Planning that Ensures Academic Success

Planning that Ensures Academic Success

• Begin with the end in mind

• 4 MS

• Post It

• Shortest Path

• Double Plan

• Draw the Map

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Planning
Techniques:

Multiple Choice

When planning with the end in mind, what type of plans should you begin with developing?

• 1. Unit Plans

• Weekly Plans

• Lesson Plans

What do you want students to be able to do or know?

​​Step 1: Determine the Goal

Plan a sequence of objectives that are related.

Step 2: Unit Plan

Develop a plan that focuses on one main objective.

​​Step 3: Lesson Plan

​Decide how to assess the objective and plan relevant activities.

​​Step 4: Assessment & Activities

Begin with the End = Backwards Planning

Multiple Choice

Which sequence is suggested for effective lesson planning?

• 1. 1. Objective

  2. 2. Assessment

  3. 3. Activity

• 1. 1. Objective

  2. 2. Activity

  3. 3. Assessment

• 1. 1. Activity

  2. 2. Objective

  3. 3. Assessment

• 1. 1. Assessment

  2. 2. Objective

  3. 3. Activity

Accomplished in a single lesson

Manageable

How will you know they reached it?

Measurable

Objectives should guide the activity not choosen afterwards.

​​Made First

​Should focus on the most important path to college.

Most Important

The Four M's for Objectives

Multiple Choice

Which criteria does the following objective fail to meet?

"Students will be able to add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators"

• Manageable

• Measurable

• Made First

• Most Important

Multiple Choice

Which criteria does the following objective fail to meet?

"Students will construct a poster to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. "

• Manageable

• Measurable

• Made First

• Most Important

Multiple Choice

Which criteria does the following objective fail to meet?

"Students will be able to appreciate various forms of poetry, including sonnets and lyric poetry."

• Manageable

• Measurable

• Made First

• Most Important

Multiple Select

Which criteria does the following objective fail to meet?

"Students will view scenes from the film version of The Crucible"

• Manageable

• Measurable

• Made First

• Most Important