How to Make a Sample Lesson Plan
The lesson plan is one of the most crucial components to teaching. You will feel more comfortable and prepared to teach your students when you have a plan. Having a basic, standard structure to your plans will allow you to write them most efficiently and help you to remember the most important steps to include in your lessons. The more you write them, the easier it will become.
Instructions
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Define your goals. Consider the topic you want to teach and think about how you want to get there. Write down the concepts you want your students to understand, skills they should be able to do, and facts they need to know. Include any national or state standards you should address. These objectives will guide you throughout the rest of your planning. You might also include some essential questions you want your students to answer throughout the lesson.
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List any materials necessary for teaching the lesson. Someone should be able to pick up your lesson plan and know how and what they need to teach it completely.
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Introduce the lesson. Just as an author hooks his readers, create an introduction that hooks your students into the lesson by making it fun or relevant. This will keep them engaged as you begin to teach.
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Deliver your instruction. Plan this section according to the material you're covering. You may need to simply explain something or you may need to demonstrate and model it for your students.
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Allow time for students to practice the material. You may want to include some guided practice in which you help and monitor the students and then some independent practice for the students to work on their own.
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Assess. No matter what you teach, every lesson needs some form of assessment. Whether it is graded or not, include time in your lesson plan to make certain that your students understand and are reaching the goals you have set for them. Without this component, you will never know if your lesson was effective or not.
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Design a way to close the lesson. Closure should allow students to reflect on their day's learning and to, hopefully, continue thinking about the material once the lesson is complete.
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Include a section in your lesson about any accommodations that can be made for differentiated instruction.
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Tips & Warnings
Remember that you know your students best, and you should accommodate your lessons to fit their needs.
Always reflect on your lessons so that you can refine them for future use.
Use a word processor to create a lesson template that you can continually refine.
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