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Curriculum Map

Curriculum map :

Curriculum mapping aims to ensure that the assessments,

tests, and other methods teachers use to evaluate learning

achievement and progress are based on what has actually

been taught to students and on the learning standards

that the students are expected to meet in a particular

course, subject area, or grade level.

How is it defined?

Curriculum mapping is the process of indexing or

diagramming a curriculum to identify and address

academic gaps, redundancies, and misalignment

for purposes of improving the overall coherence of a

course of study and, by extension, its effectiveness (a

curriculum, in the sense that the term is typically used by

educators, encompasses everything that teachers teach

to students in a school or course, including the

instructional materials and techniques they use).

It basically is how educators plan what subject content

students will learn over the course of the year. In many

places, it is done over a four to six-year plan, building

off of content from one year to the next. It follows a

logical, time-progressive order to give the students

a well-rounded and comprehensive educational

experience.

Curriculum Map Template:

The structure of curriculum maps often varies from school

to school, however, a chart layout is most commonly used.

Every school district may possess its own curriculum map

templates, or teachers may be free to construct their own.

Regardless of the structure, every curriculum map will

likely include:

The sequence of units in which courses of study

should be delivered.

The state standards addressed in those units.

An estimate of how much time should be devoted

to each unit.

Benefits:

Curriculum mapping has become popular as learning has

become increasingly standards-based, particularly among

educators who wish to align their curriculum to national or

state guidelines, or even to the curriculum of other teachers

teaching the same topic and grade level.

1-A full curriculum map allows teachers to evaluate or

explain the learning outcomes .

2-Curriculum mapping serves to increase academic

uniformity from grade to grade, creating clear targets for

students to reach content- or school-level objectives in

addition to aiding with reflective practice and improved

communication and collaboration among staff.

3-A curriculum map generally covers an entire term

or school year and provides a long-term overview of the

content standards being taught in a course.

Structure:

1-Horizontal Coherence

When a unit, module, or grade level's curriculum is

similar, it is said to be horizontally aligned. When the

learning results of a 10th-grade calculus course in

a public school in Knoxville match the learning

results of a 10th-grade calculus course in a public

school in Portland, for example, they are horizontally

coherent.

2-Vertical Coherence

When the curriculum is rationally sequenced, it is

vertically coherent. This means that one lesson,

course, or grade prepares students for the lessons,

courses, or grades that follow.

3-Subject Area Coherence:

Within a subject area, the curriculum is cohesive when

teachers engage students in instruction that covers the

same units in all classes. If a school has three distinct

teachers teaching 9th-grade biology, the learning

outcomes in each class should be equal irrespective

of the teacher.

4-Interdisciplinary Coherence

When teachers from several subject areas (such as

math, English, science, and history) collaborate to

strengthen the important cross-curricula abilities that

students need to excel in all grades and topics, the

curriculum is interdisciplinary. Reading, writing, and

critical thinking abilities are only a few examples.

Quick & Easy Curriculum Mapping- Teacher Hacks Included

A practical example

for

part of an:

Arabic Curriculum Map for

Arabic non-speakers:

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Subject: Arabic Language

Level : 1 for beginners:

USA : Online

Season: Winter.

Month : January.

Weeks : 1 : 4

Day: 1 lesson : every day

Aims:

By the end of the unit, learners

become able to: see, listen, speak and

communicate in Arabic

Unit: 1

4 chapters for every month

5 lessons for every chapter.

(The Input Stage):

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, learners

become able to:

1-Value learning Arabic.

2-Plan classroom rules.

3-Listen, observe and pronounce Arabic so

4- Learners listen and see.

5-Learners listen and speak Arabic properly.

6- Learners Point and speak.

7- Learners communicate in pairs.

8-Learners in groups act the scene of the lesson.

9- Learners practice the Arabic culture in groups.

10- Learners practice inclusion with diverse culture.

11-Learners express themselves.

12- Learners participate and interact.

13-Learners listen, think and answer orally.

14-Learners acquire listening, speaking skills,

citizenship, self-confidence and loyalty.

20 sessions a month

16 presentation sessions a month

3 activities sessions a month

1 oral test session a month.

Content :

( Back to school )

Chapter : 1

1-Registering classroom rules chart democratically.

2-Arabic. Wow!!

3-Arabic instructions.

4-My school.

5-Co-Curriculum activity. (Creativity)

Chapter : 2

6-Things around in school.

7-Football.

8- Volleyball.

9- Basketball.

10-Co-Curriculum activity. (Creativity)

Chapter : 3

11- My house

12-My room.

13- My friends.

14-My house garden.

15-Co-Curriculum Activity.

Chapter : 4

16-What do you do.

17-What does he do?

18-What does she do?

19-Let's speak Arabic.

20-The monthly oral test.

Methods and material:

(The Process stage)

Active learning

1-Learners point, listen, speak and communicate.

2-Lexical approach.

3-Playing roles and oral situational approach.

4-Observation, applicability and acting the scenes.

5-Audio-lingual approach.

6-Using realia, interactive whiteboards and

overhead projector.

Activities:

Graded Co-curriculum Activities:

1-A special course to develop communication and

the 4 language skills.

2-Implementing the collaborative work in solving

problems.

Assessment Tools:

1-Discussion and interviews.

2-learners' portfolio.

3-Check lists.(Formative and summative)

4-Homework.

5-Embedded Assessments.

6-Standards register.

7-Formative feedback.

8-The summative monthly oral test, once every week

9- Electronic Portfolios can be used to directly

assess student work.

Outcomes / Competencies

Learners achieved:

1-Perfect listening, performance and speaking skills.

2-Knowledge about greetings and climate .

3-Excellent practice for the new vocabulary thgrough

Dialoguing.

4-Self-expression, curiosity, loyalty, share, humor

5-Excellent test results.