Unit Plan Guidelines -- Integrated and Sequential Curricula:

You will be responsible for writing two unit plans on the same general topic, but from two different types of texts. One text will be the integrated text that you choose. The other will be a more traditional sequential text (e.g. Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, etc.). The instructor will help you find a chapter on a similar topic in a sequential text.


Unit Plan Guidelines -- Integrated Text:

Note:
The outline that you construct in this plan is indeed an outline.  It assumes that you will follow the curriculum quite closely.

Story Line and Concept Map Mathematical story line, concepts and connections. Concept Map is optional.

Introduction
  • Curriculum, Year, Name of Unit
  • Where Unit fits into this curriculum
  • Brief overview of theme(s) of unit: Both content and context
  • How it fits with the ten PSSM Standards and six Principles
  • What content and/or teaching strategies would you add to the text unit?  (A general statement in a sentence or two.)

Mathematical Objectives: What students will know and be able to do at the end of this unit.

Day-by-day timeline.
  • If the curriculum is structured by multi-day lesson within a unit add the following for each lesson:.
    • How many days will the lesson take?
    • What is the overall mathematical content of the multi-day lesson?
    • Now list information for each day, ss listed below.
  • For each day:
    • Mathematical content--what is it and is it primarily a concept, generalization, skill?
    • What will students know and be able to do at end of this lesson?
    • Mode and teaching strategies to be used: A couple of sentences that give a picture of your day. (e.g. Discovery lesson with students investigating the relationship between circumference, radius and area both on cans of various sizes and on Sketchpad. Students will work in groups to calculate PI and compare their answers.)
    • Ideas for addressing differences in ability, background within the class.

    		Resource List: Films, tools, materials, guest speakers, etc.

    		Optional but Nice to have: A plan for a bulletin board display that you would put up at the beginning of the unit
    Timeline 2010
    4/12
    		 Select unit in integrated text
    5/07
    		 Story Line
    5/14
    5/21 by 2:00
    		 Final plan including Story Line and Resource File.



    Unit Plan Guidelines -- Sequential Text:



    Notes:
    • This unit plan is requires you to  follow the content and sequence of a chapter in a textbook and figure out creative ways to teach it. Later you will want to try to create more original plan
    • Categories are numbered to ease comparisons to PASL structure.
    1
    		 Concept Map Concepts and connections
    2
    		 Introduction
    • Topic, grade level, primary book used
    • Where it fits in the curriculum
    • How it fits with the ten PSSM Standards and six Principles
    • What content and/or teaching strategies would you add to the text unit? (A general statement in a sentence or two.)
    3
    		 Prerequisite knowledge:
    • What students need to know in order to attack this unit
    • How will you know they know it?
    4
    		 Objectives:
    • What students will know and be able to do at the end of this unit
    5
    		 Day-by-day timeline (some lessons may take more than one day)
    • Mathematical content--what is it and is it concept, generalization, skill?
    • What will students know and be able to do at end of this lesson?
    • Mode and teaching strategies to be used . A couple of sentences that give a picture of your day (e.g. Discovery lesson with students investigating the relationship between circumference, radius and area both on cans of various sizes and on Sketchpad. Students will work in groups to calculate PI and compare their answers.)
    • Ideas for addressing differences in prior knowledge, learning styles, background within the class.
    6
    		 Resource List: Films, tools, materials, guest speakers, etc.
    7
    		 Resource File: To be collected as you plan your unit and attached to your plan. This could include interesting problems, applications, activities, ideas for teaching, items for a bulletin board, etc.
    8
    		 Assessment Plan: This does not have to be detailed, but should include ideas for tests, quizzes, performance assessments, portfolios, whatever
    9
    		 Substitute Plan: An activity a non-math sub could use that would be in keeping with the topic of the unit.
    10
    		 Nice to have: A plan for a bulletin board display that you would put up at the beginning of the unit
    11
    		 Two complete lesson plans:
    • introductory lesson and
    • one other lesson.
    Timeline 2010
    4/12
    		 Topic
    4/23 Concept Map
    5/07 (optional if you want feedback) Preliminary outline/first draft
    5/21 by 2:00 Final Plan with Concept Map, Resource file


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