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Curriculum & Instruction “Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.” ~William Albert Allard
June 2014
What’s new from the Curriculum & Instruction Department?
Understandings Curriculum writers will begin working this summer to ENHANCE current curriculum documents. GISD Online Curriculum is not going away! #Misunderstanding
An effective curriculum includes multiple resources and layers of instruction. One resource does not make a curriculum!
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Understanding by Design Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe
Understanding by Design refers to what we Teach = Enduring Understandings for Learners What will students know and be able to do? Authentic Education – A framework for improving student achievement
McTighe, J. & Wiggins, G. (2013). Essential Questions: Opening doors to student understanding. Alexandria, VA: ASCD McTighe, J. & Wiggins, G. (2013). Understanding by design. Alexandria, VA: ASCD