Plan to Teach Study a Module Begin your planning process by familiarizing yourself with the module’s story. Use the following guide to help you review the module as a whole.
Preview the Learning Module Resource
Guiding Questions
Read the Overview to preview the learning.
• What big ideas does the module teach? • How do the topic titles relate to the module title? What does that tell me about how the concepts are organized? • Which strategies, models, and language will my students use?
Read the Before This Module and After This Module sections in the Overview to understand the coherence between modules.
• What concepts, skills, and language can I expect my students to bring to the new learning? • How does the work of this module support learning in future modules?
Investigate the Development of Learning Module Resource
Guiding Questions
Review the Contents to see the module’s structure.
• How do the lesson objectives relate to the topic titles? What does that tell me about the development of learning across the module? • How many lessons are in the module and in each topic? • How does my school’s calendar work with the number of instructional days?
Read the Why section for insight into the module’s instructional design and pedagogical choices.
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• What does the Why section tell me about the module’s design? • In what ways does this information change the way I’m thinking about the content, sequence, models, strategies, and language in this module?
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