2009Kindness

=Second Grade Unit 2: Kindness=

//What relevant goals (e.g. content standards, course or program objectives, learning outcomes) will this design address?// || //Students will understand that. . .// • What are the big ideas? • What specific understandings about them are desired? • What misunderstandings are predictable? || ===Essential Questions:=== • What background knowledge and skills will students need to have or be brought up to speed on and how will this be done? || • What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? • What should they eventually be able to so as a result of such knowledge and skills? || ====//Students will be able to know. . .//==== • Through what authentic performance tasks will students demonstrate the desired understandings? • By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged? || ===Other Evidence:=== • Through what other evidence (e.g. quizzes, tests, academic prompts, observations, homework, journals) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? • How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning? || What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achiever the desired results? How will the design
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * ===Understandings:===
 * •** What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning? ||
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * Think of these as secondary skills / content ||
 * ==Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence== ||
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
 * ===Learning Activities:===
 * W** = Help the students know Where the unit is going and What is expected? Help the teacher to know Where the students are coming form (prior knowledge, interests)?
 * H** = Hook all students and Hold their interest?
 * E** = Equip students, help them Experience the key ideas and Explore the issues?
 * R** = Provide opportunities to Rethink and Revise their understandings?
 * E** = Allow students to Evaluate their work and its implications?
 * T** = Be Tailored (personalized) to the different needs, interests, and abilities of learners?
 * O** = Be Organized to maximize initial and sustained engagement as well as effective learning?

Other ways to think about this: SLA -- How will the students access our five core values: Research Collaboration Presentation Reflection**
 * Inquiry

21st Century:** How wil the students use 21st Century skills to: Research: Collaborate: Create: Network: ||