Our teachers are beginning to use the newly purchased software to organize our curriculum units in a consistent fashion. The Atlas Curriculum Mapping software asks teachers at all grade levels:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 to describe the New Hampshire standards related to, for instance, a science unit;<\/p>\n
\u00b7 to outline the key understandings and the knowledge our district wants students to gain from the unit;<\/p>\n
\u00b7 to clearly state the \u201cessential questions\u201d students should be able to answer at the end of the unit;<\/p>\n
\u00b7 to describe what skills students will use to explore any content area unit;<\/p>\n
\u00b7 To attach lesson plans and learning activities so that all district teachers can access them;<\/p>\n
\u00b7 To outline any vocabulary taught during the unit; and<\/p>\n
\u00b7 To share any assessments teachers are using to monitor student understanding.<\/p>\n
First grade teachers, Kelly Marble, Karen Eade, Shannon McCurry, and Jeanne Howard, just completed a new science unit, Senses. During this unit of study students will read to learn about human senses, will explore using their senses to describe various objects, will use a variety of scientific tools\u2014such as magnifying glass, balance, thermometer, ruler, scale, and microscope– as they gather first-hand observational information about things in their environment. The essential questions students will be able to answer once the unit is completed are:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 How do we gather information using our senses?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 How do our senses help us to learn from each other?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 How do our senses help keep us safe?<\/p>\n
\u00b7 What can help us gather more information than our senses can alone?<\/p>\n
We believe that mapping will help students reach high standards and help teachers plan effectively. It has already encouraged a great deal of conversations among our teaching staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our teachers are beginning to use the newly purchased software to organize our curriculum units in a consistent fashion. The Atlas Curriculum Mapping software asks teachers at all grade levels: \u00b7 to describe the New Hampshire standards related to, for instance, a science unit; \u00b7 to outline the key understandings and the knowledge our district…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n