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Concept Based Curriculum

Unit 1: Miami University Power Point with CBCI My classroom is the Admission Visit Center, but I am still a “teacher” in the sense that I teach students about Miami. I’d like to apply the Concept Based Curriculum Instruction to … Continue reading

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Two CBCI Units for Fifth Grade ELA

UNIT IDEA #1: “You can’t go it alone!” This concept-based unit will focus on communities and relationships in nature and in society. Our students study ecosystems in the natural world at the beginning of the school year in their science class. … Continue reading

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Stepping Stones to Scholar Activism using MTV

As an aspiring scholar activist it is crucial for me to find ways to connect abstract sophisticated systems to the lived realities of learners. Ricchart interprets this method as a subversive activity amidst the high stakes testing era. Ricchart states, “We … Continue reading

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Lesson 1.) Using See-Think-Wonder in studying, “The Fall”  Description of Lesson: In this 2 day lesson, 2nd grade ESL students analyze the elements of the season of fall. They recognize changes from summer, and changes again leading in to winter. … Continue reading

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MTV Strategies – Whalen

This blog contains 2 lesson plans for an English II Honors class.  I decided to use the Headlines and Circle of Viewpoints MTV strategies for my Lord of the Flies unit and my All the Light We Cannot See unit, … Continue reading

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Using MTV Strategies

“Around the Compass” One of the events that this admission offices does annually is called Make It Miami. It’s for accepted students – we invite them on campus for an exclusive day of informative learning about the university to “seal … Continue reading

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Knurek – PBL

PBL Lesson: “Height vs. Shoe Size” Standards: 8.SP.1: Construct and interpret scatter plots for bivariate measurement data to investigate patterns of association between two quantities. Describe patterns such as clustering, outliers, positive or negative association, linear association, and nonlinear association. … Continue reading

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Project Based Learning – Burtis

Project Based Learning – Burtis This is designed for my Algebra 3 course, which is made up of seniors planning to further their education, but not in a math or science field. Since these seniors are in the process of … Continue reading

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Project Based Learning- Lauren Hickman

Project Based Learning Student Guide: What do I do next? This project based learning final product will be a culmination of information learned by high school students throughout the unit. Throughout the unit, students will cover topics and mini topics … Continue reading

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Cooperative Learning- Hickman

Lesson 1- Team Building Activity: Connecting Stories When thinking about a team building activity for a classroom of high school students I focused on the importance of getting to know one another on a more personal level. I think building … Continue reading

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