Teaching & Learning Documents

MYP Unit Planning Documents

In your subject overviews, your teams have completed portions of your MYP unit plans including:

  • Key concept, related concept, global context, and statement of inquiry

  • Skills and standards (CCSS/NGSS, Approaches to Learning skills)

  • Summative assessments aligned to CCSS/NGSS, MYP objectives, and ATL skills

Planning for Teaching and Learning

MYP Unit Planning (5.31.18/6.1.18/8.2.18)

The next step of the unit planning process is to plan for Teaching and Learning.

Your team must document the teaching and learning within an IB MYP unit.

This includes:

  • content

  • learning experiences

  • teaching strategies

  • differentiation

  • formative assessments

The slides (right) and videos (below) provide background context for the teaching and learning expectations.

From IBO: Learning Experiences, Teaching Strategies, and Formative Assessment

7. MYP unit planning_ Learning experiences and teaching strategies, formative assessment.mp4

From IBO: Differentiation, Resources
and Reflection

8. MYP unit planning_ Differentiation, resources, reflection.mp4

Teaching and Learning Documents

It is not required that you use any template, but it is expected that you include the following information in your PLC weekly planning:

  • Learning targets and student look-fors

  • Content and standards

  • Learning experiences and teaching strategies, including differentiation and language supports

  • Connections to inquiry: inquiry questions and the inquiry cycle

  • Resources

  • Common formative assessments by PLC

Optional Templates to Consider:

Select a template (or modify one) that works best for your team. Or you can create your own!

Weekly PLC Lesson Planning Template 1
Weekly PLC Lesson Planning Template 2
Weekly PLC Planning Template 4
Weekly PLC Planning Template 3

Additional Resources:

MYP Unit Plan Template: Google Doc that will force you to make a copy.

NMS MYP Units: Google Drive folder to house all NMS MYP units.

Use the rubrics below to evaluate your Teaching and Learning (From Evaluating MYP units rubric)