THE REDESIGNED CURRICULUM
Gordon Powell, Leanne McColl & Brooke Douglas
http://goo.gl/j2MbHw
It’s all online…
Learning Intentions
• Look at the components of the redesigned
curriculum –
a) competencies, b) big ideas,
c) personalized learning
• Experience one way of putting the pieces
together (practice lesson)
• Use the website and subject specific
discussions to deepen our understanding (Ed
Camp)
WONDER
PASSION
ENGAGEMENT
http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultur
es?language=en
What? So what?
Data sets – not as boring as it sounds
Images – about 4 that represent a big idea
Words – what we see in the images
Texts – connected to the images & big ideas
Recursive – let’s take another look
Evolvable – let’s keep adding
Expandable – let’s go deeper
What do you notice?
What do you notice?
What do you notice? What do youwonder?
What do you notice? What do youwonder?
Components of the Unit(and the curriculum)
Let’s look!
Big Ideas – Wonder & Explore & Explain
Competencies – Thinking, Communicating, Personal & Social
Upside down triangle – low floor/high ceiling
Today’s Meet
What is standing out to you atthis point? What do you wonder?
Have one person record questions and comments fromyour table on today’s meet
WORD SORT• animal
• habitat
• fish
• camouflage
• survival
• helping
• eating
• insect
• bird
• prey
• reptile
• endangered
• dangerous
• adaptation
• colours
Types of texts Diverse, ranging in topic, level of difficulty, text to image ratio,
number of words
Expands our understanding of big ideas
Opportunity to layer in reading strategies
How we use texts allows students to process information and thentransform it
What to do with texts?
Book talk
Select a text
Identify the
strategy
Each group creates
a post-it summary to
share with the class
Let’s practice
Components of the Unit(and the curriculum)
Let’s look!
Big Ideas – Wonder & Explore & Explain
Competencies – Thinking, Communicating, Personal & Social
Upside down triangle – low floor/high ceiling
Today’s Meet
What is standing out to you atthis point? What do you wonder?
Have your scribe post yourthoughts online.
Let’s look at the Ministry’s site