Curriculum Plan

              This project was very time consuming, but also very rewarding. There was a lot that went into this final project. I had an awesome group though that helped me out every step of the way. We worked together so fluently to get this plan accomplished! This certainly showed me just how much collaboration will help in the future. It will be important for all of the grade levels to collaborate and be on the same page so that we are sure the students are learning what they need to in order to be successful.
              A second thing I learned was that it is important to make sure that everything is covered standards wise when it comes to standards. This was challenging at first to make sure that two different sets of standards were covered. This is also true when it comes to the content areas. This is because each content area had to be covered at least one quarter for each grade. This meant we had to go back and check our work to make sure that we had everything covered. This also goes along with us having to make sure that the order we put the content orders in. This is because we wanted to make sure that we would cover certain content areas first so that the students had the base knowledge for some of the other content areas.
             A third thing I realized was how important making sure everything built off one another whether that be quarter to quarter or grade to grade. This is true for many of the mathematics that is covered in any grade. There are topics that need to be reviewed as well sometimes before you move onto a concept that is built off of that concept that was reviewed.
                Overall, this project was very rewarding. I learned so much that I can put to use when it comes to my own classroom in the future. This includes knowing how to even start going about a math curriculum for any grade. It also made me realize just how much work goes into planning and starting to implement a curriculum plan. I also realize that whenever you plan for a curriculum, you always need to be reflecting to make sure that your plan is best suited for your classroom. This may mean that as you go through a year you might adapt and change when you go over a certain content area for instance. You may also have to make modifications as you go too.This can depend on the students' prior knowledge, etc. All of these different components contribute to making sure that every single student you have come through your future classroom doors succeeds! This is especially true when looking at this from a K-8 perspective as we saw the other groups curriculum plans in class. it just goes to show how important that each year all the standards be covered, and that each teacher for each grade level makes sure and is double checking their students so to speak so that they are truly prepared to tackle the next academic year by the end of that school year. The presentations also showed a lot of overlap. This is because each school year is basically building off the year before. A lot of the concepts the students have had before. However, each concept is  built upon the next year. There are also usually a few new concepts that are introduced to the students each year. I also realized that teachers need to make sure that they utilize each content area and not just focus on certain ones each year. I feel that would not help the students in the long run at all.