The curriculum mapping project has enhanced my thinking as an educator. If I can sit down and come up with the main criteria of what my students to learn, at any point in time I can go back and improve lessons and/or ideas because the base is already set. As each unit takes place, I can say that I see constant changes in my students. They become strong in certain areas, their weaknesses are brought out in others, and there will always be a lesson we have planned but does not go quite we way we pictured it going. With my curriculum map, I am able to move things around, and play of the success of my students. If I see the students enjoying a specific activity in one unit, I may change an activity in another unit to create the same positive atmosphere. The curriculum map also helps when it comes to cross curricular teaching. I can simply go to another teacher and ask what they may be teaching a particular week in their class. And from there they may be able to incorporate some of my objectives in their classroom as well. Curriculum maps bring alot of aspects together for the success of our students.
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