(35 points)
Students must create an inquiry-based, integrated study (see Week 3 PPT), Curriculum Plan, using the Curriculum Planning Web as a guide for your study. Based on the concepts identified on the Curriculum Planning Web, students will develop one Lesson Plan for each of the following designated Learning Centers: 1) Math; 2) Literacy; 3) Social-Emotional; and 4) Science/Engineering), using the required BLANK Lesson Plan template available on myCMU – Resources and Materials page. The Inquiry-based Curriculum Plan topic should fit the expectations presented and explained in the Week 3 PowerPoint. Best care scenario would be to identify the Topic of Interest during a brainstorming session with children in a real-life classroom. Students would identify topics that they have a vested interest in learning more about. Then the CMU student would compose an Anchor Chart of these topics. Students would then vote on which topics or the order of topics that would be investigated. Since, realistically, it may not be a possible for all students taking this course to have access to young children in a classroom setting, use the criteria set forth in the Week 3 PowerPoint to select a suitable Topic of Interest for the chosen age/grade level of your Curriculum Plan Project.
The following are a list of components to be included in your Curriculum Plan Project: Please house all components of the project in an electronic Doc File. Each of the bold and italicized sub-heading sections below should be typed (Word Processed) and included in the Doc File. All typed components should be Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced format.
- Rationale – The Curriculum Plan Project must include a Rationale Statement (approximately two well-developed paragraphs) stating why the topic was selected (paragraph one), how it is tied to the Early Learning Standards, and how it relates to the preschool students in the practicum situation (paragraph two). This document will be included as a separate component of your electronic Doc File
- Curriculum Planning Web – Include a completed copy of your Curriculum Planning Web as a component of your Doc File. A template of the Curriculum Planning Web is available on myCMU – Resources and Materials page.
- Key Concepts –Key Concepts should be stated objectively (must be measurable) and written in the designated section (inside the oval, just under the “TOPIC” sub-heading ) of the Curriculum Planning Web. Each Key Concept should be a spring-board for lesson plans and/or activities that clearly tie back to the Topic of Interest and align with the Integrated Study Theme. These activities are to be included in either related lesson plans or in one or more of the four center activities.
- Lesson Plans – One Lesson Plan will be designed directly corresponding to each of the designated Learning Centers (i.e. Math, Literacy, Writing, and Science/Engineering) in alignment with concepts identified on the Curriculum Planning Web. Lesson Plans must be developed using the required Lesson Plan template available on myCMU. A total of four Lesson Plans will be designed and included as a component of your Doc File. Lesson Plans must identify two objectives, clearly aligned to the topic of interest for the inquiry-based Curriculum Plan Project and the Early Learning Goals or Learning Standards. Lesson plans must be designed to teach the concepts identified as a part of the Curriculum Planning Web. Lesson plans are required to include activities described in step-by-step detail (see the Lesson Plan example on myCMU), include songs, stories from the annotated booklist, and must include each of the components outlined in the Lesson Plan template. All four Lesson Plans are to be included as a separate component of your Doc File, for the Curriculum Plan Project assignment submission.
- Four Center Activities – Activities must be developmentally appropriate for children in your practicum experience. Each activity should be tied to one or more concepts (it is advantageous to integrate content and teach multiple objectives within one lesson plan). Activities should be written in a step-by-step explanation. (Each Center Activity description/explanation should be approximately one-two paragraphs in length.) The Four Center Activities are to be included as a separate component of your Doc File, for the Curriculum Plan Project.
- Songs – Include a minimum of three songs: one of which must be an original composition/song (i.e. a piggy-back song written to a common familiar tune). The other two can be previously composed songs. The songs should address concepts being explored as a part of the Topic of Interest. Songs should be included as activities and identified within Materials section of appropriate lesson plans. Each song must also be typed and included as a separate component/section of the Doc File, for the Curriculum Plan Project assignment submission.
- Annotated Booklist – Include an annotated booklist, referenced APA style. Annotations should include a brief summary of the story, as well as how you plan to use each book as a part of the four Lesson Plans. A minimum of ten quality children’s books, should be selected and should reflect the quality and quantity available for the particular Topic of Interest. Books from this booklist should also be located as a part of the activities and Materials section listed in the four Lesson Plans. The annotated booklist should be typed, include APA style citations, and be included as a separate component/section of the Doc File, for the Curriculum Plan Project assignment submission.
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