1. Lesson Planning Notes 6.5

2. Title of Activity:
Lesson Plan Concept

3. Age Group:
Target age you will be focusing on

4. Development Goal:
Statement that tells “why” are you doing the activity. To write, think and then ask yourself, “what can the children learn from this experience?”

5. Learning Objectives:
Describe the expected outcome of an activity. States the conditions under which the children will perform. There are three parts to the learning objectives:

6. 1. Conditions of performance:
List what materials, equipment, or tool the student will use. Example: crayon, puzzle, grouping in small group.

7. 2. Behavior:
Refers to any visible activities done by the student, tells what they will be doing. Avoid words such as, understand, enjoy, believe Examples: match, count, glue

8. 3. Level of the performance:
States the minimum standard of achievement. How well do you want the student to perform?

9. Bloom’s Taxonomy

10. Knowledge
This thinking skill tells you that a student can recall or recognize information, concepts and ideas in the approximate form in which they were learned.
Examples: fill in the blank, label, list, locate, match, recall, spell, tell

11. Comprehension
This thinking skill tells you that a student can grasp and interpret prior learning.
Examples: describe, explain, retell in your own words, summarize, paraphrase

12. Application
This thinking skill tells you that a student can transfer selected information to life problem or new task with a minimum of direction.
Examples: apply, construct, demonstrate, give an example, show, solve

13. Analysis
This thinking skill tells you that a student can examine, take apart, classify, predict and draw conclusions.
Example: compare, contrast, debate, distinguish, examine, specify

14. Synthesis
This thinking skill tells you that a student can originate, combine, and integrate parts of prior knowledge into a product, plan, or proposal that is new.
Examples: formulate, combinations of ideas to form a new whole

15. Evaluation
This thinking skill tells you that a student can apprise, assess or criticize on the basis of specific standards and criteria.
Example: making value decisions about issues, development of opinions, judgment, support, defend

16. Examples of Learning Objective:
Given a three-piece puzzle the student will match all of the pieces together correctly.
The student will able to (TSWBA) to cut each piece of paper into five stars and two circles.
TSWBA to match each letter to the chosen work in the given amount of time.

17. Materials Needed: Everything needed in a lesson plan.
Example: finger paint, paper, aprons, wet sponge, worksheet, book

18. Motivation: Describes how you will gain student’s attention.
Example: Puppets, photographs, played music
What are some things teachers have done to get your attention?

19. Procedure:
Step by step
Directions
Order of doing things.

20. Closure: How will the activity end?
Example: If you are learning about barn animals, you might have students act out their favorite barn animals or share one thing they have learned in the day.

21. Assessment: Three Steps: Evaluating the learning experience
Evaluating the students and their responses
Evaluating your own teaching strategies