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Enhancing Lesson Planning. White Plains City School District March 9, 2011. Today’s Objectives & Outcome. By the end of the session, you will be able to Describe each component of the lesson plan template
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Enhancing Lesson Planning White Plains City School District March 9, 2011
Today’s Objectives & Outcome • By the end of the session, you will be able to • Describe each component of the lesson plan template • Use the template to review, refine, and/or plan a lesson to be taught within the next five days • At the end of the session, each individual or group will submit a lesson plan to the Coordinator in order to share with colleagues.
Warm-up3-2-1 Activity • Individually, list the following: (5 minutes) • Three lesson plan components with which you are comfortable. • Two lesson plan components that you find challenging. • One question you still have about lesson planning. • Share your responses with your table group. (5 minutes) • Whole-group share out. (5 minutes)
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATELearning Objective • What do you want students to know or be able to do after completing the lesson? • Does this meet the criteria for a sound objective? • How do you plan to communicate the learning objective to the students? • How will you ensure that every student can refer to the objective throughout the lesson? • How will you make the learning objective relevant to students? • Does every component of your lesson plan support your learning objective(s)?
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATEClass Opener/Warm-Up • What will you have students do independently in the first few minutes of class to • focus on your upcoming lesson? • activate prior knowledge? • How will you link new content/skills to students’ previous experiences? • How will you use the class opener to transition into the lesson?
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATEDirect Instruction • Presenting new content: “I do” • Teacher explains, demonstrates, models or thinks aloud for students (mini-lesson) • 10-2 principle • Processing time: “We do” • Students have a brief chance to process information with teacher support
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATEStudent Practice/Application • “You do” • Students practice and apply new content/skills either independently or in groups • Teacher circulates and confers with students to monitor progress and provide support where needed.
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATESummary/Closure • Circles back to learning objective • Students articulate their understanding of the main points of the lesson
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATEFormative Assessment of the Learning Objective • How will each student make his/her learning public? • How will you provide feedback to each student? • How will you use this to guide future instruction?
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATEExamples of Formative Assessment • Students are accountable for their learning through • Exit tickets • 3-2-1 • Daily quiz • Try the next one • Explain to a…. (younger child, absent student, etc.) • Self-assessment (shared with teacher) • Refer to the Assessment Binder for many other examples
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATEHomework • How is the homework an extension of the day’s learning? Does it preview, support or extend the learning objective? • Does this homework increase the likelihood that students will achieve and retain the learning objective? • Is it both challenging and attainable? (Zone of Proximal Development) • Have you given students an opportunity to record and understand what is assigned/expected?
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATEAdaptations • What methodologies or practices will be used to address the individual differences and needs of students? • How will you determine and address specific student needs for each new lesson? • How will you address the needs of specific learning groups? (flexible grouping)
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATEExtensions • How will you provide opportunities for students who need an extra challenge? • Are there clear expectations for what students should do if they finish their work early? • How do you establish the idea that “In this classroom, the learning is never finished.”?
USING THE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATETechnology Integration • How will technology be incorporated into the lesson to support and enhance student learning? • How can you include opportunities for students to make use of technology?
ProcessingParking Lot • Has your question from the warm-up been answered? • Do you have any new questions? • Write any questions you still have on a sticky note and post it in the “parking lot”.
DEPARTMENT-SPECIFIC EXEMPLAR • Department-specific Exemplar
PROCESSINGThink-Write-Pair-Share • Take a moment to jot down an observation or reflection about lesson planning. • Share your comment with a partner at your table.
PARTICIPANT PRACTICE/APPLICATION“You Do” – 30 minutes • Either alone or with a partner, review and refine the lesson plan you brought using the lesson plan template. • Turn in your revised lesson plan at the end of the meeting today (either in hard copy or electronically) • Please come back together here promptly at 3:05 p.m. • IF YOU COMPLETE YOUR LESSON PLAN EARLY, work on a second plan, or join another group to support their work.
WRAP-UP/SUMMARY • First person or group will share lesson plan. • Turn-and-talk: • Identify one thing that stood out for you in this lesson plan. • Be prepared to share your own or your partner’s response.
WRAP-UP/SUMMARY • Second person or group will share all of their lesson plan EXCEPT adaptations and extensions. • Table-talk • Brainstorm possible adaptations and extensions. • Facilitator will randomly select one representative to share the table’s suggestions.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT • Use a blank copy of the lesson plan template to assess your degree of comfort with each lesson component. • Use the following rating scale: 3 – Strong enough to support others 2 – Comfortable, but still practicing 1 – Would like further support • When you next log on to your computer account, you will be asked to complete a survey regarding today’s workshop. Your answers will be used to design further PD.
STRATEGIES WE USED TODAY • 3-2-1 • Turn-and-talk • Table talk • T-W-P-S • 10-2 • Parking lot • Self-assessment • Think aloud • Flexible grouping • Posted and reviewed objectives