Transcript Developing Daily Lesson Plans

Developing Daily
Lesson Plans
Objectives
Discuss the issues associated with weeklong, teacher-centered, theme-based
planning.
2. Construct lesson plans for children by
combining knowledge about curriculum
content, children’s developmental levels and
interests.
3. Develop a daily lesson plan form appropriate
for your program
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Planning Quotes
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Talk about it:
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What is your planning routine?
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What are the types of things you plan for
daily?
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What is the most challenging part of your
day? What makes it difficult or stressful?
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Intentional Planning
We should be planning every day by
incorporating:
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Specific content (KDIs)
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Children’s interests
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Children’s developmental abilities
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Classroom materials
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What are the benefits of
planning daily?
Planning Process
Start with Specific Observations
 Look for:
• Activities and materials that children choose
• How children work with the materials
• How children interact with other children and adults
Plan by incorporating:
 Specific content areas (key developmental indicators)
 Children’s developmental abilities
 Children’s interests
 Classroom materials
Planning Elements
 Plan daily, as a team.
 Keep planning forms simple, based on your daily routine.
 Use anecdotes to assess children’s interest and abilities.
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Watch Daily Team Planning
Look for examples of:
 Specific content (key developmental
indicators)
 Children’s developmental abilities
 Children’s interests
 Classroom materials
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Using Information from Observations
for Lesson Planning
As you plan, ask yourself these three
questions:
1. What did I see children doing today?
2. What do their actions tell me about them?
 Their development level?
 Their interests?
3. How can I provide materials and interact
with children to support their learning?
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Evolution of a Plan
Content
Interests
What do you
know
already?
KDIs/State
Standards/
Learning
Outcomes
What have
you not
seen yet?
What are
children
talking about,
and playing
with?
Planning
Ideas
What ideas do
you have for:
Work time
Planning
Recall
Small Group
Large Group
Outside
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Content & Interests
Content
Social/Emotion Dev.
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Taking care of own
needs
Expressing feelings in
words
Building relationships
with children and
adults
Creating and
experiencing
collaborative play
Dealing with social
conflict
Interests
Planning
Ideas
What ideas do you
have for:
Work time
Planning
Recall
Small Group
Large Group
Outside
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Content & Interests
Content
Interests
Planning
Ideas
What ideas do you
have for:
Work time
Planning
Recall
Small Group
Large Group
Outside
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Content & Interests
Content
Social/Emotion Dev.
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Taking care of own
needs
Expressing feelings in
words
Building relationships
with children and
adults
Creating and
experiencing
collaborative play
Dealing with social
conflict
Interests
Planning
Ideas
What ideas do you
have for:
Work time
Planning
Recall
Small Group
Large Group
Outside
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Adding Developmental Range
Content
Interests
What do you
know
already?
KDIs/State
Standards/
Learning
Outcomes
What have
you not
seen yet?
Planning
Ideas
What ideas do
you have for:
What are the
child’s
interests?
Work time
Planning
Recall
Small Group
Large Group
Outside
Develop.
Range
Look at the
developmental
range within
your primary
group.
Where are your
children
developmentally?
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Developmental Range
Earlier
Middle
Later
What will my
younger (in
development)
children do with
these materials?
What will the
middle children
do?
What will the older
children?
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9-23-07
At work time in the BA
while looking at the
alphabet puzzle, Brianna
pointed to B, and said,
"This is my name."
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What I expect children to do at different
levels of development
Earlier
Middle
Later
Says some letters
Calls symbols
“letters”
Understands
letters represent
words
Identifies some
letters
Makes the sound
of a letter
Says a word and
identifies the
beginning letter or
sound
Spells a word
Brianna falls in the earlier stage of development
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How do we support Brianna?
TB
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Getting to Know Tylon
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In table groups,
read through
Tylon’s anecdotes.
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Discuss what you
know about his
development and
his interests.
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Planning for Tylon?
Content
Interests
Planning
Ideas
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But… We’re Not Just
Planning for Tylon!
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We also have to consider the other children.
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Developmental Range helps us develop
support strategies for all children
Planning
Ideas
What ideas do you
have for:
Planning
Work time
Recall
Small Group
Large Group
Outside
Develop.
Range
What you expect
Tylon, and other
children to do
with the materials
Support
Strategies
How will you adapt
the activity to the
different levels of
the children?
How will you
interact with each
child?
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Earlier
Middle
Later
What will my
younger (in
development)
children do with
these materials?
What will the
middle children
do?
What will the older
children?
Support Strategies Support Strategies Support Strategies
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NOTE: If you can’t easily adapt for
either group, your activity probably
isn’t Active Learning !!!
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Making My Own
Planning Meaningful
Planning Form
Action Plan
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