What is a Unit Instruction?

Happy Wednesday everyone, I hope that everyone managed to stay warm in this single digit temperature! Today I want to talk to you about what a Unit of Instruction is, the key parts, and what I personally think I will succeed or struggle with during a Unit Instruction. A unit of instruction is like a framework of curriculum that is extended. This is because it is organized by different experiences, text, skills, knowledge, and assessments. This then allows our students to mater a repertoire of competencies meaningful. A unit is divided in to separate parts or lessons which is then broken down into skills that are more manageable. Each of the lessons are guided by what we call the objective or goal. There are 5 key parts to our unit requirements: A cover sheet Ten lesson plans that cover ten different days 5 thinking maps Various formative assessments One assessment with a scoring guide I have choose to teach a lesson in a first grade science on e arth’s place in the unive...