Curriculum & Instruction in TASD

Each edition of this newsletter features information about curriculum resources and materials and highlights instructional strategies used by the Tyrone Area School District. It is written with community, parents, and staff in mind!

• Animations, formative assessments, all-in-one presentations, interactive material
• Customizable, giving teachers a starting point with the flexibility to make it perfect for their class
• PA Standards aligned
• Created and vetted by professionals
• Integrates into CANVAS
• Can be used asynchronous or synchronous - great for additional learning, students who are quarantined
• Usable by Teacher/Student in front of the class and/or student use on Chromebooks
• Makes differentiating easier for multiple levels within one class

In the 21st century, students are expected to do far more than their 20th century counter-parts. Where once school was a place of finding facts and knowledge, being educated now is focused more than ever on what students do with facts and knowledge. Since information is readily available, learning is focused on being able to gather information, evaluate, explain, and analyze those facts in order to draw conclusions, problem-solve, determine different solutions, create new knowledge, and communicate with others. These and the graphic to the right show only some of the critical thinking skills students are expected to develop and use.

Though written in part as an advertisement for a private school in Princeton, NJ, click on the picture to the left to see how different open-ended questions can help students develop crucial life-long critical thinking skills.