Nsu unit plan template

CANDIDATE NAME / DATE

GRADE LEVEL TIME ALLOTED (days/weeks):

SUBJECT AREA(S)

UNIT TITLE/ THEME:

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS / STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Gender: Male Female Total # Students

Students w/exceptional learning needs: IEP 504

Language diversity (please explain):

Socio-economic considerations (please explain):

Race / ethnicity considerations (please explain):

RATIONALE:

How will you answer the student question, “Why do we need to know this material?” Write a brief explanation to students / parents that provides information on how the learning in this unit relates to past and future learning.

LEARNING GOALS / LESSON OBJECTIVES

What do you want your students to know and be able to do after instruction? List the learning goals / outcomes (not the activities) that will guide the planning, delivery and assessment of your unit. These goals should define what you expect students to know and be able to do at the end of the unit. The goals should be significant (reflect the big ideas or structure of the discipline) challenging, varied and appropriate. After identifying the major goals / student outcomes, list specific objectives under each goal.

ALIGNMENT OF GOALS/ OBJECTIVES TO STATE & NATIONAL STANDARDS:

Show how the goals are aligned with Common Core, state PASS skills, and/or national, K-12 content standards. You may use a chart or table to show the alignment. At a minimum, address Common Core standards and state PASS skills.

UNIT ASSESSMENT ALIGNMENT & SUMMARY

1. For each unit goal/ outcome and objective mentioned above, identify method(s) of assessment. The purpose of this overview is to depict the alignment between learning goals and assessments. You may use a visual organizer such as a table, outline or other means to make your plan clear.

2. After you have identified your assessment strategies, summarize the types of assessment here in the table below. Consider the following: multiple choice (selected response), fill-in-blank (cloze), observation, checklists, peer evaluation, journals, projects, portfolios, essays, exams / tests, presentations (individual, group), concept mapping, skill performance, scored discussions, other.

List the strategy and the lesson(s) in which these were used. Add lines to the table as needed.

Pre-Assessment	Formative Assessments	Summative (Post) Assessment

TITLES OF INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: (add lines as necessary)