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"One of the purposes of a unit web and planner is to promote collaboration and the sharing of ideas within a faculty. Collaboration supports ownership of the material produced and saves time in planning" (Wathall 2016, p. 127).

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Creating a weekly unit planner with your same subject teachers is a great opportunity to collaborate and share student learning experiences.

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Debatable questions require a deep understanding of the concept and tend to raise more questions. There can be multiple answers but it is important to have some goal you want the students to reach.

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Conceptual questions are common in inquiry tasks and are thought provoking for the students. These questions guide students through their thought process to form a conclusion.

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Factual questions address the critical content of what students should know. These questions are typically closed questions with a clear answer that the teacher will lead the students to.

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"The purpose of these three types [of questioning] is to help students to connect the factual support with the conceptual understandings" (Wathall 2016, p. 89).

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By unit planning, teachers have the ability to be more creative with their lessons and they decide the best way to teach their students. In turn, this encourages students to be creative in their work as well.

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How will you encourage collaboration when unit planning?

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How do the three types of essential questions—factual, conceptual, and debatable—support student learning?

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What are the main components for a math unit web?

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"Collaborative unit planning empowers teachers to take control of the learning in lessons and have an input into designing curriculum" (Wathall 2016, p. 84).

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How does unit planning empower teachers?

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"A unit web contains critical content topics and concepts and gives an overview of the depth and breadth of the unit of instruction" (Wathall, 2016, p. 83).