THE PLANNING KIOSK

A Step-by Step Journey forCreating Comprehensive Lesson Plans
Julius Zuke February, 2012

This PowerPoint presentation, when viewed in Slide Show mode, is designed to walk the teacher through a sequence of steps and resources that will result in a lesson plan that is rigorous, engaging, and mindful of the unique needs of every child in the class.

Will this lesson require outside resources such as a library, a computer lab, or a co-teacher? What are the teacher’s objectives for the students? What will the final product be? How will the teacher know if the students achieved the objective? What are the reading levels of the students? What accommodations do the diverse learners among the students need? What alternative student products will be accepted as proof of mastery? During which dates and times will the students be engaged in this lesson? What has the teacher already taught to the students? How will the teacher prepare the class for the lesson?

Ready?

Step #1: Determine Common Core alignments, then create your learning target or “know and do” objective. What is it? AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner. Although Common Core standards for school library programs are not fully developed yet, the AASL standards correlate to the Common Core standards. For Library Activities http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards For all other subjects http://mdk12.org/instruction/commoncore/index.html

Step #2: Create an original rubric or adapt an online rubric from Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators . What is it? Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators . Although Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators has lesson plans aplenty, this treasure trove of lesson plans takes things quite a bit further. There are large banks of web sites (grouped by subject matter), rubrics, slide shows, and articles on how to operate and utilize some of the newer educational technologies. Kathy Schrock’s site offers an ala carte capability that most other lesson plan sites do not. Where is it? http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.html

Step #3: Search for lesson plans or portions of lesson plans that would allow the students to meet the Common Core standards and the mandates of the rubric. What is it? Discovery Education Streaming While known primarily as a subscription resource with a great wealth of closed-captioned video segments with lesson plans, searchable by grade level, topics, and media types, Discovery Education Streaming is a valuable resource for teachers even if not one video were viewed. Click under TEACHER CENTER to search for lesson plans. Where is it? http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

Continuation of… Step #3: Search for lesson plans or portions of lesson plans that would allow the students to meet the Common Core standards and the mandates of the rubric. What is it? ReadWriteThink. This is a highly searchable archive of lesson plans, student interactive, and printouts. The filtering tool for this site allows you to limit search results by grade level, topic, objective, and theme. Where is it? http://www.readwritethink.org/search/

Continuation of… Step #3: Search for lesson plans or portions of lesson plans that would allow the students to meet the Common Core standards and the mandates of the rubric. Where is it? http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/ What is it? National Geographic Xpedition Archive This is a lesson plan archive. These lessons were written and tested by educators, and address the national geography education standards. They are grouped by grade level bands and cover many parts of the world, as well as environmental and cultural issues. Detailed lesson plans, hundreds of excellent links to resources, and opportunities for extended activities make this an outstanding web site.

Continuation of… Step #3: Search for lesson plans or portions of lesson plans that would allow the students to meet the Common Core standards and the mandates of the rubric. What is it? CDC Science Ambassador Program The lessons were designed by science educators and CDC scientists for use with middle school and high school students. The lesson plans are extremely detailed, include many reproducible handouts that go with the lesson plans, and include many links to reputable web pages related to each lesson. Lesson plans are aligned to national science standards, but not Common Core standards. Rubrics are not present. Where is it? http://www.cdc.gov/excite/ScienceAmbassador/ambassador_pgm/lessonplans.htm

Step #4 Make a draft of your lesson plan, combining what you have seen and liked. Remember the needs of your particular students, and be mindful of any time constraints that may cause you to edit the online lessons you liked.

Step #5: Revisit the resources in step 3 to add video clips, handouts, web sites, and other aids for locating and recording information. Where are they, again? http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/ http://www.readwritethink.org/search/ http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ http://www.cdc.gov/excite/ScienceAmbassador/ambassador_pgm/lessonplans.htm

Step #6: Check what you have so far to be sure that the activities you have chosen accommodate all of the students with their disabilities and learning preferences Where is it? http://www.cast.org/udl/index.html What is it? CAST LDL Lesson Builder CAST is the foremost organization with the mission of making learning accessible to all students regardless of their learning preferences or disabilities. They promote universal design for learning. This site is great for planning lessons because it suggests accommodations in lesson plans to account for presenting information in different ways, differentiating how students express what they have learned, and motivating students to learn. With a free membership to this site, you can actually create and print lesson plans with embedded accommodations.

Step #7: Look for assessments that will allow your unique learners to demonstrate that they have mastered the task you have given them. Remember that different students may need different assessments. Start searching for assessments by using the following slides.

Click here to browse the index. This portion of thePowerPointpresentation is, when viewed in slide show mode, a clickable index leading instructional planners to web sites which have specific strategies for assessing student progress. To use this index: Browse the index to get ideas for multiple assessments appropriate for your lesson objectives. Click the link adjoining the resource number. Explore the site. Save/ adapt strategies and materials as needed. Click here to browse the resources.

#2: Natural Reader at http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development Once downloaded to a computer’s desktop via an icon, students can copy and paste text into this utility and hear the text read back to them as it is highlighted. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This resource will be used to: Provide an accommodation for students whose reading level is not high enough to read a specified portion of text Provide an accommodation for students whose learning preference is aural Develop listening skills, either as a class or individually

#3: SMART Exchange at http://exchange.smarttech.com Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development This is a multidisciplinary, multi-grade highly searchable library of teacher-created lessons and activities for the Smart Board. Smart Board software is required to use the activities, but many items can be viewed without the software. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement SmartBoard activities actively engage students, utilizing the senses of sight, hearing, and touch. They provide opportunities for assessment that traditional methods may not provide.

#4: Interactive Websites for Grades PreK to 12 at http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm#Science Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development Maintained by Jefferson County Public Schools in Dandridge, TN, this site has a mammoth list of links to interactive web sites in the areas of reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and assessments. Many are aligned specifically for use with Smart Boards and Promethian boards, and many other sites are easily adaptable to the Smart/Promethian board. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This site provides students with the means to demonstrate their mastery of skills and concepts through games, skill-based activities, and project-based activities.

#5: Quizstar at http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development Quizstar is an online quiz generator sponsored by the University of Kansas. Once teachers and students have accounts set up, teachers can go online to create quizzes. After that, teachers can go online to take those quizzes. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement Quizzes can be customized to the child’s strengths and weaknesses. In the case of ELL students, quizzes can be composed in the child’s native language.

#6: Rubistar at http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development Rubistar is a collection of pre-made student rubrics, organized by skill and subject areas. Each rubric is customizable and printable. With a free membership, rubrics you make can be saved online. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement The rubrics in this site assess a wide range of student skills, such as projects, writing, work habits, performances, and independent reading; they are customizable to meet each child’s needs.

#7: Timeline Tool at http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/timeline-tool-30246.html Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development This user-friendly tool from ReadWriteThink prompts students to construct entries for a timeline, formats the timeline, and allows the student to print out the timeline. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This tool helps students to organize a variety of information such as historical events, scientific experiments, mathematical operations, and other content involving sequence.

#8: Discovery Education Puzzle Maker at http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=544050&CFTOKEN=63219154 Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development This web site allows for easy creation of custom crossword puzzles, mazes, cryptograms, jumbles, word searches and math squares. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This site allows students to practice with manipulatives, review vocabulary, reinforce spelling words, and teach patterns.

#9: Kids’ Zone Create at Graph at http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx?ID=0f2ae2da7ae54a34a3d2d12b78073c36 Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development In six amazingly easy steps, this tool allows adults and students to input data and construct a variety of graphs which may be saved and emailed. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This site can help visual learners see data, manipulate date, and chart their own progress.

#10: Inner Body at http://www.innerbody.com/ Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development This site consists of ten clickable virtual human bodies, each one representing a system of the human body. Clicking on specific organs or other objects on each map brings up informative text about that organ or object. Information about career opportunities in the health arena is also offered. The site is appropriate for middle and high school students. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This web site visually teaches students the parts of the human body, the function of each part, and the relationship between the various parts. It can be used as a self-check to understanding human anatomy and systems. Additionally, it provides students with information about careers in health.

#11: NIEHS Kids’ Pages at http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/index.htm Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development Sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, this site provides resources for teaching environmental science to elementary school and middle school children. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This web site allows students to express their understanding about environment issues through tactile and kinesthetic activities such as songs, games, riddles, jokes, puzzles, games, activities, and coloring pages.

#12: Certificate Creator at http://www.certificatecreator.com/ Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development This utility allows teachers to customize award templates. In the free version, certificates can be printed but not saved. In the membership version, a wider variety of templates is available, and the certificates can be saved. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This site provides students with positive reinforcement for a job well done in both social and academic areas.

#13: iM Translator at http://translation.paralink.com/ Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development iM Translator allows a student to translate and hear words from various languages. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This resource may help ELL learners to understand unfamiliar words; it may also help native English speakers to understand foreign words they encounter through speech and text.

#14: Technology in the Classroom—Microsoft Corporation at http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/Pages/index.aspx Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development This resource contains free templates and programs downloadable from the Microsoft Corporation. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This website allows students with limited technology proficiency to create Jeopardy review games, flash cards, worksheets, themed PowerPoint presentations, and PowerPoint presentations enhanced by music and motion.

#15: Internet for Classrooms at http://www.internet4classrooms.com/teachertools.htm Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development This dizzying site provides links to many student assessment activities. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement Students have tools available that help them to create quizzes, bulletin boards, bookmarks, calendars, worksheets, games, and puzzles which demonstrate ,mastery of a concept or skill.

#16: Kathy Shrock’s Guide for Educators at: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html Why This Resource is a Top Pick for Lesson Development Kathy Schrock is one of the oldest, largest, most extensive resources of educational materials on the web. How This Resource Positively Impacts Student Achievement This site allows students to create graphic organizers, design individualized rubrics, and assembling portfolio artifacts.

Index to Assessment Types and Purposes Continued on next slide For easier visibility, right-click on the link you want to explore.

Index to Assessment Types and Purposes For easier visibility, right-click on the link you want to explore.

Step #8: Write a second draft of your lesson plan, using the format prescribed by your work location. Be sure that all required components are present. I use a PowerPoint template that I have created to write my lesson plans. It contains all the components required by my employer. In slide show view, I can use it to present to my students. I can also load it to the school web page so that absentees have the benefit of the directions and resources for a given project, anytime, anywhere. Printed out in handout view, two slides to a page, it becomes a hard-copy lesson plan for observers. Ready to see my template?

Lesson Snapshot Julius Zuke Co-Teacher: Subject Date: Periods: Objective/Learning Target:

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Rubric

Alignment to National Standards-- Information Literacy Indicators (AASL): Inquire, Think Critically, and Gain Knowledge. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. Share Knowledge and Participate Ethically and Productively as Members of Our Democratic Society. Pursue Personal and Aesthetic Growth.

Standards Focus for This Lesson Type AASL/Common Core standard(s) here.

Materials and Resources

Graphic Organizer

Essay Map Introduction:

Idea #1 Idea #2 Idea #3

Details for Idea #1 Details for Idea #3 Details for Idea #2

Conclusion:

Alternate Assessments

Citations—Page 1 A citation is just a fancy word that means “note.” Citations tell where you got your information from. If you don’t include citations in your research, it is easy for people to assume that you didn’t do much research. Citations proved that you really looked around for a good answer. The easiest (and sloppiest) way to cite your work is to just give the title of the book or the URL (web address) for where the information came from. The most professional way to cite your work is to plug the title or URL (web address) into www.bibme.org and create a citation that is respected worldwide by the Modern Language Association (MLA). Cite everything you take notes from. If you used two books and three web sites, you need five citations. If you used six web sites and three books, you need nine citations. Directions for making citations are on the back of this sheet.

Citations—Page Two "NIH - Health Information." NIH - Health Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <http://health.nih.gov/>. My information came from health.nih.gov. Go to www.bibme.org. Click “book” or”website,” whichever applies. Make sure the search box is empty. If you are using a web site, skip to step #8. If you are using a book, type in the title of the book, and click “find book.” Click the green check next the book you used. Skip to step #10. Paste the URL (web address) into the search box. Make sure the URL begins with http:// Click “load information.” Click “add to my bibliography.” Scroll to the top of the page and copy your citation. Paste it into your project. Citations should be in alphabetical order.

1. Go to www.bibme.org 2. Tell the computer what kind of resource you are using. 3. Type in the book title or http://ww address, then click the FIND or LOAD button. 4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

5. Click here. 6. Scroll back to the top of the page.

7. Copy the citation exactly as it appears.

Fill in what you can, then click OK. Click Bibliography, then Insert Bibliography. Copy the citation exactly.

Review Additional time for reading assignments Adjustment of time allotment Amount of work the student is expected to complete

EXIT TICKET Here are some resources that I know not to use again: Here’s the new information I gained today: Based on the answers I just gave, here is what I need to do next time: Use of this form complies with the following AASL standards: 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 Name__________Date________Starting Time_______Ending Time_________ I worked within the time frame allotted and completed the task. True_____False_____ I lost focus during library research and needed direction. True_____False_____ I was unable to work independently in the library. I accomplished little. True_____False_____ I found most of the answers I was looking for. True_____False_____ I did not find very much useful information. True_____False_____ The materials I used were very helpful. True_____False_____ The materials I used did not help me very much. True_____False_____ I asked for help from the teachers in the room. True_____False_____ I used the help from the teachers in the room. True_____False_____

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Step #9: Look at the second draft. Think about it. Make revisions. Collaborate. Keep an open mind.

Step #10: Publish your plan on your web site so that absentees can get to it. TIP: Save all your lessons in a secure, online location so that you can access them in the future. If it’s worth doing well, it’s worth doing again—or sharing.

Step #11: After field-testing your lesson plan, reflect upon lessons learn and revise accordingly. Remember to re-load this revised plan in your safe, central location.

Good planning has a great impact upon students. Results include: Reading levels appropriate to all learners in the class because of the variety of materials chosen Student products which demonstrate mastery of the objective in a method most comfortable or appropriate for each individual student Clear understandings of what is expected because of a user-friendly rubric

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THE PLANNING KIOSK