THE REDESIGNED CURRICULUM

Gordon Powell, Leanne McColl & Brooke Douglas

Learning Intentions

• Look at the components of the redesigned curriculum –competencies, big ideas, personalized learning

• Experience one way of putting the pieces together

• Use the website and subjectspecific discussions to deepen ourunderstanding

WONDER

PASSION

ENGAGEMENT

http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultur

es?language=en

What do you notice?

What do you notice?

What do you notice? What do youwonder?

What do you notice? What do youwonder?

Extras…

Components of the Unit(and the curriculum)

Let’s look!

• Big Ideas – Wonder & Explore & Explain

• Competencies – Thinking, Communicating, Personal & Social

• Upside down triangle – low floor/high ceiling

Today’s Meet

• What is standing out to you atthis point? What do you wonder?

• Have one person record questions and comments fromyour table on today’s meet

Data sets – not as boring as itsounds

• Images – about 4

• Words

• Texts

• Recursive – let’s take another look

• Evolvable – let’s keep adding

• Expandable – let’s go deeper

WORD SORT• animal

• habitat

• fish

• camouflage

• survival

• helping

• eating

• insect

• bird

• prey

• reptile

• endangered

• dangerous

• adaptation

• colours

Types of texts• Diverse, ranging in topic, level of difficulty,

text to image ratio, number of words

• Expands our understanding of big ideas

• Opportunity to layer in reading strategies

• How we use texts allows students to processinformation and then transform it

What to do with texts?

• Book talk

• Select a text

• Identify the

strategy

Each group creates

a post-it summary to

share with the class

Let’s practice

Questions…

• What are you wondering?

• What more do you need to know?

• What is your next step?

Summative Assessments

• Demonstrates understanding of big ideas, demonstrates ability with reading strategy, reflects and values some aspect of the competencies.

• Is engaging, fun and continues with the emphasis on wonder and passion.

• Has some element of choice.

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