Developing Lessons
Introduction
Throughout this mini course we have differentiated between knowledge and understanding, developed generative topics from the NYS Common Core Mathematics Standards, and learned of instructional strategies that can be implemented to foster growth and understanding. In this unit we will put everything together to build a lesson plan. Using the information you learned from the previous three units and building from the topic you chose in unit 1, you will develop a lesson plan which incorporates your understanding of the material from this course as the final task.
Objectives
- Execute a complete lesson plan to demonstrate understanding of effective teaching strategies
Tasks
It is time to put everything you have been working on in this mini course together! In Unit 1, you chose a topic you enjoy teaching. In Unit 2 you developed generative topics from the NYS standards, and Unit 3, you developed strategies for that generative topic. Now, you are going to take one topic, with the strategies and create a full detailed lesson plan with it. Please use the lesson plan template provided below. Before completing the lesson plan, feel free to review the chart and guidlines for developing lessons as guidance.
- The most important part of this development is the information provided with the strategies you will be using to teach for understanding. Make sure you explain how they will foster a deep understanding and how it connects to your objectives and align with the NYS Standards. You are required to use a minimun of 2 strategies that you developed from Unit 3 in this lesson.
After completing the lesson plan, please complete a reflection as to how the information learned in this course will influence your lessons in the future, to benefit the education of your students!
Resources
Sources
Clarke, Barbara (2010)Teacher Education Resource Center, Milne Library, SUNY Geneseo First online edition: http://www.geneseo.edu/~terc/lessonplanningrev.html
Return to Unit 3:Teaching for Understanding