Lesson Plan

For my own convenience I am putting down the core elements of what a lesson plan should consist of, so that I can return here and reference them. There are three preparatory steps and four effect steps.

Focus: A brief summary of what the lesson will be about and the overall goals of the lesson.

Grade Expectations: The Grade Level Expectations are what state standard(s) the lesson will be addressing. This should be clearly explicit in the lesson plan and preferably clearly explicit to students.

Materials: What you will need in order to accomplish this lesson.

Activator: An opening activity to get the lesson started and to help create mental connections.

Procedures: A step by step summation of major activities and what the lesson will itself include.

Wrap-Up: A closing activity to bring home what the students have been doing and to help finalize any previously unclear information. The stinger.

Assessment: A way to demonstrate student learning, whether that be something concrete and summative like a test or something more casual and formative like an end of class writing.