Mapping the Big Picture

Workman Middle SchoolEscambia County School DistrictAugust 13, 2007

Major Concerns for Teachers

FCAT preparationFCIMDocumentationLearning Gains

Bridge to Success

Curriculum Mapping

What is possible with the information on the maps?

What would you be able to do if you had this information?

What would you be able to do if you had this information?

Identify benchmarks that were taughtAdjust teaching of benchmarksIdentify weak areasIdentify missing/overlooked benchmarksAdjust master schedule for next yearAdjust FCIM focus

Lesson Plans vs. Curriculum Maps

You can’t build a reputation on what you're going to do.

Henry Ford

Lesson Plans vs. Curriculum Maps

How would your school be different if you had this information available now?

What Is A Curriculum Map?

A curriculum map is a calendar-based record of what really happens in a classroom; it is not a curriculum guide or educational philosophy

Maps are used for communication, short and long-term planning, and as a teacher training tool

TIME

If you don’t have time

To do it right –

When do you have time

To do it over?

Roger Taylor, 1996

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

Lou Holtz

Beginning Steps

Beginning Steps

Diary Mapping

Second Step – Consensus Maps

Review! Review! Review!

Review and Revise!

How Do You Map Curriculum?

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What Information Do We Collect On The Map?

CONTENTASSESSMENTSKILLSEssential Questions

Escambia County School District Website www.escambia.k12.fl.us

Log on to the district websiteSelect the icon for Departments and

Resources, which is located on the left side of the home page

Select Staff DevelopmentSelect Download FormsScroll through the forms listed, and

select Curriculum Mapping Templates.

Performance Pathways

Mapping The Content

What are you teaching each month?

List the content, using nouns: a topic, a theme, a problem, an issue or works.

Important Points

Enter only what you have taught.

Honesty is important.

Enter your data alone.

Mapping Skills

List after content.

Use action verbs.

Focus on student skills not teacher activities.

Skills vs. Activities

Calculate the area, volume and mass of an object.

Determine the cause of the Protestant Reformation.

Answer the questions at the end of the chapter.

Do the even problems in the addition of fractions.

Use Bloom’s Taxonomy

Use the verbs of Bloom’s to describe student skills.

Match level of skills to FCAT items.

Work from lower level skills to higher order thinking skills.

Skills Are Displayed On The Map:

Precise skills can be:

1. Assessed

2. Observed

3. Described in specific terms

Mapping Assessments

What will the student perform or

produce?

Project – Chapter test – Performance Test

Connect assessments with skills

Use nouns or noun phrases

Assessment

Assessment demonstrates learning.

Assessment gives evidence of skill and process development.

Do you assess at the consumer level or the producer level?

Consumer vs Producer Levels

Consumer Level Interview for

info Read for info Make note

cards Label a map.

Producer Level Analyze validity Determine causes Critique a work Write a position Discuss an issue.

Assessment Examples

Journal Entry: “A Day in the Life of a Homeless Person”

Quiz on the various forms of art

Quizzes Revisions Lab assignments Journals Worksheets Oral presentations Chapter tests Literature

discussions Demonstrations

Assessments Are The Major Products And Performances

Assessment is observable evidence of:

1)Tangible Products

2)Observable Performances

Critique Your Assessments

Have you assessed at the consumer or producer level?

Have you used age-appropriate assessments?

Where’s the rigor?

Essential Questions

Essential Questions balance

An Essential Question Is The Heart Of The Curriculum

If your class is about to start a study of the U.S. Constitution for four weeks, as the curriculum writer you need to ask. “ What are the concepts that my students should investigate about the constitution in four weeks? What should they remember and reflect on a year from now?

Essential Questions

What do you want students to remember a year from now?

Essential Questions

What questions will open the door to understanding and facilitate the understanding “to stick”?

My Essential Questions are:

What is an Essential Question?

How do you write Essential Questions?

What is your school’s plan for Curriculum Mapping?

Essential questions are productive for children

When a teacher or group of teachers selects a question to frame and guide a curricula design, it is a declaration of intent. This is our focus for learning.

Essential questions are an exceptional tool for clearly and precisely communicating the pivotal points of the curriculum

They act as “mental velcro”

What you design is what you get!

You are probing with your students

Traditional Question: What are the three branches of government as organized in the constitution?

Essential Question: How is the constitution the backbone structure of America?

When Designing The Curriculum:

What is the purpose of the unit?Given the amount of time we have to

work on a topic; What is essential for us to examine, explore, learn?

If you use essential questions the retention rate for kids doubles. Kids read words unless they know the essence of what they are looking for.

What you design is what you get?

THINK

THINK

What you design is what you get!

EQs spark new questions.

EQs should recur throughout the course.

EQs are interesting and provide an avenue for alternative views.

What you design is what you get!

Behind any EQ a student needs to provide justification. The best EQs are arguable.

EQs transfer an idea from one setting to other settings.

Example In Practice

An assignment could be:

As you read Chapter 2, determine what you think were the major contributions of Egyptians?

Essential Questions as an Organizer

E ssential Q uestions

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A ctivity 2 .1

A ctivity 2 .2

E ssen tial Q u es tion

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A ctivity 3 .1

A ctivity 3 .2

A ctivity 3 .3

A ctivity 3 .4

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About Essential Questions

A teacher structures a unit around 2-5 essential questions.

The questions are the scope and sequence of the unit.

They go to the heart of the subject’s history, arguments, and insights.

They must engage and interest the learner.

Examples of Essential Questions

How and why do things in nature fly?How does flight impact humans?What is snow?How does snow affect people?How will I ever learn to multiply?Where will I ever use multiplication?

Essential Questions

What is the difference between a scientific fact, a scientific theory, and a strong opinion?

What should we eat and why should we eat it?

To what extent is DNA destiny?

Essential Questions

How do we hit with greatest power without losing control?

How important is follow-through for distance and speed?

What kind of practice “makes perfect”?

Essential Questions

What ideas can we express through dance?

In what ways to artists express what they think and feel?

Why should readers regularly monitor their comprehension?

Mathematics

Compare examples (+) and non-examples (-) of a concept.

Identify the distinguishing characteristics of each.

Test your theory against new cases.Refine your concept definition.Contrast fractional numbers with decimal

numbers.

Mathematics – Predictive Statistics

Determine the line of best fit for data to interpret patterns and make predictions.

EQ: Can you predict the future? What will happen next? How sure are you?

Mathematics

What’s new and what’s old? Have we run across this idea before?

Is everything quantifiable? Why or Why not?

What is the value of place value?What are possible sources of

measurement error in this experiment/problem?

Mathematics – Systems of Equations

What’s new and what’s old? Have we run across this idea before?

Which method would be the most efficient for solving the given system? Justify your decision.

For Example . . .

Everyday Physics: Transportation Safety

How can cars, boats, and airplanes become safer for passengers?

How can principles of force and motion help driver effectiveness and safety?

Are safety and speed compatible?

For Example . . .

Intelligence

What is intelligence? How has intelligence evolved? How is intelligence measured? Is intelligence solely a human phenomenon? How will intelligence be altered?

ANCIENT EGYPT:

Land of the Pharaohs

Why Egypt?What were major contributions of the

Ancient Egyptians?What is their legacy?

Writing Essential Questions

Pick a topic for your subjectBe creativeWrite 2 – 5 questions

Writing Essential QuestionsResources

www.jmctighe.com ; go to resources; UBD related websites; stage 1 EQs

http://www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/odyssey/Santa Rosa County

http://www.myprojectpages.com/support/ess_questpopup.htm

http://spotsylvania.k12.va.us/cmaps http://www.ascd.org http://www.mohanasen.org

District Initiative

The expectation is that every school will be involved in curriculum mapping.

Curriculum mapping is to be supported by every department.

Curriculum Mapping is part of the continuous improvement process as we streamline what we are doing.

Why?

Every student gets the best possible education from grades K-12, guaranteed!