UbD

=Understanding by Design=

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“Our students need a curriculum that treats them more like potential performers than sideline observers” (122)

Check out what Grant Wiggins and folks say about the Understanding by Design: [|UbD Overview] Grant Wiggins site: [|Authentic Education] Overview of UbD, including videos and guidelines for English Language Learners: [|Pearson and UbD] ASCD's site with videos and articles about UbD: [|ASCD] A very helpful explanation of all three stages of UbD: [|XNET] Good ideas database: ideas from teachers that relate to UbD: [|Good Ideas]

Templates for Planning (Stage 1, 2, and 3)
Overview of the UbD Process and Template Another template with 3 wheels (worthwhile, important, and essential knowledge)

A website with templates and sample units: [|UbBTemplates] Here is a template in .doc format:

Stage 1: Defining goals


UbD is built around understanding. You can read about the six facets of understanding here: [|ASCD On line] and here's another link: [|SixFacets] A rubric about the six facets of understanding:[|rubric] Blog on the six facets of understanding: [|HuffEnglish] Excerpt from the book Understanding by Design about the six facets: [|ASCD On line excerpt] Want some ideas for learning targets? Try using the "Differentiator": [|Differentiator]

Stage 2: Planning the assessments
[|Brief explanation about Stage 2] Examples of six facets: what the task might be for the different facets: [|Examples]

Stage 3: Developing the learning plan
The WHERETO process for developing the learning plan with examples: [|OpenPlanner]

Inquiry and UbD
PDF file for Engaging Readers and Writers with Inquiry: [|ScholasticEngaging] About inquiry: [|Cnncept to Classroom]

Essential Questions: Samples and suggestions
Essential questions “keep us focused on inquiry as opposed to just answers” (124) An overview of essential questions: [|EQs] Essential questions guide (one of many):

Sample content area essential questions: Math

Sample inquiry based UbD units:
[|Galileo] Math unit (UbD) Sample Units, before and after UbD: [|RoseburgUbD] A middle school science unit, [|Detectives in the Classroom] A middle school short story unit A middle school unit on bike safety

A UbD unit for World Languages

A middle school geometry unit: [|symmetry_lesson] A unit on data analysis: [|Probability lesson]

Survey Students
Curious about Preston MS students' thoughts about school? Here's a survey developed by Grant Wiggins and folks that might be of interest:

=LEARNING TARGETS= Suggestions and tips for creating learning targets: Sample learning targets:[|North Point Learning Targets]