Lesson Planning Lesson Planning SessionSession

Lesson Planning Lesson Planning SessionSession

Planning effective, standards-based lessons Planning effective, standards-based lessons within within the practice teaching classroomthe practice teaching classroom

Fellow Focus:• Take a Blooms Taxonomy handout

and review the levels.• Take five minutes to review your

notes from your classroom observation (ISG).

• What levels of Blooms did you observe? List a couple of examples.

Think-Pair-Share• With the person sitting next to you, reflect on

the following from your observation notes:– What was the most effective part of the lesson?

Least effective?– What were the lesson objectives? What level of

Blooms were they?– What were the Ss doing to meet the objectives? How

did T know objectives were met?– What is another way (higher Blooms) the T could

have met the objective?• Next identify two elements of effective lessons

based on your discussion

Pre-Test!• Give me an idea of your current

comfort level with lesson planning by holding up 5-4-3-2- or 1 finger.– (Five fingers = ultimate comfort)– (One finger = no clue where to start)

Objectives:• Identify characteristics of effective lesson

plans• Use the 7-step lesson plan format to begin

developing a lesson that incorporates SMART objectives and HITS

• Evaluate the effectiveness of sample lesson plans and the lesson design checklist

• Strategize solutions to common challenges to effective lesson planning found within the context of practice teaching

Agenda:• 10 min• 50 min• 60 min• 15 min

• 5 min

Fellow Focus Intro to effective planningPlanning an effective

lessonStrategizing solutions to

common challenges in PT

Closing

What’s Next?• Your top priority is to close the

achievement gap• Later we will talk about effective

classroom management, and you will see that effective lessons are a HUGE part of that piece

• Today you will begin learning to plan effective lessons that you can use in PT

Individual Overview of Instructional Planning

• Refer to GB page 119• Read steps 1-6 which must occur prior

to writing a lesson• Briefly scan pages 101-118 for an

overview of planning an effective lesson

• Highlight and rate 1, 2, 3 the three most important things you see

Group Assignment:• Find all the Fellows with the same color

Blooms page as you (3-4 per group)• Create a concept pattern poster to identify

and organize characteristics of effective lesson plans

• Each group member should contribute two ideas (initial your own)

• View the Effective Teacher concept pattern for the format (copies in today’s folder)

• You have 10 minutes – hang poster when done!

For Your Toolbox:• Reading strategy• Grouping strategy• Having Students

initial their ideas on a group poster

Compare and Contrast Ideas

• Trade posters with another group• Create a Venn diagram to identify

similarities and differences between the two posters

• You have a sample Venn diagram in today’s folder

• You have 5 minutes

Master List: What Makes an Effective

Lesson?• Based on clear, specific objectives • Objectives are aligned to standards• Aligned to assessments (created prior)• Clear beginning, middle, end• Structured components• Checks for understanding• Uses HITS as appropriate• Differentiated to meet learners needs• Clearly emphasize key points/ideas

SMART Objectives• Specific• Measureable• Aligned to Standards (Blooms)• Realistic• Time-bound

7-step lesson plan• Pg 115 shows what the 7

components are in a 7-step plan• Review the plan, and:

– Identify the Blooms level of the objective

– Identify two HITS used in the lesson– (3 minutes)

New Groups!• On your folder for today there is a number 1-5. Find your

other group members after instructions.

• Take the 7-step lesson plan in your folder, and evaluate the lesson plan based on this portion of the LDC (GB pg 117):– Group 1: Q 1&2– Group 2: Lesson opening– Group 3: Intro of new material– Group 4:Student practice– Group 5: Closing

• You have 8 minutes to evaluate, then 1 minute to share out

What’s next?• Now that you have a better idea of

what an effective plan looks like, you will have an opportunity to begin creating a lesson plan for PT. You will work independently, then share with a partner to reflect and modify…

Create Your Lesson Plan!

• Use blank framework template in folder (also on Wiki)

• You have 40 minutes to plan your lesson. Use checklist (p 117) as guide

• Use standards provided in folder (choose 1 standard)

• You will be sharing w/ a partner

Now share your lesson plan!

• Take 5 minutes to review your partner’s plan– How do the steps flow?– What outcomes are evident (or not) at each

step?– What challenges might be faced?– What is most effective about the plan?

• Take 5 minutes to give feedback, then switch to the other partner

What’s next?• You’ve planned your first lesson! • This is a PROCESS – use all your

resources to continue in your development

• Remember to anticipate challenges and BE FLEXIBLE in your plans

• Next we will begin to anticipate some common challenges…

Anticipating challenges: Carousel

walk• Each group (table groups) will have 3

minutes to list challenges related to the topic on their assigned T-Chart

• We will rotate (clockwise) and fill in solutions on other groups charts (2 min each)

• You will review the solutions on your own chart and choose one challenge and solution to share out

What have you learned?

• Turn to your partner and take 1 minute each to share something you learned today and one question you still have

• Now let’s repeat the 1-2-3-4-5 – what is your comfort level NOW with lesson planning?

Closing• Move the arrow to the area of the

framework that we focused on today

• Move the arrows to some HITS we used today

Important Take-Aways• Your lesson plans for PT must have

the following components:– A daily objective– Activities that utilize HITS– Daily assessment(s)– Data used to inform tomorrow’s

teaching

Let’s Review the Objectives:

• Identify characteristics of effective lesson plans• Use the 7-step lesson plan format to begin

developing a lesson that incorporates SMART objectives and HITS

• Evaluate the effectiveness of sample lesson plans and the lesson design checklist

• Strategize solutions to common challenges to effective lesson planning found within the context of practice teaching