Transcript Planning and Implementing Effecctive Small Group Activities

Planning and Implementing
Effective Small Group Activities
Chapter 3
Why Plan?
• Organize our thoughts and actions
• Think creatively about what they want to do
• Gather needed equipment and materials in
advance
• Map ways to address immediate instructional
objectives and long term educational goals
• Address the needs of the whole child
Why Plan Continued
• Tailor programs to accommodate the needs of
specific children
• Address differences among learners
• Communicate to others what they are doing
• Identify the standards by which learning and
teaching can be accurately and appropriately
evaluated.
Planning requires
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Sense of purpose
Organization skills
Foresight
Preparation
Deliberate decision making
Phase one of planning
• Think about the children
– Skills they possess
– Previous experiences they have had
– Goals the program has for children
Phase Two
• Designing the instruction to fit within DAP
– What is culturally and developmentally
appropriate for the children as a group and for the
individual child in the classroom?
– How will I support all the children
Phase Three
• Organizing the resources
– Considering long term objectives
– Determining short range objectives
– Identifying potential materials
– Matching goals and objectives with teaching
strategies.
Phase Four
• Evaluation phase
– Did I follow my plan?
– What did the children accomplish?
– What changes are necessary if any for next time?
– Reflect on the day!!
Written Plans
• Help us to really plan and effectively carry out
the plan, not just pull things off the shelf, or
plan as we go which does not work.