The button below will take you to an article that discusses lesson planning by unit. It is short, informative and has a link to a great checklist/menu of potential Unit elements. I have already been approached with some great examples of Unit templates that I will be sharing shortly and am excited that you have the opportunity to individualize your plans. Please collaborate with your team members - you are your best resource!
Please take a moment to read the article and comment here with your thoughts and ideas. (Your comments will take the place of a staff meeting, so please don't forget!) If you have template ideas that you would like to share, please send them to me. Criteria that should be included:
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Jennifer Plemons
9/16/2016 02:05:55 pm
Do you want us to send them to your email...
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Dana Ford
9/16/2016 02:53:28 pm
Yes, please. I can't wait to see them!
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ALDERDICEK
9/16/2016 03:42:45 pm
Good (but expensive) magazine.
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Debbie Hahn
9/18/2016 04:26:20 pm
Thank you for sharing this article with us! I think the article is interesting and thought provoking as well as informative. I appreciated the list of 4 questions to use in assessing the quality of a unit plan.
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Avery Hamilton
9/19/2016 08:05:17 am
Teachers could fuse the standards for that quarter along with the elements that they teach and create unit essential questions. This would set broad parameters for what to teach and allow teachers the ability to set their own specifics. This is similar to the simple to complex sequencing of the unit plan checklist.
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Delyn Lusk
9/20/2016 09:52:46 am
Unit essential questions should just be our standards in question format....right????
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Wendy Owens
9/19/2016 01:20:06 pm
Hopefully, the 8 steps will help us while we create our units. I have planned units before when I taught social studies; this should be a smooth transition...
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Andrea Morrow
9/19/2016 01:38:34 pm
This is such a user-friendly checklist! I especially liked the part, "you cannot do it all". With so many options it is easy to get overwhelmed. This checklist can help.
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Brittney Adams
9/20/2016 11:30:37 am
I agree! Sometimes so many options are overwhelming. I love checklists!
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Lisa Winters
9/19/2016 04:20:08 pm
I like that it validates that one size does not fit all. Whether in an area of poverty or not, all students and teachers deserve the opportunities to focus on the information and not the presentation.
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Delyn Lusk
9/20/2016 09:54:28 am
I agree that this is a very important point. Every classroom, every teacher, and every student is different, so they can not be put in a one size fits all plan.
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Randall Baggett
9/19/2016 05:06:16 pm
Great Article. I think it will be helpful as we begin our process of Unit planning. I liked the 8 step process, and the caution to not skip to number 6 and start lesson planning.
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Hanah Mayo
9/20/2016 07:50:49 am
This is an excellent article. I found it to be very insightful and beneficial. It provided 8 steps that will be very useful when creating our unit plans!
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Aleatha Plott
9/20/2016 07:51:36 am
Really helpful-thanks for sharing!
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Chad Stafford
9/20/2016 01:47:06 pm
This is an excellent article. I like the fact that the article points out that there cannot be a cookie cutter type of lesson plan that can be used for every single classroom across the spectrum. Every classroom is just as diverse and just as different as the next.
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Angie Greeson
9/20/2016 01:48:47 pm
I like that it is flexible and takes into account that you can't do everything for every unit. You make it work for you.
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Marco Burgueno
9/20/2016 03:30:07 pm
I think the unit plans help teachers focus on the broader aspects of what they should be teaching and to sequence it in a way that makes understanding the concepts easier.
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Matt Harris
9/20/2016 07:45:23 pm
I think the unit plans give teachers more freedom to adjust day by day lessons.
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Kip Williams
9/21/2016 09:27:15 am
The unit plans are going to be very helpful for so many classrooms and students across the board!
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Jeffrey Vest
9/21/2016 06:04:57 am
I like the unit plan because it gets away from the "cookie cutter" lesson plan.
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steve P.
9/27/2016 07:02:09 am
I agree, makes it easier
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Katie Lents
9/21/2016 09:23:34 am
I loved this article! I especially thought the checklist was helpful! Thank you for sharing!
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Joshua Stanley
9/21/2016 01:31:42 pm
The checklist breaks everything down and will help us organize our units and thought.
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Josh Hensley
9/21/2016 02:06:50 pm
Great article. I think the checklist is very beneficial.
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Kim Richards
9/21/2016 03:04:39 pm
Unit plans have always been more efficient in the Physical Education setting.
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Drew Smythe
9/22/2016 12:53:47 pm
I think Unit Planning will be much better especially since different classes move at a different pace.
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A Summers
9/22/2016 02:06:08 pm
I like this article and look forward to implementing these ideas into my personalized plans!
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Christina O'Dell
9/23/2016 10:39:00 am
Great checklists!
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Terri Lynch
9/23/2016 11:09:32 am
Very beneficial for us. Hopefully, planning time will be provided.
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wade owens
9/26/2016 06:51:30 am
I like the flexibility and I have the ability collaborate with everyone in the state.
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Kim Parrish
9/26/2016 02:50:57 pm
I like the flexibility of not having to be on the same page and paragraph as the other teachers teaching the same standards. We can all plan together in agreement on what standards we are going to cover in a particular period of time and then lesson plan based on each student's needs.
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Charlie Wheeler
9/26/2016 03:52:07 pm
I thought the checklist was very straight forward and easy to apply.
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Dianne Fetzer
9/26/2016 03:58:27 pm
All this sounds really good. I hope all goes as planned.
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Nancy Adams
9/27/2016 04:03:10 pm
I know that I prefer Unit Plans in Art. Within the Unit, I can plan tiered activities to suit the different levels of the students. My essential questions begin with the big questions, but they evolve from complex higher order thinking skills to the behavioral objectives. We need the flexibility.
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Dana Ford
9/27/2016 10:59:52 pm
I love that the Unit Plans are working for you within your individual classrooms. Flexibility is the key to reaching and supporting the needs of our students, while allowing you to be the professionals that you are.
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Lisa Oakes
9/27/2016 04:24:48 pm
A couple of "aha" moments for me.... Guest speakers, I want to get guest speakers in to my room and make a connection with the community. Building in flex time to allow for adjustments in the schedule or interruptions like school activities jumped out at me because I usually tend to pack as much as I can without too much wiggle room. Even though I usually reflect and redesign, I want to build that in so when ideas hit me on what to change, I have a place to write it down instead when it is fresh in my mind.
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Josh Anderson
9/27/2016 04:25:34 pm
The flexibility provided through unit planning seems beneficial in better meeting students' needs on a day-to-day basis.
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Bill Steele
9/27/2016 04:29:03 pm
Yes, unit plans will cover all the standards and the check-list will help as well.
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Aleatha
9/28/2016 09:01:25 am
check list is a great idea!
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Linda Dotson
9/28/2016 10:59:25 am
This article supports what I teach my students(potential future teachers), that teaching is an Art and a Science. The science is in the planning, the art in the execution.
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Dana Ford
9/28/2016 03:06:54 pm
So true!
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Natalie Bruce
9/30/2016 11:49:46 am
I like the flexibility of unit planning-- teaching (and learning) is not 'one size fits all"! The checklist will help me plan my first few units. It will probably take me a while to get comfortable with the new process.
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