Lesson plan

1. Description of the Setting: What characteristics of the classroom or setting are important to the lesson? (e.g., grade level, physical set-up of classroom, number of students, adult supports, etc.)

2. Description of the Learners: What do you know about the learners that have influenced your decisions in planning this lesson? (e.g., learners with disabilities, ELLs, gifted learners, experiential background knowledge of the learners, cultural diversity of the learners, etc.)

3. Standards/Quality Indicators/Skills: National, state, and/or local standards, quality indicators, and skills addressed by this lesson.

4. Lesson Objective(s)

(Lesson objectives should contain observable and measurable target behavior, conditions under which the target behavior should be performed and criteria for mastery.)

How does this lesson fit into the larger instructional sequence?

5. Assessment: Assessment(s) before, during, and after the lesson

6. Lesson Procedures: Sequence of events of the lesson elements designed to introduce the lesson, engage learners in the lesson content, and bring the lesson to a close.

· How will you engage the learners, review prior skills/content, and set a purpose for learning?

· In what ways will you explain the relevance of the lesson to the learners and/or link the lesson to students' wonderings, experiences, or questions?

· In what ways will you demonstrate the processes you want the learners to follow as they participate in the lesson?

· How will you structure the lesson so that students can gradually assume responsibility for learning?

· How will you provide feedback to students throughout the lesson and guide them to reflect on what they learned and their own success in the learning process?

· How will you plan for the allocation of time to the different lesson activities?

7. Resources and Materials: List of materials used in planning and during the implementation of the lesson

8. Embedded Technology: Instructional and/or assistive technology incorporated into the lesson to enhance instruction, student learning, and assessment.

9. Differentiation/Accommodations/Modifications/Increase in Rigor: To help meet the needs of all learners, learning differences, cultural and language differences, etc.

· How are you embedding Universal Design for Learning principles within the lesson?

· What specific accommodations are you providing for individual learners and how are these being provided?

· How are you modifying the outcome, process, or product for individual learners?

10. Classroom Management: Strategies consistent with the learning needs of the lesson that also meet student behavior needs to help keep learners on task and actively engaged

· How will you review classroom rules and procedures?

· What specific procedures will be in place to ensure smooth transitions between lesson activities?

· How will you provide reinforcement or acknowledgment to the whole group or individual learners for appropriate behavior?

· How are you using individualized behavior supports for individual learners?

11. Supplementary Activities: Activities for early finishers or if the lesson is completed early that extend learners' understanding of and thinking about the lesson objectives by applying their new knowledge in a different way

12. Lesson Evaluation and Reflection

· To what extent did the learners meet the lesson objectives?

· In what ways did you provide feedback to learners?

· Which activities or strategies did you find the most effective in the lesson?

· What adjustments will you make in future lessons?

· How will you build on today's learning in your next lesson?

Additional Information

Any area or lesson component that may not have been covered by this format that you think is vital to include in this lesson