For the CBI classroom
“Good curriculums take time to plan and are
collaborative efforts.”
(Ryan McVay/Getty Images)
Objectives
Reflection
Curriculum Components
Practice
Appendix
Strategies for Implementation
Objectives
Reflection
Curriculum Components
Practice
Appendix
Strategies for Implementation
Teachers will be able to…
• Identify the essential parts of a
curriculum and what to include
in each part.
• Design a curriculum for their CBI
classrooms
Objectives
Reflection
Curriculum Components
Practice
Appendix
Strategies for Implementation
 What experience do we already
have using or writing curriculums?
 What makes for a good
curriculum?
 What is curriculum design?
Curriculum design is…
thinking through how to organize
what your students will learn
Objectives
Reflection
Curriculum Components
Practice
Appendix
Strategies for Implementation
 What do I want my students to learn?
 How can I best accomplish these goals
in the context of my school with my
students?
 Support themes that you are
already teaching
 ~4 themes or units per
semester
 ~ 4 topics per unit
 A topic may be more than 1
lesson
 Each lesson should be 1 class
 Each Unit, Topic, and Lesson
should have an objective
 Objectives are what you want your
students to have learned
 Reduce amount of material
covered
 Provide repeated exposure
Objectives
Reflection
Curriculum Components
Practice
Appendix
Strategies for Implementation
 Pre-teach vocabulary
 Keep a word bank somewhere
in the room
 Review vocabulary regularly
Science
 Living
 Non-living
 Animals
 Characteristics
 Needs
 Stem
 Roots
 Leaves
Math
 Numbers
 Add
 Plus
 Subtract
 Minus
 Equals
 Multiply
 Divide
Culture
 Customs
 Holidays
 Family
 Presidents
 States
 Cities
 Places
 History
 Repeating vocabulary
 Drawing/coloring
 Cutting/pasting
 Movement
 Reading/Writing
Objectives
Reflection
Curriculum Components
Practice
Appendix
Strategies for Implementation
What do I want my students to learn?
What are my units? (and objectives)
What are my topics? (and objectives)
What material do I need to cover in each?
What are my lessons? (and objectives)
Objectives
Reflection
Curriculum Components
Practice
Appendix
Strategies for Implementation
USE:
 Gestures
 Symbols
 Pictures
 Movement
 Quick drawings on the board
 After teaching a word ask students to make a
sentence or their own drawing for the word

WORKSHOP:CURRICULUM DESIGN