Throughlines+Background+Information

A Through critical and creative thinking we deepen our understanding of our local and global world. B. People develop values, attitudes, skills, behaviors and ethics by personal experiences and influences. C. Events of the past impact on our cultural identity and support our connectedness to our community. D. Successful learners persist, monitor their learning and demonstrate flexibility. E. Competency in Literacy and Numeracy enables us to interact effectively with our changing world. F. We embrace great diversity in our world. G. There are things we can do to live sustainably. People have different views, behaviours and values related to the way we manage and live with the physical and natural environment. H. Develop an understanding of the Church and of its life where the person of Jesus, as known in the Scriptures, is central.
 * //__ Our Lady of the Rosary Throughlines  __//**

Teachers can develop overarching goals after carrying out several units – look for goals that sound similar & appear in more than one or two units….several rounds of revision to refine…. can’t be developed in a staff meeting need to be developed over time, redeveloped etc.

Planning overarching understanding goals

Revisit a couple of times a year ( July, December) O/A goals take the longest to articulate & redefine. Question what might I add, delete, revise?
 * 1) Review several units you have planned “ what common themes emerge? What understandings, skills or concepts resurface over time & again as you plan & teach? What other possibilities? Return in next few weeks get feedback from colleagues & students.
 * 2) Ask students what they hear you focusing on? What do they want to get out of the class?

__ Key points __ Write answers periodically to questions formed goals of understanding to support the tracking of understandings Goals are a starting point for developing assessment criteria. Defining what you are explicitly teaching…still evolving as unit progresses & is trialled. Writing goals allows for big picture for learning rather than little pieces of unconnected learning.