Presenter: Jessica Ziecina, Early Childhood Specialist Option 3: 9:00-10:30 Playing Nice with Creative Curriculum, GSRP/Instructional Guidelines, PQA, & Supplemental Curriculum: Can they all be friends and get along?

Comprehensive vs. Core A comprehensive or core curriculum is intended to be the primary instructional tool used to guide high quality teaching practices. It encompasses all areas of development including: Social, Emotional Approaches to Learning Cognition and General Knowledge; such as Math, Science, Social Studies and Art Language and Communication Physical Development (Gross and Fine Motor) A comprehensive curriculum provides activities, materials and guidance for the entire day A supplemental curriculum is intended for flexible use in instruction or as an intervention that meets children’s needs in specific areas, such as phonological awareness, oral language, literacy, math, etc. A supplemental curriculum provides activities, materials and guidance for a particular “portion” of the day; not the entire day. So what is the problem?

Session Objective: Participants will leave this session with a better understanding of how Creative Curriculum, GSRP/Implementation Guidelines, PQA, and Supplemental Curriculum can support one another … Basically you are being asked to teach using two different resources that each consider themselves to be CORE programs… The goals for today are to help you clarify and prioritize :  WHAT to teach?  From WHERE? (What curriculum)  HOW to fit that all in!?!

If we are going to all “get along” - Let’s find out who our “friends” are… Worst Enemy …These rules/guidelines give me the worst trouble when trying to implement my supplemental program Acquaintance: I am comfortable with these rules/guidelines – They cause me a bit of trouble when trying to implement my supplemental program. BFF: I LOVE these rules/guidelines! They are the heart and sole of my work and I can successfully navigate these rule/guidelines while still successfully implementing my supplemental program!

Parts of the daily lesson might include:  Warming Up  Oral Language  Phonological and Phonemic Awareness  Alphabetic principle  How the Alphabet Works  Getting Ready to Read  Selection Summary  Before Reading  During Reading  After Reading  Enjoying the Story  Think and Share  Print and Book Awareness  Talk about the Poem  Developing Writing  Across the Curriculum  Workshop Centers  Unit Project  Technology

Now take a few moments to think about the “why”… Why are you not able to teach these components…Record your reflections on your recording sheet.

Reflection… What percentage of your supplemental teaching components are you not getting to…. Total # of Lesson Components / Number of Items you are NOT DOING = %

“Friendly” Curriculum Alignment Activity Directions: 1. Meet your “new friends” near the colored paper on the wall that corresponds with this handout to form your workgroup. 2. Use your “supplemental program” teacher’s guides to locate lesson segments, activities, or opportunities that meet the “Creative Curriculum” objectives as outlined below. Ex: The “Pink Group” will find examples of Objective Create a “poster” using the chart paper to demonstrate your discoveries so that they can be shared with other “friend groups.”

Exploring your “Supplemental Program” with a Creative Curriculum Magnifying Glass…

Discuss and Reflect too…

Action Planning

Enjoy your summer!