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Unit of Instruction

Unit of Instruction is the framework of extended curriculum because they organize a variety of experience, skills, knowledge, and assignments. This allows students to master many things. A unit is broken up in several individual lesson plans that breakdown skills into parts. 

 There are several different parts to a unit plan, which includes, big idea, content standards & Objectives (direct instruction), essential questions, know, understand, Do (Skills), Research-Based Instructional Strategies, Materials/Resources, and Multiple Assessments/Rubrics (Formative & Summative). 

 To be honest I'm not sure what I'm going to do well because I have little experience with making unit plans. I'm just hoping that I can learn from this class and make good unit plans and lesson plans. I believe that i'm going to have a hard time with many of the key parts because this is new to me and the only experience was with a professor that gave no feedback. 


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  1. Lindsay HollerFebruary 3, 2019 at 11:58 AM

    Kayla,
    Great job! I think you understand exactly how to do this. You're gonna do great! The unit is just the overall picture and goal, as we begin to plan the individual lesson plans. Keep it up girl, you got this!
    Lindsay

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  2. Kylie WoodsFebruary 4, 2019 at 7:51 PM

    Kayla
    I think we are all in the same boat which is learning stage of this type of stuff - I don't know what I'll be good or bad at either. I don't feel comfortable enough with the content to truly know what I'm doing (which makes sense). I also hope I will be able to make good lesson plans. I hear a lot of teacher still struggling with lesson plans and I'm anxious that they will trip me up as well, but I know we will learn a lot from this class and others and hopefully come out confident in our skills! :)
    Kylie

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  3. Terri SteffesFebruary 5, 2019 at 7:15 PM

    Ask me questions!! I will help you any time. I actually think you will be pretty creative throughout the design part.

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