Help with a curriculum

by Lindsay Ross

Jul 18, 2010

I am a graduate student in secondary education. My undergrad. was just in art. I have virtually zero teaching experience. Right now I am taking a curriculum class and the teacher wants use to give an entire curriculum for the school year. We have to do a horizontal map and block plan for each day/week. I have so many ideas, but there is no way I can do this in a couple weeks time. Does anyone have a sample curriculum with lesson plans for either high school or middle they could give me to use as a guide? I have lessons I would like to do, I just don't even know where to start with this little amt. of time and this is not the only thing on my plate. I would so appreciate any help. Most of the curriculum stuff I have found online are just basic such as "Unit on 2-D art". My issue is coming up with an entire years worth of lessons, keeping in mind standards for a state I am not even from, making it all flow smoothy, etc. in just a couple weeks. Can anyone out there help me?!

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Bulldog Lindsay, You are dealing with something we as teachers have to deal with every year. Many times we don't know what our teaching assignments are until one week in advance. Look up what the standards are and build around those. If there is a pacing guide, use that as a framework as well. I am reluctant to give you more as that would be doing your ass...See More

Jul 19, 2010

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Lindsay Youre given your teaching assignments for the entire school year until a week in advance? That is where my issue lies. Someone with no teaching experience and having to come up with lesson for an entire school year in a couple weeks. I understand your concern, I have no desire to copy anyones entire curriculum as I have several lesson I want to inc...See MoreYoure given your teaching assignments for the entire school year until a week in advance? That is where my issue lies. Someone with no teaching experience and having to come up with lesson for an entire school year in a couple weeks. I understand your concern, I have no desire to copy anyones entire curriculum as I have several lesson I want to incorporate. I have not student taught and have only had 20 hours simply observing in the classroom more for a behavior management class. My undergraduate was also not in teaching , so I had no student teaching for that either. I don't see how it is possible to do a detailed curriculum for an entire year in a couple weeks starting from nothing.

On 7/19/10, Bulldog wrote: > Lindsay, > You are dealing with something we as teachers have to deal > with every year. Many times we don't know what our teaching > assignments are until one week in advance. Look up what the > standards are and build around those. If there is a pacing > guide, use that as a framework as well. I am reluctant to > give you more as that would be doing your assignment for > you. If you are serious about teaching, you need to learn > how to adapt lessons and build units quickly. > I know this is not what you were looking for, but it is > reality. > > Bulldog! > > On 7/18/10, Lindsay Ross wrote: >> I am a graduate student in secondary education. My >> undergrad. was just in art. I have virtually zero teaching >> experience. Right now I am taking a curriculum class and >> the teacher wants use to give an entire curriculum for the >> school year. We have to do a horizontal map and block plan >> for each day/week. I have so many ideas, but there is no >> way I can do this in a couple weeks time. Does anyone have >> a sample curriculum with lesson plans for either high >> school or middle they could give me to use as a guide? I >> have lessons I would like to do, I just don't even know >> where to start with this little amt. of time and this is >> not the only thing on my plate. I would so appreciate any >> help. Most of the curriculum stuff I have found online are >> just basic such as "Unit on 2-D art". My issue is coming up >> with an entire years worth of lessons, keeping in mind >> standards for a state I am not even from, making it all >> flow smoothy, etc. in just a couple weeks. Can anyone out >> there help me?!

Jul 19, 2010

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Other Options I assuming that you will be teaching an art class so this would mean starting with the four quarters of the calendar year, the grade level you are preparing for and as mentioned seeing if there are any major threads under art I guess to be covered. If not, if you are at the elementary level, you might try in some way to incorporate some themes from...See More

Jul 20, 2010

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