I designed and implemented content that aligned with my lesson objectives in the lesson plans I designed for edTPA in EDU 355. The lesson plan I created is one of three lessons I designed to help students in the 1st grade improve their jumping and landing. Each of the objectives in the lesson plan relates to tasks and content of the lesson. The lesson plan from edTPA in EDU 355 relates to Element 3.3 because all the tasks I used throughout the lesson were created to help meet the objectives of the class. Since the psychomotor objective for the class included displaying 2 out of the 5 critical elements of jumping and landing by the end of class I provided the student with numerous tasks to practice jumping and landing in a variety of setting.
Students often learn best when they can experience the interrelatedness of subjects within their curriculum. This unit about the Food Guide Pyramid is designed to be taught to a class of third grade students through several different disciplines within the school building. The students’ goal is to become familiar with the Food Guide Pyramid and to understand its importance in helping them to eat healthy.
In my Teaching Professions with Field Experience class, we were to create two lesson plans throughout the semester; one that involved the use of technology and the other without. The rules that went along with the lesson plans were as follows: the speaker is supposed to act out the lesson that they have prepared and their classmates were supposed to act accordingly to what grade level the lesson pertained to. Lastly, during the presentations, the students were to write three good qualities the speaker or the presentation had. In addition, they had to write one wish which was something a student thinks would make the lesson better. For the first project lesson I constructed, I incorporated the use of technology to discuss the identification and use of monochromatic colors for the sixth grade level.
Section 5: Artifact 1-2 are lesson plans that evidence my ability to create a cognitive interactive plan using the given curriculum for instruction in Science
Using specific examples from Jake’s lesson, first discuss whether Jake’s objectives were appropriate and then discuss whether each of his lesson objectives (psychomotor, cognitive, affective) and teacher objectives (stated below) were met.
Module two explains the importance of having clear learning targets. It not only helps the teachers and students but the parents as well. Clear learning targets allow the teacher to know what exactly to teach, assess, and activities to plan. The other benefit is that it provides the students with a clear understanding of what they need to know/learn. It also allows them to self-assess and set goals for themselves. The third benefit is that clear learning targets are easy for parents to understand. If parents can comprehend what is going on in the classroom there is a better chance they will become more involved. Therefore, they can assist their child at home with their learning needs. This also provides the student with a strong support system.
After completing this written assignment I have validated my understanding about the importance of reflecting on own practice to promote positive outcomes for each child. Having a written reflection on the lesson plans lets me know what went well during the lesson, what I would do different the next time I teach this lesson. How would I engage the students more in the activity and was the lesson developmentally appropriate for this age
I will be graduating with a Liberal Studies Major. I will hopefully be teaching in September but I have a dilemma, I am afraid of not having enough lessons to get me started. My other fear is not having fun lessons to teach. I work at an Elementary school now and there is a teacher that I work with that doesn't know the meaning of fun activities that can provide great knowledge from them. I will never forget my favorite teacher, Mr. Protho. He loved making our class a fun and exciting place to be. We would do Shakespeare plays throughout the year. He could take any subject and make it fun. Still to this day I call and ask him for advice when making lesson plans for school. There are many resources where one who is becoming a teacher can find. There are books, magazines, in-services, seminars, other people and of course the Internet.
Learning Valuebale Lessons from our parents are bound to happen if your a troubled kid like me when u every once in a while make a mistake. Well this can happen to everyone well it happend to me more than the average kid. Have you ever had a good valueable lesson that you learnd from your parents. Well a good valuebale lesson that i learned from my parents is that you do your best no matter what you do and no matter what it is cause if you do your best and know you did your best then you know you did it right. When I was younger and I was Shoveling the drive way and I didn't do the best job and my dad came out side and told me is that the best you can do and I told him no and anyway he said If you can do your best on every thing you do and
As teachers we plan our lessons and think to ourselves, "my students are going to love this lesson and will be able to understand what I am teaching", but sometimes that isn 't the case. You may plan a lesson in hopes that your students understand but it doesn 't go as planned. Every student learns differently and thinks differently and because of this we, as teachers must learn to differentiate our lessons. This may require us to change the way we deliver our lesson, change the activities for our lessons or even change the wording of our material so students understand. In this paper, I will be differentiating a lesson plan based on student readiness, student interest and student learning profile for content, process, and product.
Posner (2004, p. 36) discusses the importance of understanding the situational factors that lead to the development of a particular curriculum. This curriculum has been created as a response to the problem of technology skills and resources being typically isolated as a separate curriculum, rather than being integrated into the broader curricular areas. This leads to curricula that are often devoid of 21st century skills needed by students to ensure future success (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2004). The goal of the curriculum, therefore, is to focus on specific technology skills that can be readily integrated into other curricular areas without sacrificing critical objectives within those curricula and, in fact, enhancing the relevance and levels of engagement in those areas.
Introduced as a twentieth century pedagogical approach, a progressive education is designed to develop students in a far more different way than the other styles. The term "progressive education" has been used to describe ideas and practices that are intended to create a more effective student for the democratic society were a part of. Although there are numerous differences of style and emphasis among progressive educators, they share the notion that democracy means capable and active participation by all citizens in regarding social, political and economic aspects. In class, we discussed the how a "progressive" education can help create a tolerance for diversity, meaning that each individual can be recognized for his or her own skills, ideas, interests, and cultural identity, and also develop a more critical, socially engaged ability in the process. By understanding this idea, such a person can effectively understand and even contribute in the affairs of their community in a collaborative effort to achieve a common good. Taking a look at Shirley Engle's "Decision Making: The heart ...
Planning lessons for teachers can be crucial. There always has to be time set aside to plan things out. A lesson can’t be taught successfully without earlier preparation. It’s like walking into a negative situation blind. There are always some steps before teaching the students the lesson. This where unit plans come into play. They help to prepare the teacher to effectively teach the lesson to where students understand and obtain the information that is being provided. They also help to keep track of what did and didn’t work for that specific lesson. This allows room for changes and improvements. Time management is a big role in this unit plan. The time allotted for the lesson has to be precise so teachers know how much time needs to be spent on that one lesson. That alone is important because not having time limits will interfere with the other units that will be taught during the school year. The unit plans help make things go smooth.
Reflecting on a lesson plan and analyzing the effectiveness of the lesson is a crucial part of growth and development as a teacher. It is always important to adequately reflect on if instructional goals were met, if proper instructional materials were available, if the lesson procedures were motivational, and if proper assessments were given. The analysis part addresses the lesson’s effectiveness or to what extent did the students meet the objectives stated in your lesson plan and how do you know? In the lesson, “The Landlady,” I used many forms of assessment to check the student’s understanding of the foreshadowing lesson.
The second event is informing the learners of purposes, objectives or goals. It is also a must for teachers to inform students on what they want to teach that day and what their expectations towards their students are. It is still relevance to be applied until now. This second event is important because students need to know what the expectations from their teachers towards them are. In addition, when students know the purposes, objectives or goals...
Designing curriculum, instruction, and assessments are steps teachers use to help them make sense of the concepts they teach and helps drive instruction. These steps can take on many different forms and drive a classroom in a plethora of ways. These steps, when developed properly, can help a teacher utilize each moment in the classroom and help students gain more insight to the standards they need to become proficient.