Curriculum mapping : a step-by-step guide for creating curriculum year overviews - Glass, Kathy Tuchman (Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, 2007)
Definition, purpose, and observations -- Curriculum year overview definition -- Purposes of a curriculum year overview -- Purpose explanations -- The importance of teacher support -- Possible situations -- The process -- Timing -- Steps in the process -- Making arrangements -- Setting the stage -- Reviewing content standards -- Sketching the "year-at-a-glance" -- Beginning the curriculum year overview monthly units -- Discussing standards not addressed -- Developing unit guiding questions -- Identifying skills and accompanying assessments -- Listing resources -- Identifying ongoing instruction or projects -- Articulating across grade levels -- Piloting and revising the document -- Articulation from grade to grade -- Grammar and conventions content standards continuum -- Writing types (genres) continuum -- Continuums for other subject areas -- Curriculum year overview samples -- Primary -- Upper elementary -- Middle school -- High school -- Computer software and continued professional success -- Computer software programs -- Continued professional success.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.
Keywords: Curriculum planning; Curriculum evaluation; Teacher participation in curriculum planning