Curriculum Mapping

Curriculum mapping is a very important at the school I work at. Because the Montessori model is to group the kids in three year blocks (3-6 yrs., 6-9yrs., 9-12 yrs., and 12+ or middle school) we need to have a strong map. We call this a 3-year cycle. We need to make sure that while a child is in our class we have covered everything. I have sat on the team that does the curriculum mapping, and while it's not an easy task, it is so important and rewarding. I feel it gives the teachers a roadmap of the content that needs to be covered in a years time, yet the freedom to differentiate the instruction from there.