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Kim Handle
(Brooklyn - United States)Kim worked for the Professional Development Department in Education at the New York Hall of Science in Corona, Queens for the past three years and has recently accepted a fellowship at Brooklyn College. Kim's undergraduate work was in environmental ...
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- Contributed By: Wyoming 6-8 Project
In this description of the Wyoming 6th-grade Curriculum you will find the following discussions: How this curriculum was developed; for what programs and students the curriculum and materials are appropriate; what a novice learner looks like; how and why thematic units and the concept of backward design are central to the materials; as well as brief discussions of the use of textbooks, the inclusion of grammar, the centrality of culture, and how assessments are part of the learning process with this curriculum.
This document offers a number of great ideas for formative assessments in all three modes of communication- Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational. It also offers numerous ideas for formative assessments when teaching cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products; Connections with Other Academic Disciplines; and Comparisons of Language and Culture.
This is a brief overview of the National Foreign Language Standards. Information on how to obtain the entire National Foreign Language Standards document is included.
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Overview of the 3-National Foreign Language Standards.doc (43kb)
