Collaborative Pre-Unit Planning Guide

For Inquiry Based Learning

Page 1: Classroom Teacher
Teache
r:

Grade
Level:

Content
Topic:

Essential Question:
Unit Length:
Big Ideas

Differentiation Considerations
Diversity of Learners (above, on, below)

Student Interests
Critical Prior Knowledge
English Learner Needs
Technology Background & Experience

Pathfinder Purposes: What types of resources do you need?

Read Alouds (building
Online resources/Internet sites
background knowledge)
For teachers
Student INDEPENDENT reading
For kids
(see range below)
Key search words
Student INSTRUCTIONAL
Videos
reading (see range below)
Periodicals
Fiction
Dewey decimal #s to browse
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Community resources
Non-fiction
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Blanchette & Snow (2015)

Other materials to support

instructional activities:
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Classroom Readability Range:

First
Second
Early
Mid
Late
Early
Late

Third
Early
Late

Fourth
Early
Late

Fifth
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(Highlight the range of readers in your class.)

Instructional Resources & Collaborative Pre-Unit Teaching Plan

Page 2: Collaborative Team

1.

How do you hope to use this pathfinder?

2.

How can I help you with this pathfinder?

3.

Lets map out a collaborative plan:

Teacher will

Librarian will

We will

Blanchette & Snow (2015)

Sixth+
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Pathfinder Resources by Topic and Points of Accessibility

Post-Unit Collection Audit

Page 3: Collaborative Team

Big Ideas

Resources

Classroom Readability Range:

First
Second
Early
Mid
Late
Early
Late

Third
Early
Late

Fourth
Early
Late

Differentiation Considerations
Diversity of Learners (above, on, below)

Student Interests

English Learner Needs

Technology Background & Experience

Blanchette & Snow (2015)

Fifth
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Sixth+
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Page 4: Collaborative Team

Post-Unit Collaborative Evaluation

What worked well?

Was this lesson/unit enhanced through collaboration?

Was it successful enough to warrant doing it again in the future?

Suggestions for improvement?

How well did the library collection respond to the unit/lesson objectives?
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Diversity of formats (print, electronic, etc.)

Variety of appropriately leveled materials (readability range)
Adequacy
Currency of resources

Suggestions for additional materials?

Collaborative Lesson Evaluation input provided by Frances Reeve, Longwood University (2015).
Blanchette & Snow (2015)