Effective Lesson Planning PD

All components in a lesson plan are working together to support student success.

• Alignment

• Anticipatory Set

• Small Group

• Differentiation

This instructional practice provides opportunities for learners to work collaboratively with their pairs, promotes team building, and enables teachers to address misconceptions and provide feedback in a timely manner.

• Differentiation

• Formative Assessment

• Small Group

• Closure

This instructional practice involves reviewing and summarizing a lesson, focusing on key information, creating a link to new ideas, and building anticipation for the next lesson.

• Differentiation

• Closure

• Formative Assessment

• Anticipatory Sets

This instructional practice consists of tailoring lessons to meet each student's individual interest, needs, strengths, and learning styles. This practice provides flexibility in how students learn.

• Formative Assessment

• Alignment

• Closure

• Differentiation

This instructional practice sets the stage for immediate learning opportunities. Also called hooks or attention grabbers, this practice engages students' prior knowledge and interest at the very beginning of the lesson.

• Small Group

• Anticipatory Set

• Differentiation

• Formative Assessment

This process monitors student learning and provides ongoing feedback that can be used by teachers to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. This also allows students to identify their strengths and weakness and target areas that need work.

• Formative Assessment

• Differentiation

• Alignment

• Closure