Curriculum and Instruction Vocabulary

expectations for what individuals should know and be able to do

• Curriculum

• Standards

• Alignment

• Development

deciding what to teach in each course and at each level

• curriculum development

• vertical alignment

• horizontal alignment

• curriculum

can refer to: all of the courses that are taught in a school, the sequence of the courses, or what is to be taught in each individual course

• development

• standards

• curriculum

• sequence

how well the standards, curriculum, assessments and instruction, work together to achieve desired goals

• culturally responsive curriculum

• scope

• sequence

• curriculum alignment

curriculum is matched across the same courses or grades (ie: 1st grade) within a district

• horizontal alignment

• vertical alignment

curriculum from one course or grade to the next builds appropriately on one another (ie: math throughout, K-12)

• horizontal alignment

• vertical alignment

the depth and breadth (ideas and concepts) of the content to be taught at a specific grade level and the development of the content across grade levels

• integrated curriculum

• scope

• sequence

• alignment

The order in which the content should be taught for the best learning (building on past knowledge) within a grade or content area.

• sequence

• scope

• standards

• culturally responsive curriculum

approaching a concept from different perspectives to create learning opportunities based on connections; usually involves a unifying topic or theme

• integrated (interdisciplinary) curriculum

• culturally responsive curriculum

incorporate a multicultural curriculum that purposefully includes contributions and viewpoints from diverse perspectives

• integrated (interdisciplinary) curriculum

• culturally responsive curriculum