1. The Holy Family Lesson Plan Format
Lesson Plans
The Holy Family Lesson Plan Format

2. Designing the Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Academic Standards
Goals for Understanding
Instructional Objective
Student Behaviors
Sources of Evidence
Criteria for Evaluation
Teaching to the Objective
Introduction/Motivation/Prior Knowledge
Developmental Activities (Differentiation)
Closure
Assessment
Follow Up
Materials/Resources

3. Academic Standards
Standards define what each student should know and do in a core set of subjects. They give students a solid foundation in the basics and provide consistent targets for students, teachers and parents. Standards allow schools to measure student achievement.
Aligned standards and assessments provide the ability to see how well students are performing and how much they are improving.

4. Writing Instructional Objectives
Behavior
Audience
Given a list of dinosaurs, students will be able to arrange
them in their various groups with 80% accuracy
Condition--- the setting where the behavior will be demonstrated and observed by teacher
Degree or Expectation– level at which student will excel (as per mastery learning—88-95%)
“condition”
“degree”
“measurable”

5. Words to Avoid Understand Learn Know Enjoy Appreciate Value
They are vague and are not observable or measurable because there is no product involved.

6. Blooms Taxonomy Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating

7. Remembering: can the student recall or remember the information?
define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state
Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts?
classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
Applying: can the student use the information in a new way?
choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.

8. Analyzing: can the student distinguish between the different parts?
appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.
Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision?
appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate
Creating: can the student create new product or point of view?
assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write.

9. Differentiation
Adjust the content, process and product based on students readiness, interests and how they learn (modalities), maximizing growth and individual success
Utilizing a variety of instructional and management strategies
Special considerations made for students with
learning disabilities;
IEP’s
Visual/hearing problems
504 accommodations

10. Examples Taped material Tiered lessons Learning contracts
Small group instruction
Independent study
Literature circles
Lecture
Questioning
Teacher centered
Cooperative learning
Inquiry based learning
Student-centered projects
Interest centers
Compacting
Varied questioning strategies
Varied homework

11. Websites
--Using Bloom's Taxonomy in Assignment Design
– standards and other information

12. http://glossary. plasmalink. com/glossary
– glossary of instructional strategies
- Guide to Writing Objectives
-Observable Verbs for Cognitive Domain Instructional Objectives

13. Differentiated Instruction