Lesson Plans
What is an objective and what are the four criteria to have in a written objective?
An objective is a clear statement about the learning outcome for the student.
The object must have the behavior, the condition, and the qualitative and quantitative criterion.
Why are some reasons we use questions?
We use questioning to engage, review or summarize, introduce new topics, assess, and redirect or refocus.
What are the four types of organizational arrangement?
The four organizational arrangements are (1) students, (2) time, (3) space, and (4) equipment or materials.
What is feedback?
Feedback is information provided that causes an improvement in learning as a result.
What is an example of language supports?
Some examples of language supports are anchor charts, graphic organizers, sentence frames, maps, and others.
What are the two types of essential questions?
1. The overarching question, which shows the bigger picture. The overarching questions help understand overall ideas of standards and lessons. Students may have a variety of answers.
2. The topical questions, which are more specific to a topic and should have similar answers. This type of question focuses on an idea within a specific topic or unit of study.
Convergent questions have one best answer.
Divergent questions are open-ended questions, that allow for multiple appropriate answers.
What is the focus on the "people" arrangement?
Focusing on group sizes and how the groups are organized.
What is the difference between positive and negative feedback?
Positive feedback is information on performance that is affirmative, whereas negative feedback is information on performance phrased towards the negative.
What is the function of academic language?
The function of academic language is the language from the standard that relates to the central focus of the lesson.
What are the steps of the teaching process?
Plan -> Implement (teach) -> Evaluate
What is a focus questions?
A focus question directs students attention to the lesson. For the class's purpose, this is our essential question for our standard.
What does time focus on?
Time has a focus on the pacing of the lesson.
*Review the difference between student pacing and teacher pacing when considering pacing for your lesson.
Who are the different targets of feedback?
The different targets of feedback are: Individual, group, or class
What is academic language?
Academic language is the language of the school that the students need in order to understanding, communicate, and perform.
1. The Hook - the activating strategy to get students interested in the lesson.
2. The Link - relating the lesson to students lives and past subject knowledge.
Usually 3-5 minutes, but for this class it should be 1-2 minutes.
What are prompting and probing questions?
Prompting questions help with hints and clues that help a student get to the correct response.
Probing questions help to further clarify a student's response.
What is space in the organizational arrangements?
Space considers the work and practice area. The space considers how the classroom is set up, what organization of people are like in that space for whole group and small groups. Space should also consider if students are going to moving around or are stationary.
Explain evaluative and corrective feedback and give an example of each.
Evaluative feedback has a value on judgement, looking at how well or poorly a task performed. For example you might say, "That's a great job!".
Corrective feedback gives information on what you do or not do on a task in the future. An example of this might be when you say, "Make to use a capital letter when writing your complete sentence."
What is discourse as it relates to academic language?
Discourse is how the students are using the language, how they explain their understanding, and how show their understanding.
What is the closure of the lesson?
The closure allows students to summarize and review the key points of the lesson. The teacher is able to check for understanding of the lesson based on student responses and questions. You should always ask the essential questions after the summary of the lesson and forecast the next day's lesson plan.
How can Bloom's Taxonomy help a teacher create higher order questions?
Bloom's taxonomy helps students to develop critical thinking and higher order thinking as they work their way up the tiers from simple to more concrete, to abstract thinking. A student must master one tier before they can move on the to the next. A teacher can use the specific verbs associated with that tier to make sure they are asking appropriate questions to students of higher tiers and levels.
What does equipment and materials focus on?
The focus for equipment and materials is what is going to be used for the lesson, how the materials will be organized and arranged, and how many will be needed for everyone.
Define congruent and incongruent. Give examples of both types of feedback.
A student is working on writing an opinion essay.
Congruent feedback is focused on the lesson. The focus is on the standards that the student is working on for that lesson and activity. An example might be, "You have your opinion statement first, following by your three reasons! Great outline so far."
Incongruent feedback is feedback that is still helpful and important, but it is not focused on the lesson or activity of the day. For example, a teacher may say, "Your handwriting is really improving here!" That is focused on the students handwriting and not the essay.
What are the tier's of vocabulary?
Tier 1 is general vocabulary, like sight words.
Tier 2 is academic vocabulary, like high-frequency words or multi-meaning words.
Tier 3 is content-specific vocabulary, which is very specific to the lesson or standard. This must be more explicitly taught.