In this chapter, I learned about the importance and the logic behind the backward design approach to creating units. It makes a lot of sense to me and I feel like it would be an obvious way to plan units for instruction, but I’m sure that there are teachers who prefer to create activities first and then figure out what the goal of them is. Personally, I think that planning backwards allows you to get to the core of what students should be learning and I think it will help students to see how what they are learning is relevant. I also like how it helps cut away the content that is not necessary or relevant to students, though it might be just as important. I will use the backward design method a lot in my unit development, and this chapter helped me to realize why it is such a logical method for teachers to use. Backward design will also help me to differentiate my instruction, which is another important method for ensuring that all students are able to learn, regardless of their abilities. As the book suggests, backward design and differentiated instruction go hand in hand, which provides structure for designing units that allow all students to learn.
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