Week 12_Spring 2026

Welcome!

week 12

Sit at any table, 3 per group.

Checking In

Something from "Pinning for Pause" that surprised you?

Something about you no one else in this class may know?

Best thing about warmer weather!

Quiz

Agenda

Unit Plan Project

WFFP + Checking In + Quiz

Next Class

Ch. 8 (Co-Facilitation)

Inquiry Design

Co-Facilitation

Madison and Sylvia

Building a Better Curriculum(Ch. 8)

Inquiry (p. 166)

Step 1: Develop Compelling and Supporting Questions Step 2: Design Assessments Step 3: Planning Tasks (Instructional Resources and Activities)

Inquiry Design Model

Unit Plan

Phase two

For next class

(three short blog posts) 1. Inquiry Unit Design 2. How to Craft a Compelling Question 3. Authentic Assessment Bring to class: Draft of a compelling question for your unit Sec 112: Guests here Thursday!

Welcome!

week 12

Welcome!

week 12

Agenda

WFFP + Agenda

Checking in + Intros

Compelling Question Share

Building Authentic Assessments

Next Class

Checking In

What is a question you have about Marist? (Marist Students answer!)

What is a memory you have related to Literacy, the Arts, or Social Studies?

What did you want to be when you grew up -- as a young kid?

Agree or disagree?

authentic assessments

Authentic assessment

• Higher order thinking skills – Bloom’s taxonomy?
• Depth of knowledge in field – central ideas or topics in a discipline (internal authenticity)
• Connectedness to world beyond the classroom – connected to students’ worlds (external authenticity)
• Substantive conversation – talking to learn and deeply understand a topic
• Social support for student achievement – collaboration, high expectations, support for risk, and offering all students opportunity and access to curriculum

brainstorm an authentic assessment

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DO:

DO NOT:

TELL without SHOWING: Do not describe your assessment to me without showing the student-facing document(s). This will not meet project requirements. Do not include your assessment in your lesson plan. There are 3 separate lesson plans PLUS an assessment. Do not use a previously-created assessment. Do not forget to ensure your assessment is authentic.

SHOW NOT TELL: Link or include in the plan a STUDENT FACING DOCUMENT. Additional context is welcome but not required. If the assessment needs more information, include context. Create your assessment yourself.

assignment

Assessment Workshop

share + gather

For next class

Required: Read Ch. 9 of SSBW Recommended: Draft your unit plan's authentic assessment

Select a timekeeper. Each person at your table gets 4 minutes.

• 2 minutes to share ASSESSMENT idea with authentic assessments in mind
• 1:30 to receive feedback from each member of your group:
• What assessment criteria do you already see?
• What other ideas do you have?
• 30 seconds for the unit planner to jot notes/ideas
• repeat for each person!