Curriculum planning chart

Generative Topic: Thinkers / Creators Name: Natali Cortes

Concept Standards Assessment Facts Skills Problems to pose Activities:

("The student will (How will you have ("The students will ("The students will ("Guiding questions"
understand…") evidence that they know…") be able to…") or "unit questions")
know it?)

CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.W.1.1
Write opinion pieces
in which they Students will
introduce the topic or The students will Students will be How does an idea complete
name the book they Informal group know the six able to write a turn into reality? worksheets
are writing about, discussions stages of design comprehensive determining the
state an opinion, thinking: opinion piece. problem and
supply a reason for the empathize, define, solutions detailed
Using the opinion, and provide Worksheets as ideate, prototype, What questions do in two picture
framework of some sense of closure. formative test, share. inventors ask books.
design thinking, assessments Students will be themselves?
the students will able to identify
understand Define a simple Students will key details and
problem-solving problem that can be Formal rubric- know a complete themes from Students will
as an essential solved through the based assessment opinion piece picture books. How can a solution write opinion
component of development of a new of writing includes the arise from pieces articulating
inventing and or improved object or opinion, evidence, analyzing a a need they see in
creating. tool. (K-2-ETS1-1) and a conclusion. problem? their community.
Qualitative Students will be
assessment of able to articulate
Develop a simple physical models Students will a plan and see it
model based on know that manifested in What makes Students will
evidence to represent problem solving written and tactile research thorough create their own
a proposed object or involves revision. form. and complete? physical model of
tool. (K-2-ETS1-2) a proposed
solution.
Concept Standards Assessment Facts Skills Problems to pose Activities:

("The student will (How will you have ("The students will ("The students will ("Guiding questions"
understand…") evidence that they know…") be able to…") or "unit questions")
know it?)

CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RL.1.3 Read aloud of
Describe characters, Who can be a “One Plastic Bag,”
settings, and major creator about Isatou
events in a story, [Scientist/Architect Ceesay.
using key details. The students will /etc.]?
be able to identify Read aloud of “All
Informal verbal similarities as well Aboard,” about
CCSS.ELA- assessment The students will as differences in How were these Elijah McCoy.
The student will LITERACY.RL.1.5 through know the stories two characters. thinkers influenced
understand that Explain major discussion. of Isatou Ceesay, by their [And more
kids, people of differences between Elijah McCoy, Zaha environments? creative
color, and people books that tell stories Hadid, and Maya The students will (Could Elijah have nonfiction books
of any gender, and books that give Informal written Lin, among others. be able to create invented Isatou’s in this vein.)
can be great information, drawing assessments (T- and interpret T- way of recycling
thinkers and on a wide reading of a charts and venn charts and venn plastic bags?) Comprehension
creators. range of text types. diagrams) diagrams. worksheets
comparing and
Who decides what contrasting two of
CCSS.ELA- makes an idea the books.
LITERACY.RL.1.9 great?
Compare and contrast Fiction read-
the adventures and alouds, of “Ada
experiences of Twist, Scientist,”
characters in stories. among others.
Concept Standards Assessment Facts Skills Problems to pose Activities:

("The student will (How will you have ("The students will ("The students will ("Guiding questions"
understand…") evidence that they know…") be able to…") or "unit questions")
know it?)

CCSS.ELA- Students will put

LITERACY.L.1.1.F Students will be together a wall of
Use frequently able to articulate adjectives
occurring adjectives. a plan and see it describing
Informal manifested in themselves as a
observation of written and tactile class.
CCSS.ELA- partner feedback The students will form.
LITERACY.SL.1.1.C sessions know that With a partner,
Ask questions to clear adjectives What are your build a bridge that
up any confusion describe nouns. Students will be strengths? withstands a
Students will see about the topics and Formal able to identify certain amount of
themselves as texts under discussion. assessment, given and employ weight.
having valuable through adjective adjectives in What do you think
ideas and worksheet The students will writing. might be a good
contributions to Define a simple know that science solution to a Students will
make. problem that can be and engineering pressing issue in share out how
solved through the Informal are fields Students will be your life? their building
development of a new assessment of accessible to able to give tests went.
or improved object or spoken them. feedback to each
tool. (K-2-ETS1-1) hypotheses other on their
writing. Students will
conduct an
Develop a simple Informal peer and isolated science
model based on teacher-initiated The students will experiment.
evidence to represent discussions be able to define
a proposed object or and make
tool. (K-2-ETS1-2) hypotheses.