Rowan College Lesson Journal Planning Practice

I’m working on a job presentation and need guidance to help me study.

For this week’s activity, you will do some RESEARCH on the elements of lesson planning.

Start with your textbook. What are the important components of a lesson plan?

Move to the internet. What should be included in your lesson plan?

As we move towards the end of the semester, you should be thinking about BIG Assignment #4 which requires you to plan and teach a lesson. How will you begin to draft a written lesson plan? Give some thought to the lesson you will present for BIG Assignment #4. To get ready, you will complete a journal entry that provides an overview of your developing lesson plan.

In a journal entry, create a BULLETED LIST of:

• Grade Level (you will teach)
• Subject or Content Area (you will teach)
• Lesson Plan Components (the number of components will vary from 5-8)

One example of an element that is in most (if not all) lesson plans, is an objective. An objective is what students will learn. As a teacher, you should communicate the lesson goal to your students in verbal and written form. Think about how will you do that. The objective should be the FOCUS of the lesson. Objectives should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant & Time-Limited).

EXAMPLES of SMART Objectives:

1. The student will be able to tell and record time on a digital clock and an analog clock to the hour and half hour.

2. The student will be able to construct declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences.