Curriculum Mapping Overview

1. Curriculum Mapping Overview

2. Essential Questions What is Curriculum Mapping? How do I represent in a clear and concise manner what I do in a year�s time on a map?

3. What is Curriculum Mapping? �������� The simple definition is that CM is a form of documenting curriculum. . �������� The simple definition is that CM is a form of documenting curriculum. .

4. Curriculum Mapping Team Linda Scott Sherry Wright Betty Harvey Myra Palmer Regina Smolensky

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7. Sample Curriculum Map

8. Content Content is the essential concepts and topics covered during a month. � Content is written with a noun

9. ContentExamples Water cycle Landforms Simple Machines

10. Essential Questions Open ended & resist right or wrong answer Questions are thought provoking Question can be revisited throughout unit Questions engage students to draw upon knowledge & personal experience

11. Essential QuestionsExamples Which is more important � water or air? What is change? How do farmers conserve soil?

12. Skills Skills are key abilities and processes students will develop related to specific content. �Skills are written beginning with a verb.

13. Skills Examples classify types of rocks. identifying causes of landforms. analyze soil contents. construct a model of the water cycle. observe and record differences in the amounts of evaporation.

14. Assessment Assessments are the products or performances that demonstrate student learning. Assessments are what the student does (the actual product or performance), not the evaluation tool used to assess the product.

15. Assessment Examples Presentation Brochure Diagram Flow chart Illustration Model

16. Why Curriculum Map? It is a planning tool. It is a communication tool. It will benefit all students. Why are we doing this as a district? Our rationale is listed on this slide. (EACH COMES TO SCREEN INDIVIDUALLY) READ THE SLIDE With a K-12 overview of what is actually going on in the classrooms, individual teachers can build on previous years to better prepare students for the future. There are virtual �Grand Canyons� in curriculum communication. We must look at students� expectations over time to make effective curriculum decisions.Why are we doing this as a district? Our rationale is listed on this slide. (EACH COMES TO SCREEN INDIVIDUALLY) READ THE SLIDE With a K-12 overview of what is actually going on in the classrooms, individual teachers can build on previous years to better prepare students for the future. There are virtual �Grand Canyons� in curriculum communication. We must look at students� expectations over time to make effective curriculum decisions.

17. Curriculum Mapping Timeline Summer 2004: Ensley Team receives training Year 2004 - 05: Curriculum Mapping Process begins Spring 2005: Grade levels share Science area CM Year 2005 - 06: Curriculum Mapping Process continues Spring 2006: CM provides data for Ensley�s plan

18. Once we have our Maps, what do we do with them?

19. Keep in mind, maps are never finished; they are a work in progress.Keep in mind, maps are never finished; they are a work in progress.

20. Today�s Agenda Overview Individual work time Share Curriculum Map for one area Choose two focus areas for next year

21. Remember Teachers will complete one map All maps are individual, not group or team Completed maps due with I. P. D. P. See team members for help Final Curriculum Maps are typed

22. Old Chinese Proverb says� �Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I'll understand� 1) Classroom instruction emphasize hands-on experience and old chinese proverb: "tell me, I forgot; show me, I ......(I forgot what belongs here??); involve me, I understand" applies to everybody so we will do some practices with curriculum mapping right now. � 2) that will help you understand what exactly it is like to write one and help you with ur management when working with people who write mappings. u ll have some experience to reflect when helping people going through the process. �1) Classroom instruction emphasize hands-on experience and old chinese proverb: "tell me, I forgot; show me, I ......(I forgot what belongs here??); involve me, I understand" applies to everybody so we will do some practices with curriculum mapping right now. � 2) that will help you understand what exactly it is like to write one and help you with ur management when working with people who write mappings. u ll have some experience to reflect when helping people going through the process. �

24. This is the first mile in the journey. WE are all on the road together! Our first steps might be with anxious thoughts and feelings about what is coming next, but TOGETHER we can each be leaders in helping Lexington School District Five students continue in schools of excellence of this LIGHTHOUSE DISTRICT!This is the first mile in the journey. WE are all on the road together! Our first steps might be with anxious thoughts and feelings about what is coming next, but TOGETHER we can each be leaders in helping Lexington School District Five students continue in schools of excellence of this LIGHTHOUSE DISTRICT!

25. This is a journey! But there have been pioneers through the year who have led the way for us to be at this point today. Thanks to all of the course participants Let me begin by sharing several scenarios with you. 1. You are new to teaching with no prior experience. This is your first teaching assignments. Feeling a little overwhelmed? Make a long range plan on what!? 2. You are an experienced fifth grade teacher and you find that it is late April Your social studies scope and sequence covers the first Americans to the Civil War! Help! You are stuck in the Colonial Period! And PACT TESTS are around the corner! When will you get to teach all the content up to the Colonial Period? 3. You are an administrator with teachers of various experience levels. You want to support your staff, train new teachers in curriculum, and unite the grade/subject levels by providing needed training and resources. Whoa! Did you see yourself in any of these scenarios? How do you ensure that your students are getting the required curriculum? What is your guide for ensuring that students are given the required content/standards at an appropriate pace? In today�s session, Cur. Map. will provide you and other staff with a working document to alleviate curriculum frustrations! Join us as we travel the road to Curriculum Mapping!This is a journey! But there have been pioneers through the year who have led the way for us to be at this point today. Thanks to all of the course participants Let me begin by sharing several scenarios with you. 1. You are new to teaching with no prior experience. This is your first teaching assignments. Feeling a little overwhelmed? Make a long range plan on what!? 2. You are an experienced fifth grade teacher and you find that it is late April Your social studies scope and sequence covers the first Americans to the Civil War! Help! You are stuck in the Colonial Period! And PACT TESTS are around the corner! When will you get to teach all the content up to the Colonial Period? 3. You are an administrator with teachers of various experience levels. You want to support your staff, train new teachers in curriculum, and unite the grade/subject levels by providing needed training and resources. Whoa! Did you see yourself in any of these scenarios? How do you ensure that your students are getting the required curriculum? What is your guide for ensuring that students are given the required content/standards at an appropriate pace? In today�s session, Cur. Map. will provide you and other staff with a working document to alleviate curriculum frustrations! Join us as we travel the road to Curriculum Mapping!