Lesson Planning Essentials

Lesson plans are important because...

• they help teachers to think through what they are teaching.

• they are a lot of paperwork.

• they are required by principals.

• they take a lot of time to create.

All lesson plan formats are the same.

• True

• False

"ABC Express"

"A Job For Me"

"Rock Around the Clock"

These are all examples of what part of the lesson plan:

• Starter Activity

• Assessment

• Title

• Closing

"I can explain the structure and function of a carbohydrate."

"I can prove theorems about parallelograms."

These are all examples of which of the following parts of a lesson plan?

• Closing

• Learning targets

• Starter activity

• Assessments

"Mystery Bag"

The teacher brings a bag into the classroom that contains an object with a connection to the lesson. Then it is passed around and students try to determine what is in the bag just by feeling it. This activity can create a light and humorous atmosphere, as guesses range from the plausible to the ridiculous.

This is an example of which part of a lesson plan?

• Assessment

• Starter activity

• Closing

• Title

What is a learning target?

• the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.

• a relatively lasting change in behavior that is the result of experience

• a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack.

• goals written in student-friendly language that clearly describe what students will be able to do by the end of a unit.

Teachers use learning targets to...

• determine what behavior they should be looking for.

• take up space on the board.

• confuse students with big words and long sentences.

• pass students to the next grade.

What is the name of the hierarchical classification of the different levels of thinking that should be applied when creating learning objectives?

• Doom's Taxonomy

• Bloom's Taxonomy

• Bloomingdale's

• Taxidermy

Which words can be found on the hierarchy of Bloom's Taxonomy?

• Define, Identify, Describe, Recognize, Tell, Explain

• Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

• Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

• Disk Drive, Motherboard, CPU, Mouse, Keyboard

Which part of a lesson plan does the following describe:

-Should include everything needed to carry out the lesson

-Items for both teacher and students

-Written in list form

-Important because it helps the teacher to be organized

• Starter Activity

• Materials Needed

• Title

• Closing