Caroline Ansani

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Using SBCI for K-8 Curriculum Development

• Caroline Ansani Mary Ann Brandt
• Thurgood Marshall Middle School
• Andrew Freisma Rudolph Coutain
• Lawndale Academy
• Chicago, IL

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• Custom document templates in the Nexus from CPS
  Standards Based Curriculum Initiative
• Grade level teams work together to create and
  share standards aligned lessons and assessments
• Allows for better coordination and continuity
  across teams and grade levels

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Teachers use the CPS SBCI template to align their
Lesson Plans to the Illinois Learning
StandardsExample from Thurgood Marshall School
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• Example from Lawndale Academy

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How do I access the Project?
http//collaboratory.nunet.net/
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How do I log in?
Log in
First Name Initial Last Name
Your Password
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How do I access the Project?
Click projects. Click the project title.
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The Project

• The project page has information about the
  project and activities to get you started.
• Read the project, then scroll down to the
  activities and resources!

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How do I access the Nexus Community?

• For detailed instructions, click on the first
  activity title and follow the instructions to
  create your first Daily Lesson Plan!
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• Click on the Nexus for your grade level to go
  straight to that Nexus Community.

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How do I access the CPS SBCI document template?

• The Work Areas page appears.
• Click the Work Area title.
• Click Create Document.

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Create the Daily Lesson Plan

• Enter your lesson plan title.
• Select the CPS Daily Lesson Plan document
  template.

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CPS DLP Document

• The CPS Daily Lesson plan document page appears.
• Major areas include
• Page Header
• Standards
• Assessments
• Student Learning Opportunities
• Examples of Completion

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How do I complete the document template?

• To select grades and learning areas, click Edit.

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How do I complete the document template?

• From the drop down menus, select the Date
  including the Month, Day, Year, Quarter, and Week
  you lesson is for.
• Check the Grade Level/s and Learning Area/s your
  lesson is for.
• Click Save.

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Selecting ILS

• The Document page appears in edit mode.
• When Grades and Learning Areas are displayed you
  can Illinois Learning Standards.
• To add Illinois Learning Standards, click Insert
  Benchmark.

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Selecting ILS

• The Choose an ISBE Benchmark page appears.
• The Learning Areas and Standard Level you have
  selected are listed with the benchmarks from
  those areas.
• To view the benchmarks, click the triangle icon
• To add a benchmark to your DLP, click Select.

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Adding Descriptors

• The Document page appears in edit mode.
• To select a performance descriptor, click Insert
  Descriptor.

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Activity assessment

• Check the performance descriptors that best
  describe what your students will learn from this
  lesson plan.

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Reviewing your work

• The Document page appears in edit mode.
• FYI The information you are adding is saved. To
  remove any information, click Remove.
• You may Insert another Benchmark or scroll down
  to the next section.
• You may come back and edit this section at any
  time.

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Adding text

• To add text to the Assessments CRI section of the
  page, click Add.
• A new section appears.
• Click Click here to insert text.
• The Add and Edit Text page appears.
• Type or copy and paste your text and click Save.

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The Lesson Plan

• Your Daily Lesson Plan Document Template appears
  in Edit view.
• To edit your text, click the pencil icon or go to
  the next section.

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Adding media

• A new section appears that contains an insert
  file icon and an insert text icon.
• Continue down the page clicking Add when you have
  information to be added and the Insert box when
  you have text or media to insert. You may add as
  many items in each area as needed.
• You can contribute many different file types in
  this section.

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Types of media you may add
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How does a finished document look?
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Thurgood Math
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Teachers share examples of student work in the
CPS SBCI Daily Lesson Plan template
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• When Lesson Plans are complete, publish them in
  Galleries to share with other teachers and schools

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Thank you!