Creating a lesson plan that properly associates the comprehension level of the kids with your teaching material provides your students with a lesson both challenging and interesting.
With any lesson plan there are 3 key parts to complete:
"The Pre" (or beginning) of the lesson plan, the teacher should aim to teach something new or tie in new material with previously taught material. This "pre" part of the lesson should provide motivation and can be in the form of a quote, a statistic or question. The function of the "pre" provides a connection to the main part of the lesson. The length of this part should be about 10 minutes.
"The Content" of the lesson reflects the goal you expect the students to accomplish. The goal can be a new skill or a review of a previously taught skill. During this time students will incorporate and interpret the material of the lesson. The length of this part should be about 30-40 minutes.
"The Review" of the lesson is just what the name suggests-a summary of the lesson. During the review, the teacher wants to use transitional phrases to help the parts of the lesson flow from another, such as "Okay, you did that very well. Now let's see how these attitudes are reflected in the news report that we are going to read." Here, the teacher gives positive feedback and then shares the main task of the lesson to come, which is reading for specific information. The length of this part should be about 10-15 minutes.
When it comes to writing a great lesson plan think about the students and be sure the lesson is both challenging and interesting. Like a good story, your lesson plan should have a beginning ("the pre"), middle ("the content") and end ("the review").
With any lesson plan there are 3 key parts to complete:
"The Pre" (or beginning) of the lesson plan, the teacher should aim to teach something new or tie in new material with previously taught material. This "pre" part of the lesson should provide motivation and can be in the form of a quote, a statistic or question. The function of the "pre" provides a connection to the main part of the lesson. The length of this part should be about 10 minutes.
"The Content" of the lesson reflects the goal you expect the students to accomplish. The goal can be a new skill or a review of a previously taught skill. During this time students will incorporate and interpret the material of the lesson. The length of this part should be about 30-40 minutes.
"The Review" of the lesson is just what the name suggests-a summary of the lesson. During the review, the teacher wants to use transitional phrases to help the parts of the lesson flow from another, such as "Okay, you did that very well. Now let's see how these attitudes are reflected in the news report that we are going to read." Here, the teacher gives positive feedback and then shares the main task of the lesson to come, which is reading for specific information. The length of this part should be about 10-15 minutes.
When it comes to writing a great lesson plan think about the students and be sure the lesson is both challenging and interesting. Like a good story, your lesson plan should have a beginning ("the pre"), middle ("the content") and end ("the review").
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