1. Lesson Planning Session Planning effective, standards-based lessons within the practice teaching classroom

2. Fellow Focus: Take a Blooms Taxonomy handout and review the levels. Take five minutes to review your notes from your classroom observation (ISG). What levels of Blooms did you observe? List a couple of examples.

3. Think-Pair-Share With the person sitting next to you, reflect on the following from your observation notes: –What was the most effective part of the lesson? Least effective? –What were the lesson objectives? What level of Blooms were they? –What were the Ss doing to meet the objectives? How did T know objectives were met? –What is another way (higher Blooms) the T could have met the objective? Next identify two elements of effective lessons based on your discussion

4. Pre-Test! Give me an idea of your current comfort level with lesson planning by holding up 5-4-3-2- or 1 finger. –(Five fingers = ultimate comfort) –(One finger = no clue where to start)

5. Objectives: Identify characteristics of effective lesson plans Use the 7-step lesson plan format to begin developing a lesson that incorporates SMART objectives and HITS Evaluate the effectiveness of sample lesson plans and the lesson design checklist Strategize solutions to common challenges to effective lesson planning found within the context of practice teaching

6. Agenda: 10 min 50 min 60 min 15 min 5 min Fellow Focus Intro to effective planning Planning an effective lesson Strategizing solutions to common challenges in PT Closing

7. What’s Next? Your top priority is to close the achievement gap Later we will talk about effective classroom management, and you will see that effective lessons are a HUGE part of that piece Today you will begin learning to plan effective lessons that you can use in PT

8. Individual Overview of Instructional Planning Refer to GB page 119 Read steps 1-6 which must occur prior to writing a lesson Briefly scan pages 101-118 for an overview of planning an effective lesson Highlight and rate 1, 2, 3 the three most important things you see

9. Group Assignment: Find all the Fellows with the same color Blooms page as you (3-4 per group) Create a concept pattern poster to identify and organize characteristics of effective lesson plans Each group member should contribute two ideas (initial your own) View the Effective Teacher concept pattern for the format (copies in today’s folder) You have 10 minutes – hang poster when done!

10. For Your Toolbox: Reading strategy Grouping strategy Having Students initial their ideas on a group poster

11. Compare and Contrast Ideas Trade posters with another group Create a Venn diagram to identify similarities and differences between the two posters You have a sample Venn diagram in today’s folder You have 5 minutes

12. Master List: What Makes an Effective Lesson? Based on clear, specific objectives Objectives are aligned to standards Aligned to assessments (created prior) Clear beginning, middle, end Structured components Checks for understanding Uses HITS as appropriate Differentiated to meet learners needs Clearly emphasize key points/ideas

13. SMART Objectives Specific Measureable Aligned to Standards (Blooms) Realistic Time-bound

14. 7-step lesson plan Pg 115 shows what the 7 components are in a 7-step plan Review the plan, and: –Identify the Blooms level of the objective –Identify two HITS used in the lesson –(3 minutes)

15. New Groups! On your folder for today there is a number 1-5. Find your other group members after instructions. Take the 7-step lesson plan in your folder, and evaluate the lesson plan based on this portion of the LDC (GB pg 117): –Group 1: Q 1&2 –Group 2: Lesson opening –Group 3: Intro of new material –Group 4:Student practice –Group 5: Closing You have 8 minutes to evaluate, then 1 minute to share out

16. What’s next? Now that you have a better idea of what an effective plan looks like, you will have an opportunity to begin creating a lesson plan for PT. You will work independently, then share with a partner to reflect and modify…

17. Create Your Lesson Plan! Use blank framework template in folder (also on Wiki) You have 40 minutes to plan your lesson. Use checklist (p 117) as guide Use standards provided in folder (choose 1 standard) You will be sharing w/ a partner

18. Now share your lesson plan! Take 5 minutes to review your partner’s plan –How do the steps flow? –What outcomes are evident (or not) at each step? –What challenges might be faced? –What is most effective about the plan? Take 5 minutes to give feedback, then switch to the other partner

19. What’s next? You’ve planned your first lesson! This is a PROCESS – use all your resources to continue in your development Remember to anticipate challenges and BE FLEXIBLE in your plans Next we will begin to anticipate some common challenges…

20. Anticipating challenges: Carousel walk Each group (table groups) will have 3 minutes to list challenges related to the topic on their assigned T-Chart We will rotate (clockwise) and fill in solutions on other groups charts (2 min each) You will review the solutions on your own chart and choose one challenge and solution to share out

21. What have you learned? Turn to your partner and take 1 minute each to share something you learned today and one question you still have Now let’s repeat the 1-2-3-4-5 – what is your comfort level NOW with lesson planning?

22. Closing Move the arrow to the area of the framework that we focused on today Move the arrows to some HITS we used today

23. Important Take-Aways Your lesson plans for PT must have the following components: –A daily objective –Activities that utilize HITS –Daily assessment(s) –Data used to inform tomorrow’s teaching

24. Let’s Review the Objectives: Identify characteristics of effective lesson plans Use the 7-step lesson plan format to begin developing a lesson that incorporates SMART objectives and HITS Evaluate the effectiveness of sample lesson plans and the lesson design checklist Strategize solutions to common challenges to effective lesson planning found within the context of practice teaching