1. Planning Instruction

2. Who determines what teachers teach?
Educational Standards/Instructional Goals
statements of what students are expected to know and be able to do at certain points in their education
National Standards
State standards
Local standards

3. State of Texas Standards
TEKS
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TEA
Texas Education Agency

4. Curriculum: What does it mean?
Teaching methods: Reading a story, singing songs, field trips, cooking, scribbling on paper, creating foldables, lecture, notes, group projects…
Learning to read, write, problem solve, etc.
Assessment and evaluation
It includes the specifics about the content, details of what is taught, how it is taught, as well as the materials used to teach.

5. The Curriculum Development Process:
Involve a team
Teachers, administrators, counselors, even people from industry.

6. How will learning be organized?
Lesson Plan
Unit Plan
Course or Block Plan

7. Things to be Considered in Planning:
Class and school schedules
Characteristics of your students
Instructional Units- Elementary uses themes
Opportunities for learning
Teacher characteristics

8. Themes One main topic or idea in which activities are centered around.
Allows children to connect previous learning.
Builds connections and reinforces what was learned.

9. Elements of a Lesson Plan How will learning take place?

10. Lesson Plans: Detailed outlines of what will be taught.
3 important purposes documentation of what is being taught and how it matches standards (TEKS) Helps teachers to think through how and what they will teach Allow a substitute to step in and continue the learning process

11. Lesson Plans differ in format *Five Items Always on the lesson plan
Title
Topic
Standards/TEKS
Objective
Time period
Introduction or Motivation
Step-by step procedure
Guided practice or independent practice
Closure
Assessment/ Evaluation
Materials/resources
Adaptations for special needs
Notes

12. Standards/TEKS Broad/Guidelines
Examples of TEKS Health—6c identify practices used to control the spread of germs. This is a broad statement, what lessons could you teach from this statement? Think Detailed objective…. Detail objective/lesson- hand washing, how to sneeze, sharing food, etc.

13. Age: Kindergarten Topic: Math
TEK- K6 b- Count by ones to 100.
(broad statement)
How can this be broken down?
Teach in segments 1-10, 10-20, 20-30, etc. weekly. You have the whole year to successfully meet this TEK.

14. Age: Kindergarten Topic: Art
TEK- 1b
Identify colors, textures, forms and subjects in the environment.
You have the whole year to teach this TEK.
What lesson could you create with this TEK?
( teaching the color RED, BLUE, YELLOW etc. )
( teaching shapes round, triangle, square, etc.)

15. Age: Kindergarten Topic: Social Studies
TEK- 1a Explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents day, Veterans Day, Independence Day,
How could this TEK be met?
( creating THEMES around each holiday as it falls with in the year)
Simple

16. Age: Kindergarten Topic: Government
TEK- 8a identify the purpose of having rules.
Simple interpretation, related to real life experience for the kindergartner.
Stop signs, poison control (asking before you eat something to keep you safe).

17. Parts of a Lesson Plan Foldable:
Two sheets of colored paper.
Fold into a hamburger style .
Cut fold.
Fold again.

18. Materials: Everything you need for the lesson
May include resources such as websites, names and contacts for guest speakers, etc.

19. Instructional Objectives:
Clear statements of what students will achieve.
Identifies the purpose of the lesson.
The lesson is developed to allow the students to meet the objectives.
Provide focus for teaching.
Translate the TEKS/standards into specific smaller segments.
Form the stepping stone for meeting the goals of the standards.

20. Introduction/Motivation/Focus:
The Hook!
How will you grab the students attention?
A prompt or short activity that focuses the students attention before the actual lesson begins.
3-5 minutes
Short video clip
Questioning
Props

21. Step by Step Procedure:
The TEACH part
How do the students get the information
Teaching strategy: lecture, film, exploration, tape, definitions,
Vocabulary, etc.

22. Guided /Independent Practice:
A good lesson provides opportunity for students to practice what they have learned. Guided- an activity designed to reinforce and apply learning that includes feedback from other students/teacher, working in class in centers, stations, groups.
Independent: working at home, or on something (project) alone.

23. Closure: A review or a wrap up of the lesson
“Tell me / show me what you have learned today.”
Questioning

24. Evaluation/ Assessment:
Ticket out the door
How do you know learning took place?
Were the objectives met?

25. Writing Objective Statements

26. A well written objective should include the following…

27. Behavior: Specific observable behavior verb statement
the child will cut…
…the child will be able to count…
…the child will match…
…the child will jump…
…the child will retell…

28. Which are observable Verbs?
Learn
Weigh
Ask
Know
Catch
Follow
Climb
Remove
Understand
Appreciate
Enjoy
Lace
Say
Name
Write
Add
Fully appreciate
Really understand
name

29. Identifies an action or product:
Students must do or produce something concrete to indicate learning.
Example: a kindergartner might “assemble a 20 piece puzzle”, a high school student studying personal finance might “make a list of all personal expenses”.

30. Activity:
Using Working with young children, read page 275 beginning with the lesson plan section. Review each part of the lesson plan and write a summary. Review the lesson plans on page 277.

31. Examples of Verbs for Observable Objectives
Add, apply, analyze,
Calculate, categorize, combine, compare, complete, compute, construct, create,
Debate, define, demonstrate, describe, design, draw, estimate, evaluate, explain, find out, identify, judge, label, list, make , match, measure, operate, organize, predict, present, prepare, rank, rate, revise, rewrite, select, sort, spell, summarize, throw, translate, write, weigh

32. Condition of Performance: List materials, tools, or equipment the child will use.Or states under what circumstances.
Given a three piece puzzle…
Using crayons and a pencil….
With out aid from the teacher…
After listening to the story…
Working independently….
With out a calculator…
With in a 10 minute period….

33. Guided Practice Activity:
Write 3 objective statements for a lesson teaching students about the color red. After writing the statements, find a partner, compare your statements and discuss. Provide feedback to your partner: does it include all parts, observable verbs, why or why not.

34. Together Discuss Possible Ideas for the following TEK:
Language and Reading, Kindergarten
3a – Identify the common sounds that letters represent.
The Lesson – the letter “H”
Objective
Introduction
Teaching ideas/procedure
Guided or independent practice
Closure
evaluation

35. Quiz: Take out a sheet of paper.
Write your full name on the left top corner
Title: Parts of a Lesson Plan
List 8 parts of a lesson plan.
Tell me one important thing we talked about regarding each.