Transcript Understanding the Pacing Guide for Effective Lesson Planning

Effective Lesson Planning
Pre Planning
Collaborative Workshop
Professional Learning Communities
August 2014
Before Planning: How do our students
retain knowledge?
Instructional Method
Average Retention / Rate of Knowledge
or Skill
Lecture
5% Retained
Reading Textbooks, etc.
10% Retained
Audio-Visual
20% Retained
Demonstration/Modeling
30% Retained
Discussion Group
50% Retained
Practice by Doing
75% Retained
Teach others/Immediate Use of Learning
90% Retained
Taken from NTL Institute for Applied
Behavioral Science
Lesson Planning…
What to Focus On…
 Engaging instruction that encourages discussions, practice by doing, and
teaching others.
 More depth and rigor…
-Webb’s Depth of Knowledge/Blooms
DOK Progression
 Using the recommended lesson plan template (Where do I find that?)
 Following the Grade Level/Subject Pacing Guides and Florida Core
Standards or NGSS (Science)
 Plan with end in mind….use test specs and item analysis
Why use a
Pacing Guide?
 Improve student performance and reduce gaps in student
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achievement.
Avoid gaps in learning when students transfer from school to
school or move from grade/level to grade/level.
Avoid unintended repetition in learning
Render results that inform decisions made concerning (e.g.,
changes needed in) instructional strategies, programs,
curriculum, etc.
Inform collaboration between educators.
Facilitate alignment of Florida Standards
Highlight cross-curricular opportunities.
Help teachers be more effective while making lesson
planning easier and saving them time.
Help teachers and students make the most of their time.
Pacing guides are the driving force of our
instruction and our lesson planning.
What can I include on my lesson plans
from pacing guides?
The Essentials from the Pacing Guide:
1. General student learning objectives- ( from
standards)
2. Essential Topics/Subtopics- (your covered content)
3. Benchmarks (from pacing guide) – performance
objectives
4. Instructional Tools- Vocabulary, Technology,
Activities
Also, include detailed steps in
delivering instruction.
It is better to overplan!!!
Sample Description of Steps Used
to Deliver Instruction
(90 min Block)
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Steps to Deliver Instruction
Do Now / Bell Work – 5 min
Direct/Whole Group Instruction – 20 min
Differentiated Instruction – 20 min
Cooperative Learning – 25 min
Individual Learning – 10 min
Assessment / Extension Activities / Home Learning
Assignment – 10 min
All times are estimated.
5 minutes
Do Now or Bell Work• Quote analysis
• Critical thinking
question
• Vocabulary development
• Cause & effect analysis
• Journal writing
Do Now or Bell Work- is a daily instructional
activity that allows the learner to get prepared
for the day’s lesson by either connecting ideas
from a previous class or providing insight into
objectives that will be met for the day’s lesson.
20 minutes
Direct /Whole Group
Instruction
• Lecture
• Class discussions
• Text-based learning
• Scaffolding strategies
• Critical thinking
strategies
• Novel Reading
Direct/Whole Group Instruction- during this
time, instruction is teacher-directed, focusing
on appropriate learning strategies to build
comprehension of content, increase vocabulary,
and analyze cause and affect relationships. This
is where students are informed of content and
skills necessary to meet the objectives of the
day’s
20 minutes
Differentiated Instruction
• Independent reading
• Teacher directed small
group
•Centers
Differentiated instruction- provides focused
intervention based on students’ specific needs.
25 minutes
Cooperative Learning
• Graphically display
information
• Content reporting
• Project-based learning
• Research projects
Cooperative Learning- includes a number of
strategies whereby students help each other to learn
content, acquire knowledge, build skills, and/or
analyze information thus building upon knowledge
acquired during direct instruction and/or
differentiated instruction.
10 minutes
Individual Learning
• Analyze text
• Create a chart/graphic
organizer
• Take quiz
•Content writing
Individual Learning- includes various activities/
strategies where students must perform on an
individual basis in order for the instructor to assess
at what level learning has taken place based on the
lesson.
10 minutes
Assessment/Extension
Activities/Home Learning
• Review lesson objectives
and check for student
understanding
• Connect today’s lesson
with what will occur during
the next session.
• Exit slips
Assessment/Extension Activities/Home LearningExplanation of home-learning/extension activity
and assessment of lesson objectives.
PACING GUIDE + LESSON PLANNING=
TEAM COLLABORATION
Importance of Teacher Collaboration
Let’s take some time to
look at grade level/subject
pacing guides and reflect.
How does your team
foresee utilizing this
resource?
Have K-6 Flagler Science pacing
guides I will email as well.
How to use the pacing guide to prepare
for standardized tests…
Look at Current Topic and Tested Benchmarks +cover
each essential content
+ integrate vocabulary, technology, suggested
activities
+ design a lesson with detailed instructions and
procedures (using textbook, novels, other resources, warm
up, lesson, activities, differentiated instruction, assessment,
closure, etc. )
FINAL RESULT: Tested benchmark is completely
covered by student = SUCCESS!
Planning Resources
 Math Spiral Resources & Activities
 Common Assessments- Motivational Math and ELA
 Eureka Teacher Modules- GO MATH and ENVISION as
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supplement ONLY!!!
WIKI
Writing Program and Guide
Username: Stephaniasherman
Password: ainahpets
Florida Standards Assessment :Item specs, blueprints and test
samples (Evidence and 2 part questioning-biggest change)
Common Core Quiz
The Big Four- Aspects of Teaching
 Assessment
Identify summarizing questions, identify proficiencies, identity
informal assessments, integrate assessments into learning experiences,
revisit formal assessments, student and teacher data notebooks
 Classroom Management
*Time on task, ratio of interactions, opportunities to respond
 Content Planning
*Levels of questioning, show meaning and importance of learning,
unpack standards, pacing guides, setting objectives
 Instruction
*Effective/higher order questions, thinking devices, stories,
cooperative learning, project-based learning, engaging lessons
Learning Maps
 Illustrate progression of learning occurring
 Summarize important ideas of unit
 Direct students to answer unit questions
 CREATED PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF UNIT
Big Four Resource- http://thebigfour.ning.com/