Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Unit Plans - Begin with the End in Mind!


Unit Plans in Mathematics are a series of tasks and activities that can be backward mapped from the expectations to make sure students have the necessary skills and knowledge to move onto other expectations and/or strands.

When creating unit plans, it's important to:
  • scaffold lessons - lots of connections need to be pointed out!
  • develop activities which support a variety of learning styles
  • incorporate manipulatives
  • use flexible groups
  • perform assessment for, and as, learning
  • incorporate real world applications for mathematics
  • provide extensions to open ended problems
  • Allow for revisions - make it a working and dynamic plan

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