Category Archives: Concept-Based

Knurek – CBCI

Unit Title: Scientific Notation: Using Exponents to Make Meaning of the World Around Us! Conceptual Lens: Mathematical/Scientific, Researcher Unit Strands: Converting Between Scientific Notation and Standard Form Operations with Scientific Notation Real-World Applications with Scientific Notation Web: Generalizations: Exponents can be … Continue reading

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CBCI Unit Plan – Coldiron

Concept Based Units Unit 1 5th Grade Still Life Drawing Principal: Value can create the illusion of three-dimensional space Concepts: Light and Dark, Space, Illusion, middle gray, value scale, 2D, 3D Process: Drawing (Pencil) Standards: 1PR Integrate observational and technical … Continue reading

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Concept Based Curriculum & Instruction-Prince

The following diagram outlines The Structure of Knowledge framework for what I want the 4-5 year old children to know, understand and be able to do in our Plants as Living Things Unit. AGE GROUP = 4-5 YEARS UNIT TIME … Continue reading

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CBCI Strategy – Burtis

The following blog reflects a big departure from how I have done things in the past! Maybe old dogs can learn new tricks. After going through the readings for class, I was compelled to look at how I go about teaching. … Continue reading

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CBCI Lesson Plan – Heller

Unit Title: Linear Relationships: What will happen next? Subject: Algebra I  Lesson Opening: You’ve already learned all of the building blocks of linear functions. We’ve worked with at least three different ways to represent linear relationships and have a strong understanding … Continue reading

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Walters-Concept Based Unit

Unit Title:  Stretching and Shrinking (title from CMP3 curriculum) Conceptual Lens:  Relationships and Change Unit Strands:  Perimeter and Scale Factor, Area and Scale Factor Web out Unit’s topics and concepts: Generalizations: The scale factor of a polygon has a relationship … Continue reading

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CBCI – Frydryk

Unit Title:  Trig Functions:  Circles, Triangles, and Graphs – Oh My! Conceptual lens: relationships Unit strands: radians, unit circle, graphing sine & cosine Topics & concepts: – Radians – radian, circle, arc length, pi, radius – Unit circle – radius … Continue reading

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Concept-Based Lesson Plan_Altieri

Data Displays and Measurements Standards: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.A.1 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.A.2 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.B.5 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.A.1 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.B.3 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.B.4 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.B.6 Data Representations Lesson 1 (Algebra 1) Unit Title: Data Representations – Can Data Displays Impact Understanding? Lesson Time Frame: 3 Class Periods Lesson Opening (communicate to students at … Continue reading

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Bradford – CBCI Lesson Plan

Area and Perimeter of Quadrilaterals and Triangles Conceptual Lens: Geometry Time Allocation: 3-4 Days Grade: 7th; taught as a review of 6th grade content Unit Overview:  Area and perimeter are used all of the time in real life – from … Continue reading

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