| This guide is not meant to be the one and | | | | them. For the adding 1 + 3 lesson, you may |
| only way to develop a lesson plan; however, | | | | have procedures such as: |
| it is going to provide you with at least some | | | | |
| good methods to start with. A general | | | | A. The teacher will give each child 2 cubes. |
| overview highlights the key points of | | | | |
| creating a useful and working lesson plan. | | | | B. The teacher will ask the kids to write |
| | | | down how many cubes they have. |
| Below is a list of the steps that are usually | | | | |
| involved in developing a quality lesson plan | | | | C. The students should then write a + sign |
| as well as a description of what each | | | | below the number 2. |
| component should be. They will be listed in | | | | |
| 10 of the best points. | | | | D. The teacher will now pass out 3 more cubes |
| | | | to each student. |
| 1. The first thing that you will have to | | | | |
| consider, obviously, is what you want to | | | | E. The students will be asked to write down |
| teach. This should be developed based upon | | | | how many cubes they were handed. They should |
| your state or local school standards. You | | | | write this number below the number 2 that |
| also need to be aware of what grade level you | | | | they just wrote, |
| are developing the lesson plan for. Record a | | | | |
| time estimate for your lesson plan to help | | | | F. Students should now be told to draw a line |
| you to better budget your time. | | | | under their 3. |
| | | | |
| Once you have chosen your topic, you can | | | | G. Now the students need to count how many |
| begin choosing how you want to teach the | | | | cubes they have and write this number just |
| topic in general. If you didn't use the state | | | | below the 3 |
| standards to help in developing your topic, | | | | |
| you will want to refer to them now to see | | | | H. Ask students how many cubes they had to |
| what specific standards your lesson plan can | | | | start with, how many they were given to add |
| fulfill. | | | | to that, and how many they have after the |
| | | | teacher gave them the 3 cubes. |
| Having your lesson plan properly set up with | | | | |
| state standards, helps to prove its | | | | 6. After these procedures have been |
| worthiness and necessity later. It also helps | | | | completed, you may want to provide your |
| to assuring that your students are being | | | | students with time for independent practice. |
| taught what the state requires. | | | | For the example of above, students could have |
| | | | some time to add different numbers of cubes |
| If you are able to blend your lesson plan | | | | together that a partner would provide them |
| with the local school standards, record links | | | | with. |
| to those standards in your lesson plan in | | | | |
| writing for reference later. If you are | | | | 7. Just before you start moving on to the |
| however, writing this lesson plan for a | | | | assessment phase, you should be prepared to |
| website, you will want to be sure that you | | | | create some sort of closure for the lesson |
| include a title that properly reflects your | | | | plan. A good idea for this is to return to |
| topic. | | | | your anticipatory set, for example, you can |
| | | | ask students how they would divide that pie |
| 2. Develop clear, specific objectives to be | | | | now that they know how to work with fractions |
| sure that your lesson plan will teach exactly | | | | (check step 4). |
| what you want it to. You must note that these | | | | |
| objectives should not be activities that will | | | | 8. Now you want to write your assessment |
| be used in the lesson plan. Rather, they | | | | evaluation. Many lesson plans don't really |
| should be the learning outcomes of those | | | | need them, but most of them should have some |
| activities. | | | | sort of evaluation of whether or not the |
| | | | objectives were met. The key to doing this is |
| As an example, if you wanted to teach your | | | | to make sure that the assessment specifically |
| class how to add 1 + 3, the objective may be | | | | measures whether the objectives were reached |
| that ?the students will know how to add 1 + | | | | or not. |
| 3? or more specifically ?the students will | | | | |
| demonstrate how to add 1 + 3.? | | | | Because of this, there should be a direct |
| | | | correlation between the objectives and the |
| Your objectives should also be directly | | | | assessments. This is of course, assuming that |
| measurable. What this means is that you need | | | | the objective were able to add two single |
| to make sure that you will be able to tell | | | | digit numbers together, an example would be |
| whether these objectives were met or not. You | | | | to have students approach the teacher and add |
| can certainly have more than one objective | | | | two single digit numbers on paper using cubes |
| for a lesson plan if you feel that this would | | | | as a guide. |
| be more useful. | | | | |
| | | | 9. You should make different directions for |
| In order for you to be able to make | | | | students with learning disabilities and |
| objectives more meaningful, you may want to | | | | extensions for others. Examples of this would |
| include both wide and narrow objectives. The | | | | be adding 1 cube to 1 cube for students with |
| wide objectives would be more like ambitions | | | | learning disabilities and adding 9 cubes to |
| and they would include the overall goal of | | | | 13 cubes for the more advanced students and |
| the lesson plan, for example, in order for | | | | somewhere in between for everyone else. |
| you to gain familiarity with adding two | | | | |
| numbers together. | | | | This is most effective when you use specific |
| | | | adaptations for specific students and take |
| The specific objectives would be more like | | | | into account their individual differences. |
| the one listed above, in such a manner, as | | | | |
| ?the students will demonstrate how to add the | | | | 10. It's a good idea for you to include a |
| numbers 2 and 3 together.? | | | | ?Connections? section, which really shows how |
| | | | the lesson plan could be integrated with |
| 3. You would probably find out exactly what | | | | other subjects. An example of this would be |
| materials you are going to use later, | | | | to have students paint 2 oranges, then 3 more |
| however, they should be shown early in your | | | | oranges below them, etc. so that they can |
| lesson plan. This way if someone else decided | | | | learn how to integrate Art into the lesson |
| to start using your lesson plan, they would | | | | plan. |
| know in advance what materials would be | | | | |
| required. | | | | A better way to do this would involve |
| | | | creating 2 or 3 different types of textures |
| 4. You may also want to write out an | | | | on those oranges for example using newspaper |
| Anticipatory Set, which would be a great way | | | | with different textures. Putting a lot of |
| to lead into the lesson plan and develop the | | | | work into this can really help to develop |
| students' interest in learning what you are | | | | complete thematic units that would integrate |
| getting ready to teach. A good example deals | | | | related topics into many different subjects. |
| with a lesson on fractions. The teacher could | | | | |
| start by asking the students how they would | | | | That's really all there is to creating a |
| divide a pizza to make sure each of their 3 | | | | lesson plan! If you followed all the |
| friends got an equal amount of pie, and tell | | | | instructions above, you've successfully |
| them that they can do this if they know how | | | | written a very thorough lesson plan that will |
| to work with fractions. | | | | be useful for any other teachers wanting to |
| | | | teach a subject like math or whatever. |
| 5. At this point you need to write the | | | | |
| systematic procedures that will be performed | | | | One of the most helpful tips in writing your |
| to reach each of the above mentioned | | | | first lesson plans would be for you to look |
| objectives. These don't have to involve every | | | | at lesson plans that are already completely |
| little thing that the teacher will say and | | | | developed to get a better idea of what needs |
| do, but they should list the relevant actions | | | | to be in the lesson plan. |
| that the teacher needs in order to perform | | | | |