1. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Principals’ Ad Hoc Meeting Julie Baker, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer December 5, 2012 HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

2. Exemplar Units of Instruction HISD Curriculum Exemplar Units of Instruction 2 Curriculum is creating 160 exemplar units as models of effective classroom practice The units will illustrate the development of daily lessons from the HISD planning guides Units will provide two weeks of complete lesson plans, including supporting materials The work includes teachers as writers and reviewers

3. Exemplar Units of Instruction HISD Curriculum Exemplar Units of Instruction 3 Curriculum identified units … o difficult to teach or o challenging for students to learn Units come from the HISD curriculum planning guides and scope & sequence documents

4. Exemplar Units of Instruction HISD Curriculum Exemplar Units of Instruction 4 Feb. 11, 2013 – 80 units for Spring Semester June 1, 2013 – 80 units for Fall Semester o Elementary (40 fall / 40 spring) o Middle School (17 fall / 17 spring) o High School (23 fall / 23 spring)

5. 5 Grade 4 Science Exemplar Unit Unit 12, Lessons 1-3: Shifting Shadows Grade 7 Math Exemplar Unit Unit 15, Lesson 1: Discovering Dimensions Algebra II Exemplar Unit Unit 9, Lesson 3: Operations on Rational Expressions Exemplar Units of Instruction HISD Curriculum Exemplar Units of Instruction

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