2. Week #1: Begin With the End in Mind
or “There and Back Again”
Part 2: An Introduction to Synthesis and Integration
 Key Concept/Academic Vocabulary
 What is “synthesis”? And what is “curriculum
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integration”
Where can you find the answers?
What do we need to “synthesize” from prior learning?
Pre-assessment: Integrated Curriculum
Four Fold Concept Activity (Concept Formation)
Examining “Integrated Unit” Examples
Assignment: Integrated Unit Plan

3. Integration and Middle School

5. ….more specifically in terms of
curriculum, instruction and assessment

6. ….more specifically in terms of
curriculum, instruction and assessment

8. Planning for Learning:
Quality Instructional Design
“Those who Fail to Plan
…..Should Plan to Fail.”
**Alan Lakein

9. Unit Title:
Grade:
Subject, Topic:
Time:
Learning Target(s):
Students will understand that…
Students will know…
Formative Assesssments:
Learning Activities:
Accommodations:
Stage 1 – Desired Results
Critical Questions:
Students will be able to…
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Summative Assessments:
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
High Yield Strategies:
Differentiation:

10. Understanding by Design….in real life
 A Wedding
 Building a house
 Planning a family
 Planting a garden
 Shoveling the driveway
 Planning a trip
 Raising chickens/livestock
 Getting a Master’s Degree

11. The Quality Teaching Document
defines the end….and the
beginning….for now
Alberta Education:
The Knowledge, Skills and
Attributes of Quality Teaching

12. …and the future?

13. “If you don't know where you are going,
you'll end up someplace else.”
― Yogi Berra

15. Are we teachers?
 Determining the learning destination
 Creating questions that foster inquiry
 Designing units, backwards
 Determining assessment evidence
 Recognizing the benefits of performance criteria
or are we designers?
Architects of instruction?
Facilitators of learning?
AGENTS OF CHANGE?

16. …Further Thinking and Doing
 Complete the “Logistics” part of your integrated unit plan
(e.g. What grade/subjects/topics will you be teaching
during practicum? Print off/save program of studies for
your designated grade/subject/topics and have with you at
all times (due next week)
 Professional Reflection: You will assigned one of five
readings (placed on Googlesites). Please read and provide
a one page reflection on how you feel this article is relevant
in terms of our conversations/key learning this week (due
next class)
We Swim Together, or We Sink Together
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JUMP IN – The water’s fine, and so is the learning