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EVALUATION OF UNIT PLAN AND LEARNING GOALS

 


Learning goals for a Grade 1 Unit: Exploring Animal Habitats

Enduring Understanding: 

  • There is no EU stated the big idea is just a topic without a clear purpose
  • In the lasts weeks there are some goals that start to appear to be the enduring understanding, this shows that the whole unit was not planned according to the main goal and so the lessons will not take the students to it. 
  • It would not allow the teacher to share with the students what the learning goal would be


Enduring Understanding: Identifying and understanding various animal habitats, and learning why it is crucial to protect them.



End of the unit assessment:

The following activities are the strategies the teacher is going to use for the assessment
  • Comparison of different animal habitats
  • Building an animal habitat
  • Share knowledge of an specific animal and its habitat 
  • Participate in a discussion about the importance of protecting animal habitats

Integrating some of the ideas that the teacher planned into a big end of the unit assignment can reflect the kids understanding of the unit, it would: 


  • Make the students think, act and feel
  • It would include multiple ways of representation
  • Be aligned with the enduring understanding
  • Have an authentic product
Project:
  1. Research: Students will research about an animal habitat, the animals that live there, its importance and how to protect it. 
  2. Representation: They will choose how they want to represent the animal habitat from the following options: *Recreate it using art supplies and recycled materials, *Draw the animal habitat, *Make a collage of the animal habitat using cuttings, pictures and papers.
  3. Presentation: Students will present their habitats to the group to show their knowledge and understanding, during this peers will ask questions and create a discussion about it.
Learning Goals:

The learning goals should show how students through the different lessons are building up on the high order thinking skills, the current learning goals are all in the category of lower order thinking skills which means the activities planned are not taking the students to apply the learning into other contexts or situations. 

The goals should be specific in what is expected to be the student´s knowledge, some of them use the verb ¨understand¨ and that is not clear of how the teacher is expecting the students to demonstrated that they understood. 
The goals should be measurable and many of them do not show how are the students be assessed in this topic
Time is not specified in any of the goals. 

Revised Learning Goals

  1. WEEK 4: Having watch documentaries about two different animal habitats (one protected and one not protected), students will compare and analyze the impact of habitat protection by engaging in a small-group discussion measured by a presentation rubric. 
  2. WEEK 5: Using the information provided in class and secondary sources, students will design a comprehensive chart classifying animal habitats and their characteristics. This chart will be evaluated using a presentation rubric.
  3. WEEK 6: Students will justify the importance of preserving and protecting the animal habitats by composing an opinion piece, designing a poster or developing a digital presentation measured by a presentation rubric. 
JOURNAL REFLECTION 


EFFECTIVE TEACHING REFLEXION: ¨The first step in engaging your learners as self-directed learners is sharing the learning goals with them.¨ UDL Guidelines (2016, p. 28) 

This quote highlights the importance of involving students in their learning process to promote independence and success. Motivation plays a key role in this, and it's helpful to have students understand that each class has specific goals that are part of a larger objective. This approach encourages them to take responsibility for their progress and fosters a sense of ownership in their learning. It's also important to establish routines and organization, which can help students prepare for class and stay on track. 

In the past, students were often expected to follow strict rules and simply memorize information without truly understanding it. This type of teaching could be frustrating and demotivating, especially if students struggled to keep up. Thankfully, we've come a long way since then. Today, educators recognize the importance of engaging students and helping them to connect with the material. While there is always room for improvement, I'm confident that we're moving in the right direction.


DAILY ACTION: Plan my goals with SMART design to ensure that the activities that I plan for the classes as well as how I choose to be demonstrated by the students are accurate and clear. 



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