TEACHING METHODS 2 - UNIT PLANNING.pptx

8/9/2019 TEACHING METHODS 2 - UNIT PLANNING.pptx

1/22


2/22

DEFINITION OF A UNIT PLAN

• Unit plans consist of concepts andlearning goals that are taught over aperiod of time

• A unit plan lasts two or three wees!or longer" and includes severalstandards# sills# and desired

outcomes for interconnected learning


3/22

• Unit planning $egins with identif%ingthe particular content to $e taughtand %our goals for learning

outcomes&

• Goals are a$out %our purpose or aim& The% relate to %our rationale for

teaching the particular content that%our students will stud%&


4/22

'riteria of a good unit

• It should consider the needs#capa$ilities and interest of thestudents&

• It should permit a variet% of learningactivities eg& Discussion#demonstration# (eld trip etc

• )hould account for the studentsprevious nowledge

• A*ord the students new e+perience


5/22

Unit Plans , -ene(ts

• For Teachers: .elp $ridge gap$etween long/term planning anddail% lesson plans&

• For Students: The components!goals# o$0ective# content# activities"are tied together in a logicalcoherent manner# providing structurefor the new material to $e learned&


6/22

Unit Plan1 Overview/Goal

• Descri$es the purposeof the Unit

• )tarting point for unitplanning process

• 'onceptual organi2erfor the rest of theplanning process

• 'ommunicatesinstructional intent tostudents# teachers#and administrators&

E+ample1 “This unit isintended to develop fourth-

graders’ ability to usereference les! both in paper for" and onco"puter# This unit willfocus on titles! authors!

and sub$ect les#%


7/22

Do Activit%

• 3rite an overview4goal for the unittopic that %ou have selected& 56INUTE)

• )hare %our overview4goal with theclass&


8/22

Unit Plan1 &ationale

• E+plains wh% the unit isimportant and how it will$ene(t students

• Encourages teacher to$e thoughtful andre7ective while planning

• 'onnects new content toother topics

• .elps students seeimportance of topic andadds motivation

E+ample1 “'nderstandingreference syste"s and howthey’re organi(ed isnecessary for studentsusing the library# They need

to be able to locate desired"aterials to use in research pro$ects! and eventuallythey need to be able towor) independently#*ecause "any libraries

have both physical andco"puteri(ed catalogingsyste"s! students shouldunderstand

both#%


9/22

Do Activit%

• 3rite a rationale for one of the unittopics %ou wrote a few minutes ago&

• )hare %our rationale with %ourpartner&


10/22

Unit Plan1 Ob$ectives

• Deal speci(call% with 83hatdo I want m% students tolearn9:

• Involves translating general

goals into more speci(co$0ectives

• Desired EducationalOutcomes listed in speci(cterms&

•

A description of a contentarea or sill

• A statement of whatstudents will $e a$le to dowhen the% reach the

o$0ectives

E+ample1 “Given aruler and co"pass!geo"etry students

will construct thebisector of an anglewithin + degree oferror#%

Teach this conceptto %our partner;


11/22

Do Activit%

• 3rite a rationale for the unit topic%ou selected&


12/22

Unit Plan1 Ob$ectives

• Deal speci(call% with 83hatdo I want m% students tolearn9:

• Involves translating general

goals into more speci(co$0ectives

• Desired EducationalOutcomes listed in speci(cterms&

•

A description of a contentarea or sill

• A statement of whatstudents will $e a$le to dowhen the% reach the

o$0ectives

E+ample1 “Given aruler and co"pass!

geo"etry studentswill construct thebisector of an anglewithin + degree oferror#%


13/22

Do Activit%

• 3rite two or three o$0ectives for oneof the unit topic %ou selected&


14/22

Do Activit%

• 3rite two or three o$0ectives for oneof the unit topics %ou wrote a fewminutes ago&

• )hare %our o$0ectives with %ourpartner&


15/22

Unit Plan1 ,ontent

• Descri$es whatstudents will actuall% $estud%ing

• The informationstudents will now orunderstand# or the sillsthe% will develop

• The wa% information isorgani2ed

E+amples1 Sche"aticiagra"s! .ierarchies!and Outlines are all

eective ways oforgani(ing andco""unicating the waythe content isorgani(ed#

Teach this concept to%our partner;


16/22

Unit Plan1 0earning 1ctivities

• 6ost important part ofthe Unit

• Elementar% or)econdar% 6ethods

• 83hat %ou teachshould in7uence how%ou teach and how%our students should

learn:

E+ample1 ,ooperative0essons and Today’s0esson called Say-See-o#

Teach this concept to%our partner


17/22

Unit Plan1 2valuation

E+ample1 “3hat are the three )inds ofreference syste"s4% O& “Go to thecard catalog and locate the author’s

na"e and call nu"ber for each titlelisted below#%

Teach this concept to %our partner


18/22

Do Activit%

• 3rite O52 evaluation >uestion forone of the unit topics %ou wroteearlier in the period&

• )hare %our >uestion with %ourpartner&


19/22

Unit 'omponents

,o"ponentsFunction

Overview4?eneral )ummari2es the general ?oalpurpose of the unit

@ationale Answers the >uestion# 83h% is this topicimportant9:

O$0ectives Descri$e the speci(c outcomes e+pected

from the unit


20/22

Unit 'omponents

,o"ponentsFunction

'ontentIdenti(es and organi2es the topics that areincluded in the unit

Learning Activities Descri$e the e+periences that will $eused to help learners reach the unit o$0ectives

Evaluation Identi(es wa%s that learning will $emeasured


21/22


22/22

Documents

TEACHING METHODS 2 - UNIT PLANNING.pptx