1. Guiding Questions (Pillars of Good Teaching)
Why am I teaching this lesson?
Lesson rationale or justification
What do I want my students to learn?
Learning or lesson objective
IEP Objective(s)
How will I teach this specific learning/IEP objective?
How will I know if the students learned the objective?
How will I engage my students?

2. What is a Learning Objective?
Objectives must be clear to students
Students should know what they are doing and why they are doing it
Students should understand the objectives as part of a larger picture
Fully explain the objective in context
The students should be able to explain them
Can be differentiated
Success criteria should be clear (assessment)

3. What is Included in a Learning Objective?
Student
Clearly defined observable action
Specified measurement

4. Examples The students will correctly list the eight Hawai’ian Islands
The students will correctly label the eight Hawai’ian Islands
The students will write two differences between the ecosystems of Hilo and Kona
Find a partner and write two observable and measurable learning objectives

6. Lesson Plan Activity Guiding Questions
Why am I teaching this lesson?
Lesson rationale or justification
What do I want my students to learn?
Learning or lesson objective
IEP Objective(s)
How will I teach this specific learning/IEP objective? Cycle of Instruction
How will I know if the students learned the objective?
How will I engage my students?

7. Lesson Plan Components
Lesson Rationale or Justification
Learning objective
CCSS
Instructional Process
Modeling
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Formative Assessment aligned directly to learning objective
How do you actively work to engage students?