Ideas, insights, and inspiration from the
Authentic Education Team
Unpacking world language standards into what we want our students to KNOW (knowledge) and be able to DO (skills) narrows our focus.
A primary goal of UbD is to make meaning of learning by way of âbig ideasâ and to transfer learning and this can be applied to all subject areas.
The power of knowing my students as readers and leveraging this knowledge to help guide and shape their journey as readers and spellers has been transformative.
Fights over whether teaching systematic phonics & word study is essential pulls focus away from doing the actual work of learning about what our students need
In my last two posts, I explored examples of Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions (EUs and […]
Before I started planning math units using the Understanding by Design framework, I frequently found myself […]
In my 100th blog post I complained about the course called ‘algebra’. Some commenters misunderstood the complaint. Though […]
An idea is âbigâ if it helps us make sense of lots of confusing experiences and seemingly isolated facts. A big idea is a way of seeing better and working smarter, not just a vague notion or another piece of knowledge.
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