Long Range Planning

P/J Methods

EDUC 4454

Long Range Planning

Long range plans serves as a curriculum road map.

Long range planning enables teachers to: see the year as a whole focus on overall expectations for the year organize the curriculum for balance integrate across subjects allows for the use of and sharing of resources

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!”

Long Range Planning

Long Range Planning

1. There are many templates for organizing

the long term plan for the year. Refer to

Creating the Dynamic Classroom p.44-50.

Blackline masters:

In the back of the text, find the CD which contains the blackline masters.

Curriculum Theory & Methods p. 149

Handouts:

Long Range Planning

Go to CDC BLM2.docFind BLM T-15

BLM T-16 BLM T-17

These can be used as templates for creating your Long Range Plans.

It is important to visualize the yearly plan before term and unit planning begins.

Long Range Planning

What do You do?

1. Envision your year at a glance.

2. Decide on the sequential path you would like to follow.

3. Ensure a balance among the main curriculum areas…content strands.

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4. Choose one curriculum area with which to begin your planning (usually Social Studies or Science). Decide on the topics/themes you will cover and estimate the length of time you will need to complete the topic/theme.

5. Decide when you will address each of the topics/themes.

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6. Consider the availability of resources and materials and possible human resources.

7. Look for links among various curriculum areas (integration).

8. Consider how school or district-wide planning will have an impact on your classroom long term plans.

9. Ensure that you have considered all curriculum area.

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What if you are planning long range plans for a combined grade classroom?

1. Begin with grouping expectations in each of the two curriculum.

Grade 2 Grade 3

………… ………..

………… ………..

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2. Develop the big ideas/enduring understandings from the clustered expectations from each grade and look for those that match.

3. Plan to offer integrated units based on the common ideas/enduring understandings.

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4. Decide when these units will be delivered.

5. Consider those topics that cannot be integrated and decide when they will be delivered separately to each grade level.

Long Range Planning

Try out this website:

http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/tools/