Unit+Reviews

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Karen Mallow: I reviewed the first-ever lesson/unit plan I did for Marian. It is a 2nd grade science unit on matter. The unit objective and assessment need the most revision.

Lindsay Zahner: I chose a Math unit I created last year that does not use the backward design format. I reviewed it against the backward design checklist and made recommendations for changes. I plan on re-designing this unit for my backward design unit for the end of the class.

Jan Marnocha: I chose a writing unit called Raising the Quality of Narrative Writing. It did not use backward design, but had many qualities that made it a good unit and with some revision would fit into the backward design template and focus for understanding.

Chris Petrie: I chose a Social Studies unit on culture that I developed a few years ago in a Secondary Social Science methods class. The unit used a thematic design and included some elements of the UBD format, but the unit would need to be reworked to meet UBD standards.

Megan Holland: My review is based on a 5th grade Literacy unit on Characterization. This is a non-UbD unit based on a state standard (for Reading Literacy text in South Carolina). Many of the required components for UbD were not directly present but implied. [|Lexington One Literacy Unit]

Ryan Werner: I chose a literacy unit on mixed genres that was given to me by a 4th grade teacher. The unit is called a focus unit and was given to the district teachers to prepare the students for the WKCE Standardized Tests. It is not a backward design unit but it does have some components that are similar.

Sheryl Ledvina: My unit is a 3rd grade UbD unit on Immigration. I chose to review a unit that was specifically designed using UbD to see if I could evaluate based on what we have learned. I found the unit as well as several other of the units on the website really interesting and well done.

Amy Edlefson: The unit I chose to review is from the scholastic website. It is a cross-curricular geometry unit the utilizes music, sports, and geography to teach geometry through 3 interactive lessons. [|Geometry Unit]

Marissa Schrader: I chose a unit for 5th grade science on Light and Sound. This unit was designed following the UbD format and I reviewed it based on what we have learned in class based on the Wiggins and McTighe textbook. Light & Sound UbD Unit