Two weeks ago was the beginning of a new unit for us. I was intent on it being engaging, after the past 5 weeks when I seemed to be dragging my class through a unit in which they showed very little interest.
After previous planning meetings where we all sit around with our computers open it seemed that it was easy for us to lose focus, to jump around between tasks without really completing anything well. So we decided to put our laptops to the side, get out the markers and chart paper and collaboratively plan. And this is what we came up with:
We were able to share this with specialists and it has formed the skeleton of our unit that we have been able to plan rubrics around and begin a new focus on student assessment.
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