College of Education

Education Studies Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Candidate Name:

Grade/Age Level:

Subject/Content Area:

*I ndicate if the lesson is integrated and include other subjects

English Language Arts

L esson Plan Section

Guiding Questions

Teacher Candidate Responses

Lesson Title

Big Idea/Outcome

What is this lesson about?

Standards

Enter the standards citation and description here.

Objectives

Describe here:

· Specific skills or performance criteria that the students will be able to (SWBAT) demonstrate by the end of the lesson (Use the ABCD Task Analysis).

· What Bloom’s taxonomy verbs are used.

The students will be able to (SWBAT) …

Materials/Aids, Equipment and/or Supportive Resources

Describe here:

· What materials you will be using to complete the lesson (books, materials. equipment, teacher generated handouts.)

Academic Language

Describe here:

· Vocabulary words that will be taught

· ELA content vocabulary that children need to know in order to understand the instruction and expectations

Timed Learning Segment/Main Body or Learning Experience

Guidance/Behavior Expectations Needed for Lesson / Classroom Management Planning (Instructor will provide specifics)

Describe here:

· How you will set up your classroom to address materials / equipment and instruction for the lesson.

· How the children will transition to the lesson and between parts of the lesson.

Introduction

Describe here how you will:

· Get the students’ attention

· Introduce the lesson

· Relate it to what they already know (access prior knowledge)

· Connect the learning to the standard

· Preview what will be learned

Instructional Plan including Strategies, Differentiated Instruction and Time

Describe here:

· The instructional strategy (from the text or from class discussion)

· The explicit instruction you will provide (script what you will say)

· How you will provide modeling

Practice

Describe here:

· How you will provide guided practice

· How you will provide interactive learning among students

Independent Practice/Opportunities to work and or explore materials or complete tasks requested.

Describe here:

· How you will provide students an opportunity to practice the skill individually

· Independent work which may serve as the lesson assessment

Differentiations and Accommodations, UDL,Modifications (physical, visual, auditory, processing, cognitive differences)

Describe here:

· How you will differentiate content

· How you will differentiate the instructional process

· How you will differentiate assessment/products.

· How the lesson will be adapted or modified for specific needs of exceptional learners.

Checking for understanding (how does this lesson connect back to the listed objectives)

Describe here:

· How you will monitor children’s understanding

· How you will determine that students have mastered the lesson’s objective

Demonstration/Explanation of Teaching or Evidence of Teaching?

Describe here:

· How you will review what was learned from the lesson

· How you will connect the students with the learning standards.

· How do you make a connection between the lesson and learning standards and their everyday learning.

Closure

Describe here:

· How you will wrap the lesson up

· How you will remind students what they learned and why.

Assessment/Evaluation

Rubric w/guidelines maybe required per instructor

Describe here:

· How you will assess students’ learning

· How you will determine if children met the lesson’s objectives met

References & Resources/Incorporation of connection to the educational or Developmental/Educational theory (Use APA)

Provide web links and resources used during the lesson, including citations of the text (Tompkins and Rogers, Literacy in the early grades.