Interdisciplinary Unit Planning Template
Use this step-by-step planning template when planning a unit of study collaboratively or on your own to effectively teach children and to also meet the MA Evaluation Standards. You may easily make a copy of this document on a Google doc and share the document with all collaborators so all can add/revise information as identified and developed. Decide on a collaborative process for revision so that individual’s work is protected. Note that it is easy to add or delete table rows and columns if needed.
Planning an Integrated Math Unit
The Math Unit Planning Template deviates a bit from the interdisciplinary generic template in that it includes the Standards of Mathematical Practice in the planning process.
1. Unit Question: Pose the unit learning goals as a question.
2. MATERIALS/RESOURCES:
Keep a list of materials and resources that will be added to the unit website after the initial planning stage.
3. STANDARDS
Use common core, state, and local documents to Identify the standards that you want to embed in the unit design:
4. APPROPRIATE ENGAGEMENT:
Discuss and chart how this unit will appeal to students’ interests, passions, and developmental level.
Helpful Resource: Yardsticks by Chip Wood
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5. LIFE-LONG LEARNING/21st CENTURY SKILLS
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6. ATTRIBUTES OF STUDENT-FRIENDLY, ENGAGING LEARNING DESIGN
7. REVIEW, GRADE-LEVEL, ENRICHMENT SKILLS, CONCEPTS, AND KNOWLEDGE
8. PREASSESSMENT
Unit Pre-Assessment Design, Analysis, and Use.
9. UNIT PLAN
Lesson Plan: Using the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMPs) in Unit Design.
Design the overall roll-out of the unit in general with a step-by-step unit map.
(Leave space in the unit design for student choice and voice whenever possible)
10. ADD KEY INFORMATION TO WEBSITE FOR FAMILY/STUDENT ACCESS.
11. WRITE SPECIFIC LESSONS PLANS IF NEEDED.
Design unit specifically using this lesson design template if needed for each lesson or group of lessons, activities, and events. Add specific lesson information to website as desired.
Consider students’ ages, unit depth and breadth and desired effect when making the decisions about what specific lesson information and links to add the website.
What website information will support students’, colleagues’, and families’ learning review, efforts, enrichment, and celebration?
Note that lesson design today can be considered lesson choreography. See related links: http://teachwellnow.blogspot.com/2013/02/todays-lesson-plan-ma-educator.html , http://teachwellnow.blogspot.com/2011/11/lesson-choreography.html
12. REVIEW UNIT.
13. COLLECT MATERIALS, PREPARE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
14. SHARE UNIT PLANS AND WEBSITE WITH LEARNING COMMUNITY.
15. TEACH, ASSESS, REVISE AS NECESSARY TO MEET STUDENTS’ NEEDS.
16. ANALYZE SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT, MAKE NEXT STEPS.