Time To Teach

E30S6: Amazing units are impactful, well planned out, and serve a greater purpose other than just inside a school's walls. Such units don't happen accidentally, but by design. In this episode, I explain the essential components that go into amazing unit planning. Show Notes 0:00 Intro 0:45 Intro to unit 6 1:46 Winter recess notice 3:53 Wins and Fails segment 6:49 Planning Backwards: What you need to know 9:53 Backwards design and what that actually means 11:31 Enduring understandings and big ideas 15:00 Essential questions 17:50 Asking good essential questions 23:11 Evidence 27:25 Learning activities 30:01 Episode summary 32:16 Closing 32:40 Outro Twitter: @TamiJ123 Podcast show notes & to listen online: Time to Teach Website Links Time to Teach Facebook Page Teachers For Effective Curriculum Facebook Group (Facebook Group) My Blog: Notes From A First Grade Classroom Music Credits: Adventures by A Himitsu @a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/b...