1. Layered Curriculum

2. What is Layered Curriculum?
Layered Curriculum is a method of differentiating instruction in the classroom.
Allows each student to learn in a variety of ways simultaneously.
Choice Centered. Students choose how they want to learn the material.
Student Centered Learning

3. Student Choice Empowers students Gives Ownership Prompts self learning
Takes Time and Practice
“Creatures want control, if you don’t give it to them, they will find ways to take it” Nunley

4. INTRODUCTION TO LAYERED CURRICULUM
Evaluate and Create: Layer A focuses on students’ critical thinking. Tasks involved within this layer are generally higher order and appear at the top of the Bloom’s Taxonomy pyramid B
Analyse and Apply: Layer B requires students to build upon their acquired content knowledge (from layer C) through the use of various skills such as analysing, applying, manipulating and comparing. C
Remember / Understand: This layer involves teaching students key concepts and content knowledge pertaining to the outcome
Layered curriculum breaks down the learning process using blooms taxonomy into three layers; A, B & C.
Students begin at the lowest level of this pyramid level C and then progress through to level B and then onwards to level A.

5. Layer C: Remember & Understand Skill Type: : define, describe, duplicate, identify, label, list, match, memorize, name, order, outline, recognize, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce, select, or state information.
Example Activities:
Graphic Organizers
Reading
Matching Cards
Worksheets
Notes
Videos
Memorization,
Building flash cards
Summarizing paragraphs

6. Layer C Set up like a dinner menu with choices for students
Key Points:
Set up like a dinner menu with choices for students
Give 3-4 times as many options that you wish to be completed
Big Variety
Student Created Assignments
“All assignments at this C layer are graded through an Oral Defense” Nunley

7. Menu Example: Layer C

8. Layer B – Apply and Analyze
Skill Type: apply, manipulate, discover, hypothesize and prove, demonstrate, or problem solve
Example Activities:
Kinetic Activities
Labs
Webquests
Make Videos
Presentations
Quizzes
Games Indoor/Outdoor

9. Layer B: Menu Example

10. Layer A – Evaluate and Create
Skill Type: a critical analysis of all the knowledge the students have on the subject and then adds “values, morality, ethics, and personal opinion
Example Activities:
Pose critical thinking questions
Extensive projects
Individualized Research Questions
Interdisciplinary projects
Address controversial issues and questions

11. Layer A: Menu Example

12. Three Keys to Layered Curriculum:
1. Hold Students Accountable for Learning, Students are awarded points based on what they learned and not what they did. Oral Defense Offer Choice whenever and where ever possible. “Creatures want control, if you don’t give it to them, they will find ways to take it” Encourage Higher Level Thinking

13. Get Started Start Small & Build Up Teach Students the Process
Practice Days
Personalize for Students & Teacher
Go Digitial

14. Some Resources From Kathie Nunley