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6 Things I wish someone had told me: 1 - Take the time to “Unpack” each standard Best done in a group setting! Identify knowledge & skills, big ideas, enduring understandings, essential & key questions & sample tasks
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6 Things I wish • someone had told me: • 1 - Take the time to “Unpack” each standard • Best done in a group setting! • Identify knowledge & skills, big ideas, enduring understandings, essential & key questions & sample tasks • See “Unpacking Standards Worksheet Blank” at hurleymusic.wikispaces.com to download the worksheet. • It’s worth your time
6 Things I wish • someone had told me: • 1 - Take the time to “Unpack” each standard • 2 - Study the elements of each standard in a grid format to learn what skills should be met in each grade level. • See “Standards Spreadsheet - All” at hurleymusic.wikispaces.com to download the spreadsheets.
6 Things I wish • someone had told me: • 1 - Take the time to “Unpack” each standard • 2 - Study the elements of each standard in a grid format to learn what skills should be met in each grade level. • 3 -Meet multiple elements in a lesson, but only formally assess one • Tie your essential question to your assessing standard • Use your seating chart as your grade book & only mark students who don’t meet standard • Keep assessments simple – don’t assess for assessment sake – assess to inform & improve instruction. • Rubistar.4teachers.org
6 Things I wish someone had told me: 1 - Take the time to “Unpack” each standard 2 - Study the elements of each standard in a grid format to learn what skills should be met in each grade level. 3 - Meet multiple elements in a lesson, but only formally assess one 4 - Create standard flipbooks using appropriate student language
6 Things I wish • someone had told me: • 1 - Take the time to “Unpack” each standard • 2 - Study the elements of each standard in a grid format to learn what skills should be met in each grade level. • 3 - Meet multiple elements in a lesson, but only formally assess one • 4 - Create standard flipbooks using appropriate student language • 5 - Plan with the end in mind • Break goals/elements down in to annual, semester, 9 weeks, & lesson goals = Curriculum Maps • Unit Planning! Favorite Units: Instrument Units, Carnival of the Animals, World Music, Classical Composers, etc.
6 Things I wish someone had told me: 1 - Take the time to “Unpack” each standard 2 - Study the elements of each standard in a grid format to learn what skills should be met in each grade level. 3 - Meet multiple elements in a lesson, but only formally assess one 4 - Create standard flipbooks using appropriate student language 5 - Plan with the end in mind 6 – Inform all stakeholders by displaying student work in hallway. (Use Pictures!)
M2GM.10 – Moving, alone and with others, to a varied repertoire of music b. Perform choreographed and non-choreographed movements. c. Perform line and circle dances. Students performed choreographed movements in lines and circles during our recent Folk Dancing unit.
Tasks: • M2GM.3b: Identify non-traditional and/or traditional representations of simple quarter note, quarter rest, paired eighth note, and half note rhythmic patterns in response to teacher performance. • Multiple choice 1 2 4 3
Tasks: M2GM.3b: Identify non-traditional and/or traditional representations of simple quarter note, quarter rest, paired eighth note, and half note rhythmic patterns in response to teacher performance. -See “Composing Packets” at hurleymusic.wikispaces.com for more details
Composing Grids See website for details