this is for Kim Woods

Grade Level:

What grade level is this lesson intended for?

Content Area(s):

What content area(s) will this lesson address? How will you be integrating more than one curricular area? How will you integrate technology?

Unit Goals:

What global idea or “BIG” idea will you apply in this lesson? The goal for a lesson should be very general and could apply to many lessons in the same unit of study.

Academic Content Standard(s):

Which content standard(s) will be the focus of the teaching in this lesson? Write out the complete standard including the item number and descriptor.

Lesson Rationale:

What is the purpose for choosing to teach this lesson? Was the decision based on analysis of collected data; classroom assessment, district assessment, state assessment? Is it an essential standard identified for the grade level?

Essential Question(s):

What essential questions will focus students on the learning in this lesson? Essential questions are influential, directive and require students to employ the process of critical thought through inquiry. Students construct a response that involves building personal knowledge. Essential questions require decision-making and/or implementation of an action plan.

Behavioral Objective(s):

Under what conditions, will the student demonstrate what they learn and how well can they validate the knowledge gained in the lesson? Objectives should be written including four components; condition, audience, behavior, and degree of mastery.

Instructional Objective(s):

What will be the teacher focus during the lesson? How will the teacher’s focus during the lesson define and develop their practice? How will the teacher’s actions demonstrate a holistic, developmental view of teaching?

Assessment Tool(s):

What assessment tool will you use to determine each student’s mastery of the objective(s)? The assessment tool should be aligned with the goal(s), standard(s), and objective(s) in the lesson.

Instructional Strategies:

What instructional strategies will you use during the lesson? Varied instructional strategies should be used in each lesson, going beyond lecture and workbook pages.

Lesson Sequence

Time:

How much time will you allot for the teaching of this lesson? How will you transition from the various instructional stages of the lesson?

Transfer Of Knowledge, Setting The Stage For Learning, Sharing Of Objective(s) With Students:

What methods will you use to focus students on the lesson? How will you capture their interest? In what ways will you tie this lesson to the students’ past knowledge? How will you communicate the objective/lesson purpose to students?

Guided Practice:

In what way will you practice the lesson concepts with the entire class before differentiating the instruction for various learner groups? What instructional strategy will be incorporated during guided practice?

Independent Practice:

What will students from various learner groups do to practice the new concept from the lesson?

Closure:

What culminating comments, activities, or discussions will be used to restate the concepts taught in the lesson? How will you establish whether or not students have developed concept understandings and can execute basic skills?

Differentiated Instruction

Activities – Teaching & Grouping Strategies

Gifted & Talented

What activities will the GATE students be asked to perform that are appropriate to their abilities and which will lead to further development of personal understanding?

ELL

What activities will the ELL students be asked to perform that are appropriate to their abilities? How will the lesson use scaffolding to allow equal access to lesson content?

Below Grade Level

What activities will the below grade level students be asked to perform that are appropriate to their abilities? How will these activities create concrete experiences which can be applied in an abstract manner?

Special Education

(IEP, 504, Or Other)

What activities will the students with special needs be asked to perform that are appropriate to their abilities? How will individualized scaffolding be incorporated for each student’s distinct need?

Resources

Texts/Trade Books:

What textbooks or trade books will best support the instruction of the lesson and student learning?

Handouts:

What handouts need to be prepared and used to best support the instruction of the lesson and student learning?

Technology:

What technology will be utilized to best support the instruction and student learning?

Other Materials:

What other materials will be needed to support the instruction and student learning?