Dream Unit Objective: Students will create a  dream unit for the classroom at a specific grade level. Below are the resources needed to complete the majority of the Dream Unit.

 DREAM UNIT

Sample Unit Page

Dream Unit Rubric

 Lesson Planning

Information on Thematic Units and Project-Based Learning

Thematic Units 

Interdisciplinary Units for Middle School

PBL Lessons by grade level

Units from Microsoft

Backwards Design Lesson Plan

Backward Design Lesson Template

Sample Backward Design Lesson

Sample Backward Design Lesson Plan in PDF Format

Oklahoma Academic Standards

OK Academic Standards

Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's Taxonomy Question Stems

Comparing the OLD with the NEW

Assessment

Formative Assessment (for learning) vs Summative Assessment (of learning)

Whether an assessment is formative or summative  is what a teacher does afterwards.

Sample Pi Brochure 

Performance Assessment Rubric

Google Templates

tri-fold_template1

tri-fold_template2 

5E Lesson Plan

5E Lesson Template

5E Lesson Example

Teacher Perspective Activities

Find an Engagement Activity for your Unit

Engaging Students -

to make them curious about the lesson or unit, relate to prior learning, get students personally involved in the lesson

Strategies to Engage - 

Videos with questions,

Compare and Contrast to prior learning,

Interactive website with focus,

Reading with jigsaw activity  

Podcast - Explain

(Flipped Classroom Component)

Podcasting Rubric

Smartboard Interactive Activities - Explore

Smartboard Rubric

 Rubric for Grading Performance Assessment

Rubistar

Kindergarten Rubric

Performance Assessment Rubric 

Find at least 3 Supporting Links and Summarize 

Student Perspective 

Performance Assessment - Evaluate

Brochure

Newletter

Original Creation - Elaborate

Kidpix - MonsterExchange

Excel - Excelets - Interactive Map

Powerpoint used in a different way

Photostory 3

Windows Movie Maker

iMovie

iPad apps 

Storybird

TikiToki - a timeline tool

Other Online Timeline Tools

Samples of Videos:

Biomes

 Photostory

3D Figures

The Giving Tree by Laura Hill

Weather Report 

Great Barrier Reef

Science Experiment

Claymation

Lego Movie - Stop Motion

A Pharoah's Day

For Additional Ideas    

Homework: