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E34 In this bonus episode, I share some of my goals for the new year. I always make goals for myself, so the new year is no exception. Listen to find out the areas in which I hope to grow professionally this coming year.   Show Notes 0:00 Intro 0:42 Show intro 1:21 Wins and Fails segment 4:25 New Year, New Goals 6:18 Professional development through books 11:30 Be more active on Voxer 13:12 Grow my podcast 15:30 Non-linguistic representation 18:56 Conclusion 20:49 Outro        Don't forget, we're on winter recess. We'll be back by January 18th. In the mean time, catch up on past episodes. I'd also like to hear what your goals are for the new year. You can tweet them to me at: @TamiJ123   Resources Information on Talpa de Allende, Jalisco, Mexico Four O'clock Faculty   Contact information: Twitter: @TamiJ123 email: lidiajimenez@msn.com   Podcast show notes & to listen online: Time to Teach Website Links Time to T...

E33S6 Today we take a deep dive in unit goals. Goals are the glue of an amazing unit. As such, goals should be clearly defined and decided upon before diving into a unit. Listen to find out more about essential questions, skills, standards and big ideas as unit end goals.  Show Notes Reminder, this is the last episode before we go on winter recess. Our projected date to resume is January 18th. In the mean time, catch up on past episodes! Below is the show's time 0:00 Intro 0:45 Episode introduction and welcome 1:48 Winter Recess reminder 2:10 Shout outs 4:30 Wins and Fails Segment 10:50 Let's get this party (errr...episode) started! 11:46 Goals as the heart of backwards planning 15:20 grade level teams making end-goal decisions 16:40 Essential questions 18:17 Examples of Essential Questions and big ideas 24:31 Skills and end goals 30:02 Standards 35:03 Big Ideas 44:24 Episode wrap up 45:54 Outro Resources: My grade level's Animal unit plans. You can look...

E32S6 It's time to reflect on what in the world we are doing with grades. What is our goal with them, and is it an effective way to drive learning? I argue for a standards-based system and letting go of traditional grades. Listen to find out why. 0:00 Intro 2:16 Wins and Fails Segment (I called it a series instead of segment...silly me...my brain doesn't function well on Friday evening apparently). 8:38 Episode topic begins: Can We Reflect On Grades, Again? 10:06 What are we doing with grades and are we consistent? 11:25 Is standards-based only for lower elementary? Well, is it? 12:54 Focusing on standards 14:26 Does going gradeless mean we forget about objectives, goals, standards and skills? 16:53 Understanding and performance as an end goal as opposed to content as an end goal 22:47 Closing 23:23 Outro Contact information: Twitter: @TamiJ123 email: lidiajimenez@msn.com Podcast show notes & to listen online: Time to Teach Website Links Time to Teach Faceb...

E31S6 Before we can begin to understand how to design amazing units, it's critical to understand the difference between knowledge and understanding. This episode takes a deep dive into what these terms mean, and their role in an amazing unit.   0:00 Intro 0:41 Episode Introduction 3:00 Wins and fails for the week 9:15 Let's get this episode party started! 12:19 Is knowledge and understanding the same? 19:33 Definition of understanding 26:37 The idea of transfer 38:21 Episode wrap up Contact: Twitter: @TamiJ123 Podcast show notes & to listen online: Time to Teach Website Links Time to Teach Facebook Page Teachers For Effective Curriculum Facebook Group  (Facebook Group) My Blog: Notes From A First Grade Classroom Music Credits: Adventures by A Himitsu @a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music released by Argofox youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE Music provided by Audio Library youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 ...

E30S6: Amazing units are impactful, well planned out, and serve a greater purpose other than just inside a school's walls. Such units don't happen accidentally, but by design. In this episode, I explain the essential components that go into amazing unit planning. Show Notes 0:00 Intro 0:45 Intro to unit 6 1:46 Winter recess notice 3:53 Wins and Fails segment 6:49 Planning Backwards: What you need to know 9:53 Backwards design and what that actually means 11:31 Enduring understandings and big ideas 15:00 Essential questions 17:50 Asking good essential questions 23:11 Evidence 27:25 Learning activities 30:01 Episode summary 32:16 Closing 32:40 Outro Twitter: @TamiJ123 Podcast show notes & to listen online: Time to Teach Website Links Time to Teach Facebook Page Teachers For Effective Curriculum Facebook Group  (Facebook Group) My Blog: Notes From A First Grade Classroom Music Credits: Adventures by A Himitsu @a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution ...