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Lhe end of Lhe unlL 1hls enLlre unlL ls on a Weebly webslLe 1he webslLe lncludes Lhe acLlvlLles LhaL Lhe
sLudenLs are Lo compleLe as well as a Leacher page 1he Leacher page lncludes all of Lhe sLandards LhaL
Lhls unlL addresses as well as maLerlals needed for Lhe lessons ob[ecLlves of Lhe unlL forms of
assessmenL LhaL are used for Lhe lessons LSL accommodaLlons and background lnformaLlon LhaL wlll be
useful for Lhe Leacher All of Lhese componenLs of my webbased lnqulry relaLe Lo Lhe fourLh sLandard
of Lhe llllnols rofesslonal 1eachlng SLandards
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creaLlng Lhls arLlfacL l had Lo develop shorL and long range plans conslsLenL wlLh currlculum goals
learner dlverslLy and learnlng Lheory" l planned lessons LhaL Lhe sLudenLs would do for each day and a
lesson LhaL Lhey would do aL Lhe end of Lhe unlL l sLaLed all of Lhe currlculum sLandards Lhe nLSL
sLandards and Lhe WluA sLandards l also adapLed a lesson for LSL sLudenLs 1he enLlre unlL
lncorporaLed Lechnology because lL was onllne and lncluded one slmulaLlon ln whlch Lhe sLudenLs had Lo
use Lhe lnLerneL Lo compleLe lL lor each lesson l esLabllshed my expecLaLlons for Lhe sLudenLs'
learnlng" Lhrough my ob[ecLlves of each lesson 1here are Lwo requlred acLlvlLles LhaL Lhe sLudenLs have
Lo compleLe and Lhen Lhey have Lo plck Lwo ouL of Lhe four opLlonal acLlvlLles Lo compleLe 8y provldlng
mulLlple learnlng acLlvlLles" Lhe sLudenLs are able Lo choose an acLlvlLy LhaL flLs wlLh Lhelr learnlng
sLyle" and Lhe performance mode" LhaL Lhey llke besL
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goes lnLo creaLlng a unlL ?ou need Lo Lhlnk of boLh long and shorL Lerm lessons for Lhe sLudenLs Lo
compleLe and make sure LhaL each lesson flLs lnLo Lhe cenLral Lheme of Lhe unlL l also now undersLand
LhaL lL ls lmporLanL Lo glve sLudenLs a varleLy of ways Lo show Lhelr knowledge because you need Lo
Lhlnk of Lhe varlaLlons ln learnlng sLyles LhaL Lhe sLudenLs have and how Lhey feel LhaL Lhey can besL
showcase Lhelr knowledge on Lhe Loplc lL also helped me Lo Lhlnk of mulLlple lessons LhaL surround a
cenLral Lheme such as a unlL l learned LhaL lL ls lmporLanL Lo noL make your Lheme very broad Lo where
Lhere ls Loo much lnformaLlon Lo glve Lhe sLudenLs whlch can be very overwhelmlng buL you also do noL
wanL lL Lo be very speclflc Lo where you cannoL Lhlnk of mulLlple lessons on LhaL unlL unlLs should fall ln
Lhe mlddle so LhaL Lhe sLudenLs can develop a Lhorough undersLandlng of Lhe Loplc afLer compleLlng Lhe
unlL 1he Loplc also has Lo be someLhlng ln whlch you can creaLe lessons LhaL wlll go along wlLh Lhe
currlculum sLandards so Lhe sLudenLs can meeL Lhelr grade level sLandards LhaL Lhey should LhaL year l
now feel beLLer prepared Lo creaLe a unlL for sLudenLs and Lo sLore Lhe lnformaLlon for Lhe unlL on a
webslLe such as Weebly