Curriculum Mapping : A Step-by-Step Guide for Creating Curriculum Year Overviews

by Kathy Tuchman Glass

• ISBN13: 9781412915595
• ISBN10: 1412915597
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781483361567
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-07
• Publisher: Corwin Pr
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Summary

This resource provides a user-friendly process for creating a curriculum year overview that meets standards. Includes developed curriculum maps, blank templates, and more!

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
Foreword	ix
Bena Kallick
Acknowledgments	xi
About the Author	xiii
Introduction	xv
Definition, Purpose, and Observations	1	(10)
Curriculum Year Overview Definition	1	(1)
Purposes of a Curriculum Year Overview	2	(1)
Purpose Explanations	2	(4)
Provide an Outline for the School Year	2	(1)
Validate Teaching to Standards and Accountability to Using Standards as a Guide	3	(1)
Identify Skills and Concepts Embedded in Standards and Craft Guiding Questions	4	(1)
Reference Culminating Unit Assessments	4	(1)
Provide a Comprehensive Listing of Available Resources and Materials	4	(1)
Allow for Support and Consistency in a Grade Level and Foster Teamwork	5	(1)
Promote Articulation From Grade to Grade	6	(1)
Serve as a Marketing and Communications Tool	6	(1)
The Importance of Teacher Support	6	(2)
Possible Situations	8	(2)
Some Final Thoughts	10	(1)
The Process	11	(42)
Timing	12	(13)
The Steps in the Process	25	(26)
Step One: Making Arrangements	25	(4)
Step Two: Setting the Stage	29	(1)
Step Three: Reviewing Content Standards	30	(2)
Step Four: Sketching the ``Year-at-a-Glance''	32	(2)
Step Five: Beginning the Curriculum Year Overview Monthly Units	34	(2)
Step Six: Discussing Standards Not Addressed	36	(1)
Step Seven: Developing Unit Guiding Questions	36	(5)
Step Eight: Identifying Skills and Accompanying Assessments	41	(3)
Step Nine: Listing Resources	44	(1)
Step Ten: Identifying Ongoing Instruction or Projects	44	(2)
Step Eleven: Articulating Across Grade Levels	46	(5)
Step Twelve: Piloting and Revising the Document	51	(1)
Some Final Thoughts	51	(2)
Articulation From Grade to Grade	53	(14)
Grammar and Conventions Content Standards Continuum	54	(7)
Writing Types (Genres) Continuum	61	(1)
A Note About Narrative Writing	61	(1)
Continuums for Other Subject Areas	62	(3)
Some Final Thoughts	65	(2)
Curriculum Year Overview Samples	67	(38)
About Standards	68	(2)
Primary	70	(14)
Curriculum Year Overview Unit Examples	70	(14)
Upper Elementary	84	(10)
Curriculum Year Overview Unit Examples	84	(10)
Middle School	94	(7)
Curriculum Year Overview Unit Examples	94	(7)
High School	101	(4)
Curriculum Year Overview Unit Examples	101	(4)
Computer Software and Continued Professional Success	105	(4)
Computer Software Programs	105	(2)
Continued Professional Success	107	(2)
Resources	109	(14)
Bibliography	123	(2)
Index	125