• At Work in the Differentiated Classroom DVD
  Building on our best-selling video series Differentiating Instruction, this series takes you deeper into elementary, middle, and high school classrooms to see how a differentiated approach plays a key role in improving overall classroom practice. Program 1, Planning Curriculum and Instruction, gets teachers started in thinking about the essential understandings of their curriculum and their students’ existing skills and readiness levels. Expert Carol Ann Tomlinson spells out the principles that guide a differentiated classroom. Use Program 2, Managing the Classroom, to help teachers visualize how a differentiated classroom actually works and understand how to handle multiple tasks and activities. Experienced teachers offer lots of proven ideas and stra
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• Chicago Public Schools, Office of Standards-based Instruction
  The Chicago Public Schools Office of Standards-Based Instruction (OSBI) has designed the Standards-Based Curriculum Initiative (SBCI) to lead, aid, and support classroom instruction through the standards-based curriculum alignment process.
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• Combined Curriculum Document (Kentucky ex. with understandings)
  The Combined Curriculum Document (CCD) is a resource created by the Kentucky Department of Education to show the connection between the Academic Expectations (what students should know and be able to do as a result of their school experience) See additional resources from Kentucky
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• Curriculum Frameworks (All content K-12)
  Language Arts, Science, Math, and Social Studies K-12 curriculum development frameworks by Grand Island Public Schools based on UbD Includes essential questions and understandings
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• Curriculum Mapping (TEMPLATES AND OTHER RESOURCES)
  Curriculum Mapping - Aligning for Success The Oklahoma Dept of Ed has compiled resources for curriculum mapping. See templates in side bar, a staff development DVD and ebook, and Software resources.
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• Curriculum Mapping: Greece Central SD New York
  This site provides templates for curriculum mapping using backward lesson design (Understanding by Design) with themes and essential questions. It is not ESL specific but is a most valuable resource to help ESL teachers include these components in their curriculum development for ELLs.
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• Curriculum Maps (Samples from Kentucky: Most INCLUDE UNDERSTANDINGS)
  The curriculum maps included on this Web site show a variety of approaches to curriculum mapping. All maps included on this page have a description of the process the district/school used to develop and implement their curriculum map as well as contact information
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• District 21 Curriculum (MUST SEE, GREAT ILLINOIS EXAMPLE!!)
  The District 21 curriculum framework is aligned with the Illinois Learning Standards. The Framework is organized in a Concept-Based format. Each grade level uses conceptual lenses and a general theme to help focus instruction and learning for the year. Guiding questions help students discover the essential understandings or “big ideas”. The critical content and skills are also identified.
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• Dr. Kathie Nunley's Layered Curriculum Web Site for Educators
  These lesson plans were created by teachers from around the globe. Feel free to browse, borrow and adapt as needed!! If you've made Layered Curriculum unit sheets for any discipline or grade level, please send them to share. (Email them to kathie@brains.org)
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• Education Topics: Tutorials by ASCD
  Education topics are short multimedia lessons on topics that interest all levels of educators. Each lesson includes a definition, short articles on the topic, audio and video files of experts and practitioners, and a listing of resources that you can use to continue your professional development.
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• Greece Central School District NY: Curriculum and Instruction
  This site offers excellent support for backward design curriculum dev. See departments for Understandings etc. See English Lang. Arts for great strategies also.
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• K12 Core Curriculum (Must see)
  Utah Education Network This site provides support for curriculum development, interactives across the grade levels and very beneficial links for Math, World Resources, Interactive Projects and Learning Community. Rec. by Suzanne Havilecek Does not include"understandings", but very helpful resources.
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• Mathematics Greece NY: K-12 Curriculum
  Greece NY school district provides an amazing site curriculum development based on Understanding by Design. See each grade or course. Scroll down to see all resources, including graphic organizers, See math glossary.
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• MCPS Science Website (HS all science subjects)
  Montgomery County Public Schools The goal of the PreK-12 science program is for all students to develop and utilize curiosity and achieve scientific literacy by: 1) developing a balanced understanding of the concepts of life science, chemistry, physics, earth/space, and environmental science and 2) engaging rigorously in the process skills of science through real-world applications.
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• Reading Strategies: Scaffolding Students Interactions with Text
  Select Curriculum and Dev. then Language Arts (no direct link) Greece Central School District NY offers this site containing multiple strategies to help students interact with text as they read and take notes. See other GREAT links for curriculum development and other strategies
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• Region 15 Curriculum Resources
  Regional School District 15 Middlebury and Southbury, CT See the Language Arts Section. Graphic Organizer section is also excellent
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• Restructuring Schools for Linguistic Diversity
  This book by Ofelia B. Miramontes, Adel Nadeau, and Nancy L. Commins offer integration of the most current knowledge regarding English as a Second Language and bilingual instruction across the curriculum, presented with a process for incorporating them into a complete program that lies precisely within the goals and realities of schools. IRC consultants highly recommend this book to schools seeking to reform schools with the needs of ELLs and all students in mind.
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• SDE: Science: Select the 2004 Science Matrix
  2004 Science Matrix [DOC] – Traces the 11 conceptual themes in the Science Framework as they develop across elementary, middle and high school grades. Great examples of understandings in science. See the 2004 Science Framework for the complete curriculum.
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• Thematic Planning for English Langauge Learners
  This site by Dr. Jill Kerper Mora from San Diego State Un. offers excellent links to support thematic planning for English Language Learners
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• Understanding by Design Overview PDF
  This PDF file provides an overview of the UBD design: templates and explanations, including GRASPS for performance tasks
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