http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/curriculum?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "curriculum" on Netvouz http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?productid=601071 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 Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > VIDEOs and DVDs jgordon Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:25:01 GMT http://sbci.cpsk12.il.us 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. Chicago Public S jgordon Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:53:08 GMT http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Teaching+Tools/Combined+Curriculum+Documents/ 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 Curriculum Development > Examples of Understandings/Big Ideas: Many with Curr. Dev. Examples jgordon Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:47:36 GMT http://www.gips.org/learning/Curriculum-Design 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 Curriculum Development > Examples of Understandings/Big Ideas: Many with Curr. Dev. Examples jgordon Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:31:47 GMT http://www.sde.state.ok.us/curriculum/curriculumdiv/currilummap/default.html 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. Curriculum Development jgordon Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:40:06 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm?subpage=1567 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. Curriculum Development jgordon Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:12:11 GMT http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Teaching+Tools/Curriculum+Maps/ 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 jgordon Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:43:51 GMT http://www.d21.k12.il.us/curriclearning/curriculum/index.html 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. Curriculum Development > Examples of Understandings/Big Ideas: Many with Curr. Dev. Examples jgordon Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:21:59 GMT http://www.help4teachers.com/samples2.htm 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) Differentiated Instruction jgordon Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:46:01 GMT http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.62bf453ae2bc40a98d7ea23161a001ca/ 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. Tutorials jgordon Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:30:47 GMT