Education mod. 5 assignment (w)

LessonPlanTemplate1.docx

Annotated Lesson Template Guide

When creating your lesson you will use this template to design the activity. The areas in Black indicate what should be addressed in each box. The Red text provides you with examples and tips to help fill out these sections. When you complete the lesson, ALL sections should be filled in on the chart.

Your Name:

Age/level of Student:

Demographics of Students:

Date:

Length of Activity:

Developmental Domain(s) Covered:

Activity Title:

Remove all red writing

Goals:

What do you want the students to learn in this lesson?

*Think in terms of developmental goals/levels/outcomes

Rationale:

What is your reason for wanting the students to learn this?

*What are developmental needs for the age group?

DAP (Developmentally Appropriate)

How do you know this is DAP? According to what standards will you know this is developmentally appropriate?

*Provide specific examples of how this meets elements of developmentally appropriate practice.

*If you have specific state standards, you will include these here.

How will you assess the student’s prior knowledge in order to do this activity successfully?

What do students need to know in order to do this activity correctly?

*This portion should address key developmental abilities needed to successfully carry out the activity. These are not just academic skills; think in terms of developmental levels. You may need to include developmental concepts beyond the specific focus of the activity. For example, a lesson plan focusing on language development may also require social and emotional areas to be present.

Lesson Activities and Steps

In this column, you will tell the details of your plan

Materials & Resources

In this column, you will tell what materials you will use.

Assessment of Activity

How will you know that the students have met the goals that you have for them? What will you look for? How will you know it was a success?

*This is not a numerical score. Think about the outcome for your activity and what type of behaviors you would anticipate.

Assessment Tools

Is there a tool you will use to show how students did with this activity?

*Tools can be a variety of methods, including observations or a sample of the child’s work.

Procedures

Indicate, in great detail, how you will do this activity. *This should be a step-by-step guide to follow. If you were to pass this to another teacher, would the teacher be able to carry out the activity based on your directions?

Before you begin, you should think about:

· How will you start?

· How will you gain the children’s attention?

· What materials will you need to gather?

· What specific statements would you use to introduce the activity?

· What prep work will you need to do beforehand?

Main Activity

· Write step-by-step procedures of how you will do this activity. Be VERY specific.

· Indicate what the teacher should say and do.

· Indicate what you want the children to do.

· A good way to look at it is if you were sick and you had a sub, does that person have all the directions needed to do that activity?

Closing the Activity

· What will you do to let the children know the activity has ended? *Do you have specific words to use?

· Will the children have to help clean up?

· Do they need to transition to another activity? For example, if they will go outside, how will you keep them engaged while you wrap up the activity and move them to the next stage?

What resource or materials will you use?

*List the specific materials and resources you will use in this section. Think of this as a recipe and include the ingredients.

Response Required

How will you extend the learning after the activity has been completed?

*How can you connect this to another learning center or activity for children? How can you continue to promote the same developmental goals?

Response Required

Will other items be needed for the extension?

*List materials, resources, support needed to extend learning activity

Response Required

Evaluation and Reflection

Take time to reflect and evaluate your current lesson plan. Provide a substantial response to each of the following questions:

· How does this activity align with the developmental needs of children for your selected age group? Be specific in your response.

· How does this activity support the specified developmental domain?

· How could this activity be modified to meet the specific learning needs of individual children?

5.OutsideResourcesandCurriculumDevelopment.docx

Outside Resources and Curriculum Development

Although outside services are not the main factor in designing curriculum, the information provided by third parties plays an important role in creating developmentally appropriate curriculum since the information shared by the other professionals helps provide better insight into the learning needs of the child. The ECE practitioner then uses this information, combined with the information collected through their own observations and discussions with families to create the learning experiences for the child.

When you consider the wide variety of learning needs in a classroom, the additional information provided by outside resources allows you to gain a broader understanding of unique challenges and developmental areas that may otherwise have been overlooked. It is not possible to be an expert in every area of development, which is why it is important to seek information from others who have more experience in a specific area. By using multiple resources, you can create curriculum that enhances the learning environment for all children in your care.

The following video provides an example of collaborating with families. This website provides educators with resources and ideas to support classroom practices across diverse settings. As you view the video, consider how you support collaboration in your own practice.

Collaboration with Families and Other Partners: Essential Features of High Quality Inclusion

5.WhyUseOutsideResources.docx

Why Use Outside Resources?

Using outside resources is an essential part of curriculum planning, especially for children with special needs. Not only do outside resources provide you with new perspectives and ideas, they can also add to the learning environment with concepts or support that is beyond what an ECE professional has access to in their setting.

Common outside resources can include websites or community organizations which relate to a specific need of a young child in your care. For example, a child with a mild learning disability might benefit from resources available from a local college that specializes in educational programs related to their developmental needs. An ECE professional can reach out to the head of the program and get ideas or strategies which would align with the needs of this one child.

Another example might be an online education forum in which professional share experiences and ideas from their own classrooms and ask advice from those working in the field. This allows individuals to collaborate with others who have worked with a variety of children and specific developmental needs to gain insight into strategies that could meet the current needs of the children in their care.

Locating Resources

There are a variety of methods to locate resources and with the growing availability of online resources many individuals can easily locate materials related to the needs of the children in their care.

Head Start offers many resources for educators and families to enhance their understanding of specific disabilities. The following Parent Center Hub website provides brief overviews on specific disabilities that can be helpful to teachers and families.

Suggested Activity

If you have Pinterest account, take a moment to search using key terms related to ECE and special needs. For example, you might search for preschool activities and ELL (English Language Learners). This will provide you with some creative ideas that can benefit this specific population of learners. Although this is not a professional organization, it should give you an idea of the range of resources available to you and what may be relevant for the children in your care.

LessonPlanTemplate1.docx

Annotated Lesson Template Guide

When creating your lesson you will use this template to design the activity. The areas in Black indicate what should be addressed in each box. The Red text provides you with examples and tips to help fill out these sections. When you complete the lesson, ALL sections should be filled in on the chart.

Your Name:

Age/level of Student:

Demographics of Students:

Date:

Length of Activity:

Developmental Domain(s) Covered:

Activity Title:

Remove all red writing

Goals:

What do you want the students to learn in this lesson?

*Think in terms of developmental goals/levels/outcomes

Rationale:

What is your reason for wanting the students to learn this?

*What are developmental needs for the age group?

DAP (Developmentally Appropriate)

How do you know this is DAP? According to what standards will you know this is developmentally appropriate?

*Provide specific examples of how this meets elements of developmentally appropriate practice.

*If you have specific state standards, you will include these here.

How will you assess the student’s prior knowledge in order to do this activity successfully?

What do students need to know in order to do this activity correctly?

*This portion should address key developmental abilities needed to successfully carry out the activity. These are not just academic skills; think in terms of developmental levels. You may need to include developmental concepts beyond the specific focus of the activity. For example, a lesson plan focusing on language development may also require social and emotional areas to be present.

Lesson Activities and Steps

In this column, you will tell the details of your plan

Materials & Resources

In this column, you will tell what materials you will use.

Assessment of Activity

How will you know that the students have met the goals that you have for them? What will you look for? How will you know it was a success?

*This is not a numerical score. Think about the outcome for your activity and what type of behaviors you would anticipate.

Assessment Tools

Is there a tool you will use to show how students did with this activity?

*Tools can be a variety of methods, including observations or a sample of the child’s work.

Procedures

Indicate, in great detail, how you will do this activity. *This should be a step-by-step guide to follow. If you were to pass this to another teacher, would the teacher be able to carry out the activity based on your directions?

Before you begin, you should think about:

· How will you start?

· How will you gain the children’s attention?

· What materials will you need to gather?

· What specific statements would you use to introduce the activity?

· What prep work will you need to do beforehand?

Main Activity

· Write step-by-step procedures of how you will do this activity. Be VERY specific.

· Indicate what the teacher should say and do.

· Indicate what you want the children to do.

· A good way to look at it is if you were sick and you had a sub, does that person have all the directions needed to do that activity?

Closing the Activity

· What will you do to let the children know the activity has ended? *Do you have specific words to use?

· Will the children have to help clean up?

· Do they need to transition to another activity? For example, if they will go outside, how will you keep them engaged while you wrap up the activity and move them to the next stage?

What resource or materials will you use?

*List the specific materials and resources you will use in this section. Think of this as a recipe and include the ingredients.

Response Required

How will you extend the learning after the activity has been completed?

*How can you connect this to another learning center or activity for children? How can you continue to promote the same developmental goals?

Response Required

Will other items be needed for the extension?

*List materials, resources, support needed to extend learning activity

Response Required

Evaluation and Reflection

Take time to reflect and evaluate your current lesson plan. Provide a substantial response to each of the following questions:

· How does this activity align with the developmental needs of children for your selected age group? Be specific in your response.

· How does this activity support the specified developmental domain?

· How could this activity be modified to meet the specific learning needs of individual children?

5.OutsideResourcesandCurriculumDevelopment.docx

Outside Resources and Curriculum Development

Although outside services are not the main factor in designing curriculum, the information provided by third parties plays an important role in creating developmentally appropriate curriculum since the information shared by the other professionals helps provide better insight into the learning needs of the child. The ECE practitioner then uses this information, combined with the information collected through their own observations and discussions with families to create the learning experiences for the child.

When you consider the wide variety of learning needs in a classroom, the additional information provided by outside resources allows you to gain a broader understanding of unique challenges and developmental areas that may otherwise have been overlooked. It is not possible to be an expert in every area of development, which is why it is important to seek information from others who have more experience in a specific area. By using multiple resources, you can create curriculum that enhances the learning environment for all children in your care.

The following video provides an example of collaborating with families. This website provides educators with resources and ideas to support classroom practices across diverse settings. As you view the video, consider how you support collaboration in your own practice.

Collaboration with Families and Other Partners: Essential Features of High Quality Inclusion

5.WhyUseOutsideResources.docx

Why Use Outside Resources?

Using outside resources is an essential part of curriculum planning, especially for children with special needs. Not only do outside resources provide you with new perspectives and ideas, they can also add to the learning environment with concepts or support that is beyond what an ECE professional has access to in their setting.

Common outside resources can include websites or community organizations which relate to a specific need of a young child in your care. For example, a child with a mild learning disability might benefit from resources available from a local college that specializes in educational programs related to their developmental needs. An ECE professional can reach out to the head of the program and get ideas or strategies which would align with the needs of this one child.

Another example might be an online education forum in which professional share experiences and ideas from their own classrooms and ask advice from those working in the field. This allows individuals to collaborate with others who have worked with a variety of children and specific developmental needs to gain insight into strategies that could meet the current needs of the children in their care.

Locating Resources

There are a variety of methods to locate resources and with the growing availability of online resources many individuals can easily locate materials related to the needs of the children in their care.

Head Start offers many resources for educators and families to enhance their understanding of specific disabilities. The following Parent Center Hub website provides brief overviews on specific disabilities that can be helpful to teachers and families.

Suggested Activity

If you have Pinterest account, take a moment to search using key terms related to ECE and special needs. For example, you might search for preschool activities and ELL (English Language Learners). This will provide you with some creative ideas that can benefit this specific population of learners. Although this is not a professional organization, it should give you an idea of the range of resources available to you and what may be relevant for the children in your care.

LessonPlanTemplate1.docx

Annotated Lesson Template Guide

When creating your lesson you will use this template to design the activity. The areas in Black indicate what should be addressed in each box. The Red text provides you with examples and tips to help fill out these sections. When you complete the lesson, ALL sections should be filled in on the chart.

Your Name:

Age/level of Student:

Demographics of Students:

Date:

Length of Activity:

Developmental Domain(s) Covered:

Activity Title:

Remove all red writing

Goals:

What do you want the students to learn in this lesson?

*Think in terms of developmental goals/levels/outcomes

Rationale:

What is your reason for wanting the students to learn this?

*What are developmental needs for the age group?

DAP (Developmentally Appropriate)

How do you know this is DAP? According to what standards will you know this is developmentally appropriate?

*Provide specific examples of how this meets elements of developmentally appropriate practice.

*If you have specific state standards, you will include these here.

How will you assess the student’s prior knowledge in order to do this activity successfully?

What do students need to know in order to do this activity correctly?

*This portion should address key developmental abilities needed to successfully carry out the activity. These are not just academic skills; think in terms of developmental levels. You may need to include developmental concepts beyond the specific focus of the activity. For example, a lesson plan focusing on language development may also require social and emotional areas to be present.

Lesson Activities and Steps

In this column, you will tell the details of your plan

Materials & Resources

In this column, you will tell what materials you will use.

Assessment of Activity

How will you know that the students have met the goals that you have for them? What will you look for? How will you know it was a success?

*This is not a numerical score. Think about the outcome for your activity and what type of behaviors you would anticipate.

Assessment Tools

Is there a tool you will use to show how students did with this activity?

*Tools can be a variety of methods, including observations or a sample of the child’s work.

Procedures

Indicate, in great detail, how you will do this activity. *This should be a step-by-step guide to follow. If you were to pass this to another teacher, would the teacher be able to carry out the activity based on your directions?

Before you begin, you should think about:

· How will you start?

· How will you gain the children’s attention?

· What materials will you need to gather?

· What specific statements would you use to introduce the activity?

· What prep work will you need to do beforehand?

Main Activity

· Write step-by-step procedures of how you will do this activity. Be VERY specific.

· Indicate what the teacher should say and do.

· Indicate what you want the children to do.

· A good way to look at it is if you were sick and you had a sub, does that person have all the directions needed to do that activity?

Closing the Activity

· What will you do to let the children know the activity has ended? *Do you have specific words to use?

· Will the children have to help clean up?

· Do they need to transition to another activity? For example, if they will go outside, how will you keep them engaged while you wrap up the activity and move them to the next stage?

What resource or materials will you use?

*List the specific materials and resources you will use in this section. Think of this as a recipe and include the ingredients.

Response Required

How will you extend the learning after the activity has been completed?

*How can you connect this to another learning center or activity for children? How can you continue to promote the same developmental goals?

Response Required

Will other items be needed for the extension?

*List materials, resources, support needed to extend learning activity

Response Required

Evaluation and Reflection

Take time to reflect and evaluate your current lesson plan. Provide a substantial response to each of the following questions:

· How does this activity align with the developmental needs of children for your selected age group? Be specific in your response.

· How does this activity support the specified developmental domain?

· How could this activity be modified to meet the specific learning needs of individual children?

5.OutsideResourcesandCurriculumDevelopment.docx

5.SupportingFamilies.docx

5.WhyUseOutsideResources.docx

LessonPlanTemplate1.docx

5.OutsideResourcesandCurriculumDevelopment.docx

5.SupportingFamilies.docx

5.WhyUseOutsideResources.docx

LessonPlanTemplate1.docx

LessonPlanTemplate1.docx

5.OutsideResourcesandCurriculumDevelopment.docx

5.SupportingFamilies.docx

5.WhyUseOutsideResources.docx

LessonPlanTemplate1.docx

5.OutsideResourcesandCurriculumDevelopment.docx

5.SupportingFamilies.docx

5.WhyUseOutsideResources.docx

LessonPlanTemplate1.docx