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Week 1:
September 2
Labor Day Holiday
Week 2:
September 9
Introduction to course
Video -- "Why Do These Kids Love School?"
Visit to SSU computer lab
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Week 3:
September 16
Looking at beliefs about
learning and teaching
Articulating an educational philosophy
State Frameworks and Standards
Read: Serious
Players, Ch 1-6
Framework: Introduction (your subject area)
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Week 4:
September 23
Teaching diverse students
Cooperative Groupwork
Writing play/ debrief/ replay lessons
Work with Framework Expert Groups
Read: Designing
Groupwork, Ch 1-5
Framework, chapters on goals/concepts &
instructional strategies
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Week 5:
September 30
Designing learning
experiences #1: investigations
Work with Framework Expert Groups
Read: Designing
Groupwork, Ch 6-8
Serious Players, Ch 12 and 7-11(your subject
area)
State Framework, standards for two grade levels
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Week 6:
October 7
Designing learning
experiences #2: strategies for reflection and
retention
Writing 5-step lesson plans
Work with Framework Expert Groups
Read: Serious
Players, Ch 13-14
State Framework, chapters on assessment &
universal access
Westwater and Wolfe, "The Brain Compatible
Curriculum"
Springer, Learning and Memory - The Brain in Action
(excerpt)
MeKeown and Beck, "Getting the Discussion
Started"
Due: Play/ debrief/
replay lesson plan (drafts for framework
group)
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Week 7:
October 14
Presentations of Framework
Groups
Read: Designing
Groupwork, Ch 9-10
Tomlinson, "Instructional Strategies That Support
Differentiation"
Sapon-Shevin, "Schools Fit For All"
Due: Play/ debrief/ replay lesson plan (copies
for all class members or post on WebCT)
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Week 8:
October 21
Designing an integrated
thematic unit #1
Developing big ideas for enduring understanding
Group work on unit plan jigsaws
Read: Seeing the
Whole Through Social Studies, Intro and Ch 1-
4
Drake, "Castles, Kings . . . and Standards"
Bring: State
frameworks
Due: 5-step lesson plan
(copies for class members or post on WebCT)
Educational philosophy (draft)
WebCT graded
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Week 9:
October 28
Developing meaningful project
work
Field Trip to McNear School; Judy Sovel & Kathy
Bockhold, 6th grade teachers
Group work on unit plan jigsaws
Read: Seeing the
Whole Through Social Studies, Ch 5-8
Wasserman, "Children
Working in Groups? It Doesn't
Work!" on website
Due: Unit plan jigsaw
Week
10: November 4
Assessing development and
learning
Read: Authentic
Assessment
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Week 11:
November 11
Designing an integrated
thematic unit #2
Organizing sequence, assessments and projects
Evaluating and adapting published curriculum and lesson
plans
Read: arts and
technology texts assigned in class (1st half)
Due: Big ideas, unit
objectives and unit assessment strategies for
integrated unit (draft)
Bring: lesson plan from
teacher's edition or the Internet - see
Links
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Week
12: November 18
Integrating the arts and
technology into the curriculum
Read: arts and
technology texts assigned in class (2nd half)
Due: Adapted/extended
lesson plan
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Week
13: November 25
Developing a class
community
Read: Among
Friends, pgs. 1-80
Willis, "Managing Today's Classroom; Finding
Alternatives to Control and Compliance"
Dinwiddie, "The Saga of Sally, Sammy, and the Red Pen:
Facilitating Children's Problem Solving"
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Week
14: December 2
Parent communication and
inclusion
Read: Among
Friends, pgs. 81-144
Finders & Lewis, "Why Some Parents Don't Come To
School"
Brand, "Making Parent Involvement a Reality"
Carger, "Attending to New Voices"
Due: WebCT
graded
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Week 15:
December 9
Presentations of integrated
unit
Due: Educational
philosophy (final draft)
Week
16: December 16
Presentations of integrated
unit and wrap-up
Due: Integrated
Unit
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