SS: Unit Planning / Assessment

On the right is the graphic organizer about Assessment. Here's a link to helpful assessment ideas.

Unit Planning
An intellectual engagement with a topic creating a meaningful synthesized experience

What to teach:
Use state/ district scope and sequence
Consider available curriculum (use a critical eye)
Consider student’s needs (experiences, previous knowledge, interests)

Choose a Central Question
Share it with the kids
Frame the unit

Assess:
Central to the discipline of study (relative to national standards)
Enduring understandings
Relates to learning targets
Reflects important understandings

Helpful Websites: Rubistar for creating rubrics. NWREL for 6+1 Trait™ Writing

Lessons within a unit

1. Learning target
2. Categorize learning (see types of targets)
3. EALRs addressed (standards)
4. Assessment instrument (select response, essay, performance, personal communication)
5. Criteria for assessment of target