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Elementary Units of Study

Elementary Units of Study. Denton ISD Curriculum Overview. Norms. Listen respectfully. Participate. Silence cell phones. Laugh and have fun. Take care of own personal needs. Keep “sidebar” conversations to a minimum. Alignment to District Goals.

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Elementary Units of Study

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  1. Elementary Units of Study Denton ISD Curriculum Overview

  2. Norms • Listen respectfully. • Participate. • Silence cell phones. • Laugh and have fun. • Take care of own personal needs. • Keep “sidebar” conversations to a minimum.

  3. Alignment to District Goals • Cultivate a consistent, strong, district-wide balanced curriculum based on ongoing needs assessments that supports all students • Establish high expectations with a curriculum that fosters inquiry and critical thinking

  4. Westward Expansion Unit

  5. Focus on Understanding

  6. Turn and Talk

  7. By Design

  8. Turn and Talk

  9. Stage One Transfer Goals

  10. Stage One Enduring Understandings

  11. Stage One Essential Questions

  12. Stage One Desired Results

  13. Stage One Stage 1 - What is worthy and requiring of understanding? Transfer Goal Understandings Essential Questions Established Goals (Content Standards) Knows Be able to Do

  14. Stage 1 Sort

  15. Evidence Stage Two

  16. Stage Two Stage 2 - What is evidence of understanding? Transfer Tasks Other Evidence Evaluative Criteria

  17. Stage Three Learning Plan

  18. Stage Three Stage 3 - What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest and excellence? Learning Plan

  19. “Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.”

  20. Denton ISD UbD Established Goals (Content Standards) 1 Essential Questions Understandings Knowledge Skill Transfer Tasks Other Evidence 2 Evaluative Criteria 3 Learning Plan

  21. Denton ISD UbD Established Goals (Content Standards) 1 Essential Questions Understandings Knowledge Skill Transfer Tasks Other Evidence 2 Evaluative Criteria 3 Learning Plan

  22. 40 days 40 months 40 years

  23. Compass Point Reflection

  24. Grade Level Break Out Grade Level Breakout • Kindergarten • First • Second • Third • Fourth • Fifth

  25. Agenda • Questions from the morning • Parking Lot • Overview of both units • Process overlay • How to find units • Support Provided

  26. Logistics of Pilot

  27. ThinkBig… Start small…… Go for the early Win!

  28. reflection

  29. Curriculum Coordinators • Sandy Brown – PK-5 Language Arts • Karen Spalding – PK-5 Math • Kathy Morrison – PK-5 Science • Stacey Kockler – PK-5 Social Studies

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