Lesson Planning
Creating effective lesson plans and assessments for your students help not only thier learning, but the educator's as well. Please view the video below to hear Rick Wormeli speak more about assessment and feedback in the classroom.
The image below from Carol Tomlinson's Presentation on Differentiated Instruction and 21st Century Teaching stressed how important lesson planning is. Please view the image below.
BIG IDEAS: The concepts or principles that are centered around the lesson. Think of it as the 'big picture' that you want your students to look to before, during, and after the lesson.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: The core questions that allow students to search for deeper meaning throughout the lesson. They are the questions that students should be asking and thinking about as they explore the concept.
STANDARDS: Lesson plans should be created around standards (in my case, PA Standards and National Arts Standards).
OBJECTIVES: These are your learning targets for your students, what you want them to do or achieve throughout the lesson. It is important to use Webb's Depth of Knowledge when writing objectives to aid in choosing the verbs you want your students to perform. In the objectives, educators must include an AUDIENCE, the BEHAVIOR, the CONDITION, and the DEGREE.
ASSESSMENTS: Lessons should always include formative assessments. Formative assessments should be ongoing and constantly occurring throughout lessons.
21ST CENTURY LEARNING: It is important to include descriptors of how 21st century learning is being included in the lesson. Examples can be found on the P21 Framework website.
ACCOMMODATIONS: It is important for educators to do all that they can to help every student in their class (remember FAPE). With specific students in mind, it is also important to accommodate to the content, process, and product of the lesson.
Below you can view a second lesson plan. Compared to the first, it is not as detailed nor as well organized. There are few accommodations that adhere to the content, process, or product. The objectives are also vague and there is a lack of assessment.