Curriculum Mapping: A Step-By-Step Guide for Creating Curriculum Year Overviews Book

List of Figures     vii
Foreword   Bena Kallick     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
About the Author     xiii
Introduction     xv
Definition, Purpose, and Observations     1
Curriculum Year Overview Definition     1
Purposes of a Curriculum Year Overview     2
Purpose Explanations     2
Provide an Outline for the School Year     2
Validate Teaching to Standards and Accountability to Using Standards as a Guide     3
Identify Skills and Concepts Embedded in Standards and Craft Guiding Questions     4
Reference Culminating Unit Assessments     4
Provide a Comprehensive Listing of Available Resources and Materials     4
Allow for Support and Consistency in a Grade Level and Foster Teamwork     5
Promote Articulation From Grade to Grade     6
Serve as a Marketing and Communications Tool     6
The Importance of Teacher Support     6
Possible Situations     8
Some Final Thoughts     10
The Process     11
Timing     12
The Steps in the Process     25
Making Arrangements     25
Setting the Stage     29
Reviewing Content Standards     30
Sketching the "Year-at-a-Glance"     32
Beginning the Curriculum Year Overview Monthly Units     34
Discussing Standards Not Addressed     36
Developing Unit Guiding Questions     36
Identifying Skills and Accompanying Assessments     41
Listing Resources     44
Identifying Ongoing Instruction or Projects     44
Articulating Across Grade Levels     46
Piloting and Revising the Document     51
Some Final Thoughts     51
Articulation From Grade to Grade     53
Grammar and Conventions Content Standards Continuum     54
Writing Types (Genres) Continuum     61
A Note About Narrative Writing     61
Continuums for Other Subject Areas     62
Some Final Thoughts     65
Curriculum Year Overview Samples     67
About Standards     68
Primary     70
Curriculum Year Overview Unit Examples     70
Upper Elementary     84
Curriculum Year Overview Unit Examples     84
Middle School     94
Curriculum Year Overview Unit Examples     94
High School      101
Curriculum Year Overview Unit Examples     101
Computer Software and Continued Professional Success     105
Computer Software Programs     105
Continued Professional Success     107
Resources     109
Bibliography     123
Index     125