Lesson Alignment

Day 32 (of 187) – October 18, 2018

No students shown in these photos… but definitely evidence of their learning is documented here. Both lesson plan learning activities demonstrated LESSON ALIGNMENT. What do I mean by that? As we discuss in this class the learning standards (e.g. the curricular competencies and content) in BC’s New Curriculum, the Big Idea, the Core Competencies, and formative & summative assessment… MAGIC HAPPENS when they are all in alignment. There is coherence. The learning activities allow students to learn the content but also demonstrate their learning. The formative assessment should guide student learning and summative assessment evaluates if the student had achieved the learning standards intended. Furthermore, the learning activity should also help students develop their core competencies as it enlightens the student on the Big Idea. Both groups struggled with this alignment, but groups succeeded in the facilitation of their learning activities. there is intention in what we do and how we design the lesson plan (aka. the learning), we can and should expect students to be engaged, transformed, and joyful. Both groups succeeded in this. The struggle was real and design is complex, challenging, and ultimately rewarding when it all works out. Nothing is an accident in teaching and learning… and learning just doesn’t happen just because. We create it. We help it. We intentionally design it. This was a nice way to end the week before heading out to Whistler to attend, present, and volunteer at the Northwest Math Conference.