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Westport Public Schools aims to provide a cohesive and comprehensive curriculum that intentionally connects standards, instruction, and assessment. Our curriculum development process is guided by a backward design approach. Backward design is based on the idea that planning is best done by starting with the desired results. It is a design approach that results in purposeful thinking about curriculum planning from a micro lens, as well as programmatic reform from a macro level. Looking at the outcomes first results in coherently-designed curriculum units, performance assessments, and classroom instruction. The primary goal of backward design is student understanding, which is revealed when students autonomously transfer learning to novel scenarios.

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K–5 students at Kings Highway have been engaged in our Volleying Unit during physical education. K–2 students practiced coordination and control by volleying balloons, while grades 3–5 progressed to beach balls, with 4th and 5th graders also playing small-sided volleyball games. Throughout, students practiced not only physical skills but also important social-emotional skills like cooperation, empathy, and respectful communication.  

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