FOUR COMPONENTS OF A LESSON PLAN

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

What students should know and be able to do after the 45 minutes of instruction?

These are specific “instructional objectives” and create a clear lesson focus. In classes with high percentage of ELL’s list “language objectives” as well as the subject’s content objectives.

Standards from the curriculum frameworks are much more global and usually represent long-range objectives. It is common practice to visually post the lesson focus objectives in the same spot in the classroom for students to see daily.

Many teachers also display the standards.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES

These should tie back to and support your objectives. These are the planned events and interactions that will take place during the 45 minutes of instruction to support achievement of the objectives.

These include specific instructional techniques such as demonstration, pair shares, pre-scripted questions, problems for students to solve or tasks to work on. T

his section done in outline form or format of 2-3 columns is useful. How will the lesson begin? Include a “hook” or motivator for students.

A variety of strategies is almost always desirable (perhaps three different instructional activities during the 45 minute class with planned transitions).

The strategies should be strategically sequenced and based on time available.

List time allotments for the different segments of the lesson. How will you “conclude” the lesson and summarize or integrate the learning?

ASSESSMENT

Description of how student learning from the lesson will be assessed.

Include “in-class-during-instruction” assessments such as oral questioning, moving about and observing students in work groups, collecting summary paragraphs or problem sheets at close of lesson.

There will also be longer range assessments if appropriate (homework, quiz or test, project completion). But the lesson plan should include instructional assessments for the 45 minute class.

MATERIALS

                                 

Resources and materials needed to carry out the lesson. 

Handouts, video player, blank transparencies, maps, lab equipment, etc.