1. Daily Lesson Plans & Finding Resources T HE W EEKLY T EMPLATE Understanding By Design: Stage 3

2. Daily Lesson Plans Sequential order of lessons leading to the Culminating Task Benchmarks and Scaffolding At-A-Glance!

3. A Guide to Your Unit What does the Weekly Template provide? Task/Learning Objective Do Now or Motivation Assessment

4. How do we plan an ENTIRE unit? Mini-Unit Title Big ideas of the mini-unit / concept statement (macro) Knowledge (Important Content to Know about Mini-Unit) (Micro) Skills What should the students be able to do? (rule of thumb - skills are verbs – knowledge is a noun) VocabularyPossible List of Topical Essential Questions / Focusing Questions Mini-Unit Assess-mentBench-marks / Scaffolding towards culminating project Use your Mini-Unit Map! Your weekly plan originates from here!!!

5. Mini-Unit Title Big ideas of the mini-unit / concept statement (macro) Knowledge (Important Content to Know about Mini-Unit) (Micro) Skills What should the students be able to do? (rule of thumb - skills are verbs – knowledge is a noun) VocabularyPossible List of Topical Essential Questions / Focusing Questions Mini-Unit Assess- ment Bench-marks / Scaffolding towards culminating project Your weekly plan originates from here!!! MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday Content Focus: Hook: Daily Assessment: Content Focus: Hook: Daily Assessment: Content Focus: Hook: Daily Assessment: Content Focus: Hook: Daily Assessment: Content Focus: Hook: Daily Assessment: Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday..? Session 1, Session 2, Session 3!

6. Some examples Let’s see how these UBD components are related Culminating Task Mini-Unit Map Weekly Template (partial) We will look at samples for ELA, Math, and Science Essential questions for the sample units: Math: How does area affect the appearance of structures? Science: How does the way we live impact the environment? ELA: How can structures or monuments evoke feelings and emotions from an individual? What works well? What could be improved?

7. With a partner… Or on your own… Use your mini-unit map to help you fill out your weekly templates OR Convert the current unit you are working on to fit the weekly template