1. Marzano’s What Works in Schools If you wanted to teach all of the standards in the National Documents, you would have to change schooling from K-12 to K-22: 255 standards across 14 subject areas 3,500 benchmarks 13,000 hours of class time available 9,000 hours of instruction available 15,500 hours of instruction needed to cover the 3,500 benchmarks

2. What is Curriculum Mapping? An on-going process for planning, implementing, and reflecting on student learning A living document?

3. Why Map? Mapping provides a framework for the careful examination of curriculum, including an analysis for: Gaps Repetitions Coherency Timeliness Effectiveness Relevance Alignment to standards Alignment of content & skills to assessment Horizontal and Vertical Alignment

4. What are the three non-negotiable in a Curriculum Mapping Data Base that will aid informed decision-making and accountability? CONTENT SKILLS ASSESSMENT Courtesy of Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Curriculum Designers: www.curriculumdesigners.com

5. Content  Think, “Table of Contents.”  Written using descriptive nouns  Focus on the integrity of knowledge within the discipline  Identify specific problem solving tools (such as equations, perimeter, word identification, etc.)

6. Skills Precise skills can be: 1.Assessed 2.Observed 3.Described in specific terms In the maps:  Skills contain action verbs (Bloom’s taxonomy wheel)  Skills are always associated with content

7. Assessments Measure Performance  Assessments are demonstrations of learning  Assessments provide observable evidence of performance  Assessment types should be varied

8. Day 1: Pre K- 1 08/04/08 9-1 – PreK-1 1.Review Maps K-1 and MAP Pre-K 2.Standards 1, 2, 6 and 7 to maps (Scientific Method) 3.Re-align units if necessary after mapped Look at current maps for K and 1 and scaffold Pre-K Make MAP Look at inquiry based standards and “verbs” Use scientific method model (traffic light) as easy implementation tool Add to maps Re-align unit sequence if necessary Add readings, parallel tasks, activities, hands-on science to EACH unit

9. http://monicabd.wikispaces.com/Tonawanda K and 1 put content taught on poster board Pre-K – Scaffold backward using K and 1 curriculum and Pre-K Reading Standards as guidelines

10. K and 1 Re-visit Maps -- Change sequence? Vocabulary?Re-visit Maps -- Change sequence? Vocabulary? Go through embedded skills example (get skills sheet and overview sheet)Go through embedded skills example (get skills sheet and overview sheet) Fill out document (download off wiki)Fill out document (download off wiki) Report back at 12:30 as a groupReport back at 12:30 as a group

11. Day 2: Grades 2-3 08/05/08 8-1 (Grades 2-3) 1.Review Maps 2.Add Standards 1, 2, 6 and 7 to maps (Scientific Method) 3.Deeply align skills with content and formative assessments (similar to ELA alignment) Review current maps Look at inquiry based standards and “verbs” Re-align unit sequence if necessary Use scientific method model (traffic light) as easy implementation tool Add readings, parallel tasks, activities, hands-on science to EACH unit

12. Re-visit Maps -- Change sequence? Vocabulary?Re-visit Maps -- Change sequence? Vocabulary? Go through embedded skills example (get skills sheet and overview sheet)Go through embedded skills example (get skills sheet and overview sheet) Fill out document (download off wiki)Fill out document (download off wiki) Report back at 12:30 as a groupReport back at 12:30 as a group

13. Day 3: Grade 4 08/06/08 8-12 (Grade 4) 1. Review Maps 2.Add Standards 1, 2, 6 and 7 to maps (Scientific Method) 3.Deeply align skills with content and formative assessments (similar to ELA alignment) Review current maps Look at inquiry based standards and “verbs” Re-align unit sequence if necessary Use scientific method model (traffic light) as easy implementation tool Add readings, parallel tasks, activities, hands-on science to EACH unit

14. Re-visit Maps -- Change sequence? Vocabulary?Re-visit Maps -- Change sequence? Vocabulary? Go through embedded skills example (get skills sheet and overview sheet)Go through embedded skills example (get skills sheet and overview sheet) Fill out document (download off wiki)Fill out document (download off wiki) Report back at 11:30 as a groupReport back at 11:30 as a group