Hi Yiwen, and thanks for this good unit plan sketch! Everything is in quite good shape here, and there is no need for any further revision for me, although I strongly advise you to work with your SA and FA to add more detail before you teach the unit.
I really like your project, and you've given plenty of detail now about the requirements and assessment rubric. Your assessment plan in general relies heavily on two unit tests, so make sure you check with your SA to see if that is alright. I would have liked to see some more variety in assessment/ evaluation if possible.
Your lessons generally look good, with a balance of student activity and exploration and teacher lecture. For full lesson plans, you will definitely need to add details about what both you and the student will be doing, but this is a reasonable starting point.
Your sequence of lessons seems to me to be missing some topics that are typically taught in this unit, including much more work moving among various minimal representations of a line (slope/point, two points, standard form, slope/ intercept form). (You do address these through the project, but there may be a need for more focus on these topics as a whole class as well.) Make sure that you check in with your SA about what needs to be covered in the lessons. Your two tests currently take up 200 minutes of class time, and could/ should be shorter than that, allowing you more instructional time!
Thanks Yiwen! This is a good start -- looking forward to seeing the refined second draft too.
ReplyDeleteHi Yiwen, and thanks for this good unit plan sketch! Everything is in quite good shape here, and there is no need for any further revision for me, although I strongly advise you to work with your SA and FA to add more detail before you teach the unit.
ReplyDeleteI really like your project, and you've given plenty of detail now about the requirements and assessment rubric. Your assessment plan in general relies heavily on two unit tests, so make sure you check with your SA to see if that is alright. I would have liked to see some more variety in assessment/ evaluation if possible.
Your lessons generally look good, with a balance of student activity and exploration and teacher lecture. For full lesson plans, you will definitely need to add details about what both you and the student will be doing, but this is a reasonable starting point.
Your sequence of lessons seems to me to be missing some topics that are typically taught in this unit, including much more work moving among various minimal representations of a line (slope/point, two points, standard form, slope/ intercept form). (You do address these through the project, but there may be a need for more focus on these topics as a whole class as well.) Make sure that you check in with your SA about what needs to be covered in the lessons. Your two tests currently take up 200 minutes of class time, and could/ should be shorter than that, allowing you more instructional time!