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What are the Key Elements of Mapping?

**__Essential Questions__**: What we want students to think about. Essential questions help us to organize our thinking and approach curriculum design through creative choice that highlights the focus of a course of unit of study. The best essential questions are open-ended and provocative, written in "kid-friendly" language, and designed to focus instruction for uncovering the important ideas of the content.
 * __Big Ideas__**: Based on the big ideas that have lasting value beyond the classroom, the students will understand that...


 * __Common Core Standards & Indicators__**: Identifying standards helps to assure curricular alignment.


 * __Content:__** What we want students to know and understand about the unit or topic we are teaching. Content should reflect...
 * the fact, concepts, generalizations and principles that are the focus of our curriculum
 * consciously understood factual information
 * what students can explain to others


 * __Skills/Strategies__:** What we want students to be able to do. Enumerate the skills and processes students will acquire or practice as they work with the content of this unit.
 * contain the processes, procedures and skills the students will process that will allow them to apply the knowledge they have gained
 * represent what students should be able to do with the content knowledge
 * always begin with an action verb

**__Assessments:__** The opportunities we provide students to demonstrate their understanding of content and the skills they have acquired. List the assessments you will use to gather evidence of student learning. They may include demonstated proficiency through participation and discussion, presentations, and completed projects as well as traditional tests, quizzes and homework assigmnets. Assessments are
 * __Key Terms & Vocabulary__**: list any words and key terms that will be introduced and reinforced in this unit.
 * observable and measurable
 * directly aligned to standards
 * varied to address learning styles


 * __Activities:__** What activities will be used to promote learning? Consider the __//WHERETO//__ elements to help learners.
 * ** W ** - know **where** they are going (goals), **why** (learning content) and **what** is required (performance requirements & evaluative criteria).
 * ** H **- **hook** into the big ideas (I.e, inquiry, research, problem-solving, experimentation,
 * **E** - provide opportuities to explore and experience big ideas and receive instruction
 * ** R ** - rethink, rehearse, revise and refine
 * ** E ** - evaluate their work, reflect on learning and set goals
 * ** T ** - tailor a plan to address interest and learning styles of students
 * ** O ** - organize and sequence the learning plan to maximize engagement and effectiveness.