Planning & Instruction | Unit Preparation

Teach! Coursework Unit Preparation | Postwork: Early Childhood

Directions: This postwork includes two submissions.

1. Complete both the Mid-Module and End-of-Module Assessments in a thorough and detailed manner, showing the thinking or steps students should take. Save these as a single PDF document and submit them in Submission #1.

2. Complete the Unit Preparation Protocol in this document. When you are finished, download the document as a PDF and submit it in Submission #2.

Unit Context

Module Overview EngageNY – Kindergarten – Module 4 – Module Overview

Module Assessments EngageNY – Kindergarten – Module 4 – Mid-Module Assessment

EngageNY – Kindergarten – Module 4 – End-of-Module Assessment

Unit Preparation | Postwork: Early Childhood 1

Teach! Coursework Unit Title: Kindergarten – Module 4: Number Pairs, Addition & Subtraction to 10

What knowledge will students be gaining?

Read: Carefully read the entire unit overview, paying special attention to what new knowledge students will build in this unit, how this builds on prior learning, and how it sets them up for future learning.

Reflect and Connect

In a sentence, what will students learn in this unit?

What standards is this unit building toward? How will what students learn in this unit move them closer to mastery of these standards?

How will this unit build on learning from previous units or grades?

How will this unit set students up for future units?

Unit Preparation | Postwork: Early Childhood 2

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How will students demonstrate their learning in this unit?

Familiarize: Do the unit assessment from the point of view of a student. Make sure to use the representations/models, strategies, and procedures found in the unit overview when you solve the problems. Compare your answers and approach to the exemplar responses. Analyze: Consider the representations/models, problem types, and strategies/procedures called for in the unit overview. Reflect on what you had to know and do in order to complete the unit assessment. What are the 1-3 most important things students have to know and be able to do to successfully complete the unit assessment?

Know / Do Why is this important?

Unit Preparation | Postwork: Early Childhood 3

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How will daily experiences build students’ understanding and skill?

Familiarize: Reread text in the unit overview that explains how the unit content is sequenced and why it’s sequenced in this way. Revisit the overview of topics and learning objectives.

Analyze How does the sequence of learning in the unit scaffold students toward mastering the knowledge and

skills called for in the unit assessment?

Unit Preparation | Postwork: Early Childhood 4