| ide is not meant to be the one and only way to | | | | will want to be sure that you include a title that properly |
| develop a lesson plan; however, it is going to provide | | | | reflects your topic. |
| you with at least some good methods to start with. A | | | | 2. Develop clear, specific objectives to be sure that |
| general overview highlights the key points of creating a | | | | your lesson plan will teach exactly what you want it to. |
| useful and working lesson plan. | | | | You must note that these objectives should not be |
| Below is a list of the steps that are usually involved in | | | | activities that will be used in the lesson plan. Rather, |
| developing a quality lesson plan as well as a | | | | they should be the learning outcomes of those |
| description of what each component should be. They | | | | activities. |
| will be listed in 10 of the best points. | | | | As an example, if you wanted to teach your class |
| 1. The first thing that you will have to consider, | | | | how to add 1 + 3, the objective may be that "the |
| obviously, is what you want to teach. This should be | | | | students will know how to add 1 + 3" or more |
| developed based upon your state or local school | | | | specifically "the students will demonstrate how to add 1 |
| standards. You also need to be aware of what grade | | | | + 3." |
| level you are developing the lesson plan for. Record a | | | | Your objectives should also be directly measurable. |
| time estimate for your lesson plan to help you to | | | | What this means is that you need to make sure that |
| better budget your time. | | | | you will be able to tell whether these objectives were |
| Once you have chosen your topic, you can begin | | | | met or not. You can certainly have more than one |
| choosing how you want to teach the topic in general. If | | | | objective for a lesson plan if you feel that this would |
| you didn't use the state standards to help in developing | | | | be more useful. |
| your topic, you will want to refer to them now to see | | | | In order for you to be able to make objectives more |
| what specific standards your lesson plan can fulfill. | | | | meaningful, you may want to include both wide and |
| Having your lesson plan properly set up with state | | | | narrow objectives. The wide objectives would be |
| standards, helps to prove its worthiness and necessity | | | | more like ambitions and they would include the overall |
| later. It also helps to assuring that your students are | | | | goal of the lesson plan, for example, in order for you to |
| being taught what the state requires. | | | | gain familiarity with adding two numbers together. |
| If you are able to blend your lesson plan with the local | | | | The specific objectives would be more like the one |
| school standards, record links to those standards in | | | | listed above, in such a manner, as "the students will |
| your lesson plan in writing for reference later. If you | | | | demonstrate how to add the numbers 2 and 3 |
| are however, writing this lesson plan for a website, you | | | | together. |