Principles of planning 10-11-16

Aims Overview Planning effective lessons Lesson content and structure Organisational details Focus on learning Lesson structure Vocabulary Resources

Aims Homework Evaluation

Overview Planning is the cornerstone to effective learning but it can be one of the most challenging aspects of teaching. Teachers Standards (DFE, 2013) define the minimum level of practice from the point of being awarded QTS. Teachers standards which relate to planning are as follows:- Plan and teach well structured lessons Impart knowledge and develop understanding through effective use of lesson time Promote a love of learning and children’s intellectual curiosity

Overview Set homework and plan out of class activities to consolidate and extend the knowledge and understanding pupils have acquired. Reflect systematically on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching Contribute to the design and provision of an engaging curriculum within the relevant subject areas.

Planning effective lessons Lesson content and structure Classroom organisation Teaching strategies

Lesson content and structure Many different ways Often adapted to suit the needs of the subject area Different schools have different methods of planning Look at lesson plans Focus on learning – what do you want the children to learn? This will help you to choose activities which support their learning Build on previous lessons

Task We would like children to learn how to write a formal letter. How would you go about this ?

The success of this may be identified as:- Place their own address correctly Date the letter correctly Use a formal style of writing to convey meaning Sign the letter correctly

Review the effectiveness of your planning using smart targets Specific to the children and to the intended learning Measurable in terms of progress against learning Attainable for all children Realistic within the time parameters and the learning challenge Timely clear outcomes within a given timeframe

Intended learning –success criteria –assessment strategy A good success criteria enables you to quickly make a decision about whether a child has achieved the intended learning and if not what are they finding difficult. How will you assess? Collect letters in and mark. Q and A Observations

Important Get this in place before you teach With more experience differentiation will be included – useful phrases are, some children will be and a few will be

Lesson structure Once intended learning has been established you then need to embed your ideas. How are you going to achieve learning? Consider the overall structure of the lesson. How will it begin? How can you engage children form the start of the activity? This can be thought of as the hook

How will your lesson progress? Will it follow a format of introduction, main activity and plenary? Or is there potential for doing shorter activities with mini plenaries to clarify, monitor or assess learning?

At each point you should think about 3 things What will the teacher be teaching and why? What will the children be doing in order to learn? How long will it take to do both of these?

The previous questions enable you to: - Think about which strategies best promote learning? Which learning theories underpin these? !!!!!!!!! How best to engage learning?

Task Research learning theories Behaviourism Constructivism Social constructivism New theories located in the neurosciences are emerging All of the above influence our ways of teaching

Timings Put these in your plan Manage time effectively Extension activities planned

Vocabulary Identify new vocabulary Intend children to learn

Resources What will you need?

homework Homework policy What does this do? Children are more likely to see the benefit of h/w if they can see the value in it

Evaluation Important because it gets you to reflect on the lesson Use Gibbs

What have you learnt?