1. Only use the textbook for your lessons…no manipulatives, calculators, technology, etc.
2. Divide the number of pages in the book by 180 (the approximate number of school days.
3. Teach that number of pages per day.
4. Write the objectives and lesson plan based on the pages you are on.
5. If someone asks, search through the Core Curriculum Content Standards to see if there is a
possible alignment with the lesson.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Five Secrets for Increasing Student Achievement BEFORE Creating Lessons
Secret # 1:
The textbook is a tool, not a curriculum.
Texas and California buy the most books
The number one priority for textbook sales is textbook sales, not state standards.
Secret # 2:
Teaching how to test is a waste of valuable learning time (though often necessary)…
…but teaching to the test is a good thing.
Secret # 3:
Student achievement will increase when you think like the test-makers.
ETS & Riverside create the tests by using the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards to guide them.
Therefore, if you teach to the test, you are teaching to the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards…at least for now…National Standards are coming!
http://www.nj.gov/education/cccs/
Secret # 4:
Teach to the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards and the test will take care of itself.
Secret # 5:
A good teaching plan (curriculum map) will improve test scores.
The textbook is a tool, not a curriculum.
Texas and California buy the most books
The number one priority for textbook sales is textbook sales, not state standards.
Secret # 2:
Teaching how to test is a waste of valuable learning time (though often necessary)…
…but teaching to the test is a good thing.
Secret # 3:
Student achievement will increase when you think like the test-makers.
ETS & Riverside create the tests by using the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards to guide them.
Therefore, if you teach to the test, you are teaching to the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards…at least for now…National Standards are coming!
http://www.nj.gov/education/cccs/
Secret # 4:
Teach to the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards and the test will take care of itself.
Secret # 5:
A good teaching plan (curriculum map) will improve test scores.
Mapping Your Curriculum
Think of your 5 favorite mathematics lessons
Add these 5 lessons first, if they align to the core curriculum content standards
Know the standards (and CPIs) that you need to teach at your grade level
Fill in lessons for 80% of the days between September and April. Eighty percent (80%) allows you to expect the unexpected...assemblies, fire drills, snow days, etc.
Put the lessons in a sensible sequence, preferably by units
Put those that don’t make the top list in May or June
Put the rest on an “if-there’s-time” list
Add these 5 lessons first, if they align to the core curriculum content standards
Know the standards (and CPIs) that you need to teach at your grade level
Fill in lessons for 80% of the days between September and April. Eighty percent (80%) allows you to expect the unexpected...assemblies, fire drills, snow days, etc.
Put the lessons in a sensible sequence, preferably by units
Put those that don’t make the top list in May or June
Put the rest on an “if-there’s-time” list
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