When you submit the lesson please answer the following: “How analyzing the factual, procedural, and conceptual knowledge you wanted your students to learn change your learning strategies?” Now what? – Task 2