Something useful?

Rio Rancho Middle SchoolJanuary 3, 2011

Lesson planning?

• Create a lesson plan for a lesson you will deliver this week. (10 Minutes)

A Typical Lesson Plan begins with a …

Focus:

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Objectives

Aligned to

Standards

A Typical Lesson Plan Includes …

Instruction:

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Give the students the tools and foundation to reach the day’s goal.

A Typical Lesson Plan Includes …

Guided Practice:

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Give students the opportunity to practice the new concepts.

A Typical Lesson Plan Includes…

Independent Practice:

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Allow students the opportunity to practice concepts on their own.

A Typical Lesson Plan Includes …

Closure/Assessment/Evaluation• How did they do?• How did you do? • How do you know?• How will this affect what you do tomorrow?

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Is there anything else?• What have our adopted strategies, data and our

own students told us about our lesson preparation?

• Have any of the above changed our practice?

How have some of our colleagues responded to this

question?

In this case, a Typical Lesson Plan begins with a …

Focus:

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Content Objectiv

es

Language

ObjectivesAligned

to Standard

s

A Typical Lesson Plan Includes …

Instruction: Through the lens of the language

demands of the content.

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Student Centered• Prior Knowledge• Building of

Background Knowledge

Frontloading, Scaffolding, Sheltering• Bricks• Mortar

A Typical Lesson Plan Includes …Guided Practice:

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Reading Writing

Listening Speaking

Sheltered &

Rigorous

Formative Assessment Opportunities

(Informal and Formal)

Opportunity for Interaction: Enhancing

Academic Language Discourse

A Typical Lesson Plan Includes…

Independent Practice:

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Reading Writing

Listening Speaking

Sheltered &

Rigorous

Formative Assessment Opportunities

(Informal and Formal)

How about some strategies to support these concepts?

• Academic Language Frameso Can be used to teach the skills of analyzing,

comparing, categorizing and classifying, problem solving, persuading, empathizing, synthesizing, interpreting, evaluating, and applying.

How about some strategies?

• Be explicit!o Become familiar with theses terms, and point

them out when you or your students use them in discussion and or written tasks.

How about some strategies?

• Be explicit!o Model how to effectively use academic

language and provide opportunities for students to use the expressions, prompts, and frames in the classroom while interacting in large or small group settings.

o Daily cue cards???

How about some strategies?

Academic Language Expressions, Prompts and Frames for Synthesizing Common expressions used when synthesizing include: ● In a nutshell it means that… ● Other sources also argue that… ● It all boils down to… ● Even though it seems that the text is about… I think that… ● The author is essentially saying… ● If we think about all the issues we come up with… ● One source is not enough to make such a decision. ● Upon gathering all the facts we can conclude that… ● The elements (parts) are related in the following ways… ● When we pull all the pieces together, we see that… ● Its most important traits are… ● If history is any indication, then… ● Which research supported that? ● There is more than one way to approach this issue.

How about some strategies?

Following are prompts that encourage students to synthesize when speaking or writing: ● Write a journal entry from the perspective

of…● Create a sculpture that relates to…● Design a greeting card for…to send…● Write a letter of appreciation to a historical

figure.● Construct a modern folktale about…● Create a song or poem expressing your

feelings about…● Compose a short story from the point of

view of a…● Create a proposal with different alternatives for making a major change in your community.

Lesson Planning!

• Let’s revisit our lesson plans and add some pieces that weren’t there before.

• Consider how the expressions, prompts and frames may be introduced ultimately owned by them as well.

Thank you!

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Adrian Sandovalaisandoval@cesdp.nmhu.edu

Phone: 505-243-4442

Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations

at New Mexico Highlands University