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How Do I Choose The Big Ideas to Focus On? – Discussion
What was your big take away from this particular lesson?
What is something you are still wondering?
Share your thinking below.
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6 Replies
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I think this is such a huge step and it is hard to trust our own judge mention when the “textbook” might not agree with our thinking.
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Once I determine what my big ideas will be, I will need to trust my reasoning and judgment about what I chose and why I chose them. I will definitely need to study the way that the TEKS have been organized by the state agency to see if I get some inspiration. I did like the thought of having visual representation as one big idea.
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As Kyle says, I like his ideas of taking the curriculum and organizing by topics on sticky notes and see if a “strand” emerges. I also really appreciate the reminder that this is not something built overnight. It’s ok to let this be a work in progress and tackled over a number of months/years.
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Great take aways. It is definitely something that takes time and experience teaching a grade level / course to be able to confidently start interleaving topics in a meaningful way.
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My takeaway is perfection is the enemy here. There needs to be some tendency toward a reasonable and intelligible system, but there is no one correct way to arrange standards into big ideas. I think identifying a system that makes sense for you and the students will outweigh the silos curriculum documents tend to group standards in.
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I agree! I like to make the “perfect” plan before implementation. “Take action” is my motto right now as I tend to stay in the planning stage for too long.
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