Module 2 Planning My Unit

This module has helped me think about using standards, CFQ'S, or formative assessments in the following ways: first, in thinking about standards I have realized this year that there doesn't seem to be enough time to fit everything in.  Through project based learning, however, we can combine standards and teach multiple things through one project.  It also seems like kids can gain a more conceptual understanding through projects, which would mean less time spent on reteaching standards that students didn't quite grasp.  When thinking about curriculum framing questions, I still feel a little challenged. :(  I'm hoping that will change as I move through the process of planning my unit. I do think that we naturally use these questions but maybe we don't realize it.  These, to me, go from the big ideas or the "life" questions we want answered down to the academic questions that help learn the answers to the big ideas. Lastly, I think that this module has helped me think about using formative assessments to monitor and adjust the direction that my students are taking their projects and their learning so that we can see the progress they are making towards the learning objectives I set up!