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Intel Teach ProgramModule 1 and 2

Presented byBecky Clarke & Amy Moore

Special thanks to Robin McConahey

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*Log onto your computer/get on Internet

*Click the homepage and click Instructional

Technology tab

*Click CCPS Intel Teach tab

Program Overview

• Participating teachers will develop a unit of instruction based upon their content SOL’s.

• Purpose – – Help teachers use the power of technology

to spark student imagination and move students to greater learning

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Unit Author

First and Last Name Amy Moore

School District Charlotte County

School Name Central Middle

School City, State Charlotte Court House, VA

Unit Overview

Unit Title

Who Wants to Live Forever?

Unit Summary Students will read the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. They will explore the elements of a narrative and the impact imagery has on a text. Students will participate in journals throughout the reading of the novel and group discussions. Through collaboration, students will use imagery to produce a collection of illustrations for the novel.

Subject Area

Reading Grade Level

6

Approximate Time Needed

About 8 reading class periods of 90 minutes each

Unit Foundation Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks 6.4 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fiction, narrative

nonfiction, and poetry. a) Identify the elements of narrative structure, including setting, character, plot, conflict,

and theme. b) Use knowledge of narrative and poetic structures to aid comprehension and predict

outcomes. c) Describe the images created by language.

d) Describe how word choice and imagery contribute to the meaning of a text

Student Objectives/ Learning Outcomes

1. Students will be able to read narrative text and identify:

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Unit Author

First and Last Name Becky Clarke

School District Charlotte County

School Name Central Middle School

School City, State Charlotte Court House, VA

Unit Overview

Unit Title

Math SOL 6.22-Exponents, Perfect Squares, Square Roots, and Scientific Notation

Unit Summary

Students learn the importance of knowing how to read, write, and evaluate all forms of exponents and square roots. They are also learning how to write numbers in scientific notation form and identify perfect squares. To help students come to this understanding they are assigned to complete a project. Their task are to research, summarize, draw conclusions, and report on the importance of knowing scientific notation form, perfect squares, and exponents in their assigned work and in their own lives.

Subject Area

Math

Grade Level

6th Grade

Approximate Time Needed

5- 60 minutes classes (30 minutes:maintenance, word problems, & wrap up)

Unit Foundation Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks

6.22 The student will investigate and describe concepts of positive exponents, perfect squares, square roots, and, for numbers greater than 10, scientific notation. Calculators will be used to develop exponential patterns.

Student Objectives/ Learning Outcomes

*The student will be able to identify and write the base, power, factor form, and evaluate exponents.

*The student will able to illustrate and evaluate perfect squares.

Module 1 Focus Questions

• How can units help my students meet standards and develop 21st Century Skills?

• How can I use units to enhance student learning?

Characteristics of Project-Based Learning (unit)

• Student centered• Objectives aligned with standards• Driven by Curriculum Framing Questions (CFQs)• Ongoing, varying types of assessment• Unit activities will be connected and take place over a period of

time• Real world connections• Students demonstrate mastery through products/performances

that are published, presented, or displayed• Enhances and supports student learning• Thinking skills are integral to unit/project work• Varied instructional strategies

Module 1- Activity 2View Sample Unit Plans

Manual – p. 1.20 From the CCPS Intel Teach Site click

Intel Design Projects (under map) Click Designing Effective Projects Click Unit Plan Index Choose 1 unit plan to browse from your

desired content and grade level

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Unit Author

First and Last Name Amy Moore

School District Charlotte County

School Name Central Middle

School City, State Charlotte Court House, VA

Unit Overview

Unit Title

Who Wants to Live Forever?

Unit Summary Students will read the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. They will explore the elements of a narrative and the impact imagery has on a text. Students will participate in journals throughout the reading of the novel and group discussions. Through collaboration, students will use imagery to produce a collection of illustrations for the novel.

Subject Area

Reading Grade Level

6

Approximate Time Needed

About 8 reading class periods of 90 minutes each

Unit Foundation Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks 6.4 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fiction, narrative

nonfiction, and poetry. a) Identify the elements of narrative structure, including setting, character, plot, conflict,

and theme. b) Use knowledge of narrative and poetic structures to aid comprehension and predict

outcomes. c) Describe the images created by language. d) Describe how word choice and imagery contribute to the meaning of a text

Student Objectives/ Learning Outcomes

1. Students will be able to read narrative text and identify:

Module 2

Focus Questions

How can Curriculum Framing Questions support my students’ learning?

How can I plan ongoing student centered assessment?

Fill Out Standards and Objectives

• On your unit plan list the SOL’s you will be teaching– You can easily cut and paste from the

VDOE website http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/index.shtml

• Don’t forget to add some 21st Century Skills (refer to print out or CD)

Curriculum Framing Questions - Essential Questions

o Purpose is to connect learning and promote higher order thinking skills

o Essential Questionso Broad, open ended

oHow are numbers important?oWhy is storytelling an important part of our lives?

CFQs – Unit Questions

o Unit Questionso Tied directly to a unit and support

investigationoOpen ended

oWhat can imagery teach us about writing?oHow does narrative structure make a story more

interesting?

CFQs – Content Questions

o Content Questionso Fact-basedoConcrete

o Identify imagery and explain how it effects text.oWhat are the narrative elements of a story?

Assessment

• Activity 3 (p. 2.10)– Browse through sample assessment plans

and timelines (from Intel CCPS Teach)• On your unit plan (paper copy) write

down some assessment strategies for each part of the assessment timeline.– p. 2.13 has some great suggestions and

explanations

Blog

• Go to CCPS Intel Teach page• Under Links, click Intel Module Blog• Click on the module you want to answer• Scroll down and add a comment at the

bottom• Enter the module and number for your title• Fill in body with the answer to the “question”

For November 1

• Complete the following sections of your unit plan:– Unit Author – Unit Overview– Unit Foundation– Assessment Timeline and Summary– Answer blog questions for Module 1 and

Module 2