Introduction toCurriculum Mapping

January 29th, 2010Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

What kind of student behavior do you want to see in your class?

What kind of student behavior do you want to see in your class?

What kind of student behavior do you want to see in your class?

What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity?

Our attitude towards it. Every opportunity has a difficulty and

every difficulty has an opportunity.

By J. Sidlow Baxter

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Collaborative Effort

You Choose…

or take a Step Back…

What is Curriculum Mapping?

What is Curriculum Mapping?

What is Curriculum Mapping?

A path or course of small steps…

What is Curriculum Mapping?

What is Curriculum Mapping?

A Two-Sided CoinHeidi Hayes Jacobs

What is Curriculum Mapping?

A process for collecting, maintaining & reviewing an operational data base of the curriculum in a school

and/or district.

What is Curriculum Mapping?

[Curriculum] Mapping is a verb… and then using these maps to make instructional decision.How do we improve the path students follow?

Discuss

Discuss

1. What are the strengths of our Curriculum?– What do we do better than other schools?

2. What are the changes?– that would strengthen the current curriculum

and better prepare our students.

3. What are some innovations, discoveries, and /or inventions that have occurred in the past five years that have had or will have an impact on your curriculum or your delivery?

Strengths Changes

Benefits of Curriculum Mapping

Curriculum Mapping

Collaborative Effort

Our Definition of Curriculum Map

Why Curriculum Mapping?

School Goals

Curriculum Mapping

Curriculum Map Components

Essential Questions

Content (& Common Terminology)Skills

ActivitiesAssessments

ResourcesStandards

Curriculum Map Components

Unwrapping the Standards

• Content can be found within the standard… look for nouns

• Skills can be found withinstandards… look for verbs(that can be measured, not “understand” or “demonstrate”)

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Language Arts- Non Negotiables

Language Arts- BIG Ideas?

Time for Curriculum Mapping?

Timeline

Resource Links

• Presentation based on Curriculum Mapping Workshop by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Earl Nicholas, Jeanne Tribuzzi & Ann Johnson.

• http://www.curriculumdesigners.com • http://curriculum21.com/

Photo Credits• Step up-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4217927892/• M&Ms vs. Skittles

http://www.flickr.com/photos/silkegb/3995479010/ • Taking a Step Back

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deivorytower/2997084783/ • Blooming Orange by LearningToday

http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/23376/Blooming-Orange-Bloom-s-Taxonomy-Helpful-Verbs-Poster

• Blooming Butterfly by Learning Todayhttp://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/22740/Bloom-s-Taxonomy-Poster-for-Elementary-Teachers

Silvia Rosenthal TolisanoLangwitches.org/blog