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The teacher is the decision maker and it is her job to decide on what units to include during the year or what tomorrow’s lesson plan will be.
Thought-out planning is better than decision made on the spot.
If you don’t know what you are doing next, teaching becomes frustrating.
Lack of planning can waste time and create class management problems.
Sometimes teachers resist planning, especially writing out their plans, because they are so busy with immediate responsibilities.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Sunshine State Standards and Grade Level Expectations
Adopted textbook, teacher’s guide, ancillary materials
Technology resources Ideas from other teachers, media specialist Parent resources Community resources Information on the background of diverse
students School calendar (essential holidays)
First, read carefully the standards or curriculum framework of your state and local school district.
Look at the framework’s goals, which are the broad statements of desired outcomes.
Promoting good citizenship is generally listed first. We should focus on moving students toward effective citizenship participation.
To acquire knowledge from the social sciences, history, and humanities.
To develop skills to think and process information.
To develop appropriate democratic values and attitudes.
To have opportunities for citizenship/social participation.
Rough out an outline of the entire curriculum
Look for integration connections/ideas Teacher’s personal beliefs Long range planning is critical because
there is usually far more content than time to teach it.
Skim the text, looking at broad titles. Decide which ones you will use.
Decide which units will receive major emphasis or minor emphasis.
Examine the teacher’s guide. Look for activities for you and your students.
Find other activities to supplement the text. Decide whether you will use the tests
supplied by the publisher for evaluation.
Following constructionist ideas, you will want to find out what your students’ prior knowledge.
The purpose of planning is not to just focus on the teacher but to promote student learning.
Whereas a goal is a broad statement of purpose, content standard or instructional objective is a specific accomplishment that you want your students to achieve in a specific period.
1)What are your standards or objectives?2)What learning experiences will be used to
achieve the desired objectives?3)What evaluation procedures will be used to
determine whether the objectives have been achieved?
Objectives, instruction, and evaluation should all be connected or coordinated with each other. This is called curriculum alignment.
Poor alignment can occur when the objective doesn’t match the instruction. For example, when the objective is improved thinking skills but the learning activities do not involve the students in thinking.
Traditional Practice Standards-Based Practice
Formulate objectives Design instructional
activities; what resources will I need?
Plan and give an assessment; often summative
Check to see if objectives have been reached. If necessary, reteach, modify next lesson or unit
Give grades to students
Select standard that students need to know
Design an assessment that allows each student to demonstrate what he/she knows or can do
Design appropriate learning activities with resources needed for all students to achieve the standard
Give assessment; use rubric Use data to drive instruction
Look at the desired results first Look at assessment evidence (how will
students demonstrate what they have learned or can do?)
Select learning activities (what opportunities will the students have to learn?)
Especially in schools defined as “failing,” principals and other trainers have asked that teachers post the standard that they are teaching and that students, when asked know the standard. In a few cases, students actually write the number of the standard on their assignments. Why is this being done? Do you think this is a good idea?
Title and Description Rationale/Overview for the unit; significance of topic; tie
to standards Estimated time Goals and Objectives Lessons Introductory and initiating activities (Series of sequence
lesson plans with enough detail on procedures so that the teaching strategies and activities are clear. Worksheets and similar handouts should be included.)
Concluding activities to encourage students to apply what they have learned
List of resources Assessment, including pre-assessment
Consider various learning styles and abilities
Plan your lesson for the whole class Adapt your lesson plan to specific learners
by pairing, allowing alternatives, giving more time, rewriting questions, using graphic organizers, reducing complexity, and so on. For the gifted, make lessons more challenging.
Consider ELL accommodations
What can you do to capture students’ attention?
Students’ interest and involvement may be triggered by an artifact, a learning game, or a planned classroom activity.
Beginnings are extremely important! What magic trick do you have up your
sleeve?
End each lesson with a sense of accomplishment.
Will you depend on the bell to close each lesson or leave them dangling in mid-thought?
A better way is to draw attention to the end of the lesson, to help students organize their learning, and to reinforce what they have learned. Have students summarize the lesson for the class, or do so yourself!