1. Course Planning: Unit Rationale and Performance Assessments Book pgs. 77 - 82 Examples Classroom Curriculum Unit Rationale

2. Diocesan Curriculum Over the past year, the diocese completed: Team/Department Outcomes Course Outcomes Unit Concepts Unit Goals

3. Curricula Overview: The Big Picture Standards that can be accomplished in a lesson plan Standards that take 2-4 weeks to accomplish Standards that take more than 1 unit to accomplish Standards that take more than 1 year to accomplish Team/Dept. Outcomes Course Outcomes Unit Goal LP

4. Review: Unit Concepts and Course Narrative Unit Concepts Create a narrative of Enduring Understandings. 1 st Unit engages student interest and leads students into the 2 nd Unit. Classroom Curriculum Unit Rationale

5. Course Planning Classroom Curriculum Unit Rationale

6. Explains why each Unit Concept (Enduring Understanding) occurs at this point in the Course Narrative. Reading each rationale leads to a reader to understand the course in broad outline. Rationales are brief, no more than 2 sentences. Classroom Curriculum Unit Rationale

7. Sample – 4th Grade History Unit # Dates (Number of Class Days) Unit ConceptUnit GoalPrior RationaleUnit Assessment (Standards) Indiana 2007 1 215-20 Early Growth and Developme nt: Indiana's Transition from Territory to State SWBAT identify key individuals and explain their role in Indiana's transformation from territory to statehood. A focus on individuals rather than events allows 4 th graders to “meet the people” who brought about the transition. A “people” focus also allows instructional activities to convey some aspects of daily life. SWBAT assume the role of a key individual in Indiana's journey from territory to state and recount the individual's influence and contribution via an oral speech at a "wax museum." 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.2, 4.3.9, 4.3.10 Classroom Curriculum Unit Rationale

8. Sample – 8 th Grade Pre-Algebra Unit # Estimate d # of Days Unit Concept or Question Unit GoalUnit Rationale Unit Assessmen t Standards (Common Core) 1 2 17 The Pythagorean Theorem and Geometry SWBAT apply the Pythagorean Theorem to geometry in the real-world. This unit introduces students to the concept of the Pythagorean Theorem and basic Geometric principles of angles and polygons. The unit incorporates multiple examples to illustrate real-world applications of angles and measurements in the students’ daily lives. 8.G.6, 8.G.7, 8.G.8 Classroom Curriculum Unit Rationale

9. Sample – Society and Justice – 9 th Grade LA Unit # Estimated # of Days Unit Concept or Question Unit GoalUnit Rationale Unit Assessment Standards (Common Core) 1 220 Prejudice: To Kill a Mockingbird and other readings Traits of effective writing: Descriptive writing SWBAT compare and contrast other examples of prejudice to their novel in the context of reading circles. Discussing prejudice within a novel lays the basis for discussing bias within informational texts. SWBAT imagine characters' interactions to issues of prejudice discussed at a town hall meeting. RL.9- 10.1, RI.9- 10.1, RL.9- 10.2, RI.9- 10.2 Classroom Curriculum Unit Rationale

10. Course Planning Download from ACE Collaborative site your Year- long Course Plan. Review the Unit Concepts Assign a probable number of days, keeping in mind your school calendar In two sentences, write the Unit Rationale for the 1 st two Units, creating the Course Narrative. ACE Collaborative 2012 Classroom Curriculum Unit Rationale