Planning Using a Concept Circle

This activity, forces you to look at what the outcome is asking the students to know, understand and be able to do. By taking a detailed look at the nouns and verbs, it gives you a 'picture' of what the students will be engage in. This visual of what the students might be doing, allows you to think about important assessment tools, that a teacher can use to document students' understanding. Once you have a good picture of how you might assess student understanding of the outcome, you can plan your lesson activities and learning environment.

I then take this information and place it into my curriculum map (not in such detail though).

This is time well spent. You will walk away with a clear understanding of what and how you will teach the outcomes.