Good Morning All! I hope you all are enjoying my curriculum posts; writing these posts somehow ease my anxiety about the upcoming school year. I absolutely love my job; but sometimes with all of the uncertainties that we face in education, planning I have found is the key to my sanity. It is such a great feeling when there is a crazy moment or day right before I have to teach a lesson or class that I can just grab my lesson and go without any panic or fear setting in. It truly makes me feel more calm, which in turn makes my students feel more calm and relaxed. Here is my first grade curriculum map for the upcoming school year. You may notice some similarities with Kindergarten; and that is correct! Kindergarten and first grade overlap a lot in my opinion, so what I do adjust the activity in the lesson to match the Depth of Knowledge. What is a Depth of Knowledge? Great question. I do not have a teaching degree; I earned my Bachelor's degree is Psychology. So when I first joined the world of education and they were talking about the Depth of Knowledge, or DOK, I just smiled and nodded like I knew what they were talking about. However, as I have gained some insight on this topic, it really makes a lot of sense when you are planning your lessons, and gives you an idea on what kind of activities you need to be planning with your classes. Check out this handout, Webb's Depth of Knowledge to give your a little more insight. All of the Missouri GLEs for school counseling have a DOK attached to them, so generally try to match my activity to the DOK. Am I always on point? No, absolutely not. But I am making the effort! 1st Grade School Counseling Curriculum Map I hope you find these curriculum maps helpful!
Happy Planning, Jessica
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