1. Word for Word: Vocabulary Development Across the Curriculum
Chapter 4
Dr. Harland
C&I 306

2. Vocabulary Instruction Strategies
All content areas need to give students strategies to help them with the vocabulary: Pre-reading strategies
Word Walls (pg. 61)
As a class add words to a wall
Shades of Meaning (pg. 63)
using paint chips write subtle differences between words
Semantic Feature Analysis (pg. 65)
Categorizing words as they read

3. Vocabulary Instruction Strategies (cont)
Kinesthetics in Role-Play (pg. 66)
Act out vocabulary
Write and act out a skit
Journal (pg. 67)
Where students define and apply the vocabulary within that content area
Word Sorts (pg. 69)
Manipulate words into categories
Categories can be given by teacher or
Figured out by students

4. Vocabulary Instruction Strategies (cont)
Quiz Me vocabulary cards (pg. 71)
Cards have a place for adults to sign
Repetition & involvement of adults
Vocabulary Cards (pg. 72)
4 part cards:
Word
Definition in student’s words
Graphic/picture
Sentence using the word

5. Writing a Lesson Plan
Dr. Harland
C&I 306

6. Daily Lesson Plans: Objectives
Objectives: 3 parts:
Student Behavior
What will student do?
What will be observed?
2) Testing situation
The condition
3) Performance criteria
standard
TSWBAT: identify, solve, compare, contrast, recite: Chose from a verb list: use Bloom’s Taxonomy
Given a map, without notes, given a vocabulary list…
At least 85%, four out of five, for 10 minutes
3 Domains: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor domains

7. Diagramming Behavioral Objectives
Color code the three parts of the objective & make a key
Student behavior, testing situation & performance criteria
Underline the verb(s)
In parenthesis after the objective identify it as a cognitive (& its Bloom’s Taxonomy level), affective, or Psychomotor
Penn State: Objective Examples

8. Daily Lesson Plans: Rationale
What was taught prior to lesson/unit
What is the class/grade level
Why is the unit important
What standards it fulfills
What will be after the lesson/unit
What is the main affective objective
How will this unit benefit the student long-term

9. Parts of a Daily Lesson Plan
Date: When the lesson is being taught
Housekeeping Stuff
Attendance, announcements, long-term reminders, collecting or handing back homework (BOHA)
Student/Classroom Description
Describe: Classroom & students
# of students, # of boys, # of girls
Time of day, cultural composition
Known exceptionalities

10. Parts of a Daily Lesson Plan
Illinois State Standards
Go to ISBE website, give key codes and copy & paste actual standards
Materials/Equipment
Handouts for students
Tools for you—overheads, computer/ppt

11. Daily LP: Intro: Set Induction
Start with a Set Induction (Anticipatory Set)
The “Hook” to get students interested
To figure out what students already know
To create a framework on which to build the lesson:
To highlight misconceptions
To create a personal connection to the material: help students care about what they are going to learn
Examples of set inductions:
A demonstration, movie clip, cartoon, audio clip-followed by a question for students to discuss

12. Daily LP: Content: The “stuff”
The What? Topic to be covered
The How? (what method works for the subject?)
Discussion
Lecture/presentation
Cooperative learning
This is what you will probably have in front of you when you teach
Content details: Notes, overheads, ppt, discussion questions, steps for cooperative learning
Case Studies
Guided practice

13. Daily LP: Closure Def: Wrap up/review of lesson
NOT “Do you understand?”
Student led… “Share one thing you learned today.”
Reinforce why topic is important: relate to student’s life
Gear students to the next logical topic
Purpose: to let you know:
if additional practice is needed
whether you need to re-teach
whether you can move on to the next part of the lesson
If objectives were met

14. Daily LP: Assessment Formal (may not happen at the time of the lesson)
Test/Quiz
Quick Question: on 3x5 cards?
Journal Entry
Informal
Discussion
Think-Pair-Share
Walk around ask questions to individual students

15. Last Parts of a Daily Lesson Plan
Homework: Guided Practice
Describe how students will rehearse what they’ve learned
Plan B
If extra time/not enough time
If students have trouble understanding
Adaptations for an Inclusive environment
Describe changes that could be made
Literacy Techniques
List all used techniques (reading, writing, listening, speaking) and what you are doing to improve student skills in these areas.

16. Tips for Writing Daily Lesson Plans
If possible vary the types of activities you do in one class session
Ex. Start with discussion or journal writing, do some lecture, group work & end with an interactive way to review the content.
Teach to as many learning styles possible. Consider “lost” students as opportunities to expand your teaching “bag o’ tricks”
Makes the class time go quickly for you and for your students 
Teach---ReTeach—Review--Reteach

17. Tips for LP writing (cont.)
Vary where you get “content material”
Use more than just the textbook—Be creative
Newspapers, cartoons, college texts, internet
Share Steal—Beg & Borrow to get Lesson Ideas
Use Journals from your content area to get lesson plan ideas

18. Tips for LP writing (cont.)
It may be easier to re-design a lesson than to write one from scratch
Make notes about what you want to change next time you teach a lesson/unit (You think you’ll remember…you won’t!)
Next year…
Save computer files in more than one place so you have them for years to come

19. Planning at the Beginning of the School Year Tips for New Teachers

20. Planning the Year – Long Term
Talk to others who have taught the course
Read course description
Ask for curriculum guide
Divide Year into large chunks (quarters?)
Decide what large topics will be taught when
Use logic when deciding order: What topics build on others?
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Post-it Notes:
Unit/Topic/Chapter

21. Planning the Year – Quarters
Unit = Major Topic you want to cover
Units can be a single chapter or a group of chapters
Units can be thematic
Content based around a social or current event
Topics; covered within a unit: Ex.
Short Stories: topics; parts of a short story, story examples, characterization
Hurricane Katrina: topics; infectious disease, immune system
Cancer: Cells, cell growth,
War: topics: how different countries prepared and performed on the battle field over time

22. Unit Planning Tips Don’t Do start a new unit on a Friday
Plan an exam the night after a huge school activity
Plan difficult/low motivational topics for the end of the year Do
Stagger classes so that end/beginning of units don’t occur at the same time
Determine approx. point values for various activities before unit begins

23. Good News Lesson Planning gets easier with time!

24. For Next Week…
Read Chapter 5: Well read: Promoting Comprehension Through Read Alouds and Shared Readings
Bring highlighters or colored pencils to class