What Does A Lesson Plan Include?

What does a lesson plan include? 1.
General information o Identification of the teacher, course, subject, grade level, name of the unit, topic of the particular lesson, and date of the lesson o Identification of student characteristics (e.g. gender, ethnic composition of the class, special needs) 2. Preplanning tasks o Identification of the big idea, generalization, or state standard that will be addressed in the lesson plan o Select content to be taught o Define objective(s) 3. Lesson opening o Purpose Gets students excited about learning Informs students of what they are expected to learn and why it is important Explains how lesson builds on prior knowledge o Includes A statement of the objective and the objective purpose Describes what students will know and be able to do, and how it relates to their lives A connection between prior knowledge and new learning 4. Lesson body o Depends upon the lesson structure, which is guided by the objectives and assessments o Heart of the lesson Content is presented through various instructional strategies Students begin to process and practice new skills and knowledge o Should consist of the following Strategies for diversity Multiple instructional strategies Active participation strategies Checks for understanding 5. Extended practice o Purpose To plan for the development of high levels of accuracy and fluency
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To provide application opportunities so students can generalize the skill or knowledge Provide prior to formal evaluation Opportunity for feedback and additional help Includes Practice opportunities Opportunities to generalize, integrate, extend, and transfer the information Lesson closing Helps students connect knowledge, skills, and activities together Includes Review of key points of the lesson Opportunities for students to draw conclusions Preview of future learning Description of where or when students should use their new skills or knowledge A time for students to show their work Reference to lesson opening/lesson objective(s) Assessment and Evaluation Determine if learning has occurred Determine if it is appropriate to build on current lesson or whether the information needs to be taught again Determine the effectiveness of the lesson strategies, methods, and materials Assessment and objective(s) must match Use a variety of formal and informal assessments Essential for deciding what to do next
Steps in Writing a Lesson Plan 1. What is worthy of requiring understanding? a. What exactly is to be taught? b. What is the big idea? c. What are the lesson objectives? 2. What is evidence of understanding? a. What forms of assessment will be used? b. What will students be asked to do to demonstrate understanding?
3. What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest, and excellence? a. What instructional strategies or methods will be used to motivate students and to build student learning? b. What are the most appropriate methods for teaching the knowledge and skills? Lesson plan formats You will be using the College of Education Instructional Lesson Plan Guide and Instructional Lesson Plan Rubric to direct your planning efforts. These are both located in the Resources section of the UNCC ePortfolio website: http://education.uncc.edu/eportfolio/resources.htm The COE Instructional Lesson Plan Guide and its accompanying Rubric will follow you throughout your program at UNCC. These documents contain the criteria your lesson plans are expected to meet. Please visit the above link and thoroughly read both the guide and the rubric. Incorporate these components in your module submissions. More advice on lesson plan formats You should consider lesson plans as products, and the design of them as a cognitive, on-going process. In addition, and since lesson plans are products, they have an audience, so you should consider who the audience is. For example, lesson plans for principals and professors must have a lot more detail than a lesson plan you would write for yourself. Why? Though you are aware of the cognitive processes behind the plan, your reader may not be. This means that for our purposes, your lesson plans will need to be much more detailed than if you were writing a plan for your own use. Whether the lesson follows a six-step plan or a learning cycle, the components WHERETO describe what good plans contain:
-Where are we headed?
Help students see up front where they are headed and how this will be measured. Objectives should be clearly stated and should be communicated to the students. Simply writing objectives on the board is not sufficient. Students must make the objectives real. They need to be
articulated, talked about, and developed in some way. Revisiting objectives at the end of the lesson is also a good practice. -Hook the student through engaging and provocative entry points. How can you introduce the lesson and get the students attention? Think beyond warm-ups that are review. Consider what about the topic might be of interest to the students. Engage them in exploring ideas or skills that they may already have experienced that relate to the days lesson. -Explore and enable/equip. Learning experiences should help students explore big ideas and essential questions. Experience is most often the best teacher. How can you actively engage students in the lesson? Even lectures can be engaging if you provide points for student engagement. -Rethink (reflect) and rethink. Dig Deeper. How can you help the struggling student while challenging the student who needs to move on? Guide students to self-assessment and peer assessment. Provide opportunities to revise, rehearse, and refine ideas presented in the lesson. -Exhibit and evaluate. Revisit what has been learned through performance indicators and products. Once again self and peer assessment can be valuable tools for helping students understand and apply criteria. Through exhibiting and evaluating, students bring important closure to the ideas of the lesson.
-Tailor to student needs, interests, and styles.

Look closely at who all those different learners really are and adapt our plans accordingly. The best designers tailor their learning plans to accommodate what is always a group of diverse learners.
-Organinze for maximum engagement and effectiveness.

Consider the elements of good design and sequence those elements so that it results in the most engaging and effective experience for students. WHERETO provides a good framework for guiding the components included in your lessons.

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What does a lesson plan include? 1.

-Where are we headed?

-Tailor to student needs, interests, and styles.

-Organinze for maximum engagement and effectiveness.

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