1. For Beginning Teachers
How to plan a good lesson
For Beginning Teachers

2. Elements of Lesson Design
Madeline Hunter meets Direct Explicit Instruction and Gradual Release of Responsibility
Elements of Lesson Design

3. State your Common Core Objective
Have your objective up as an “I can…” statement
Tell the students the goal or objective of the lesson
Don’t forget to ask them at the conclusion to tell you how they met the goal!

4. Purpose: Is it understood? Is it challenging?
Stay on task! Remember what your purpose it.

5. Anticipatory Set Introduce, model, question
Draw on their prior knowledge
Motivate the students to want to learn
Peak their curiosity
Get Excited!
Student performance and engagement may provide diagnostic data for the teacher.

6. Presentation Engage the students in the lesson
“Chunk” lessons into easy to understand minilessons
Think about vocabulary. Make sure it’s understandable for their level.

7. Model-
Think aloud-
See the thinking in action, rather than being told

8. Check for understanding Monitor continuously
Are the students meeting the objective
adjust-don’t be afraid to change your plans, even during an observation
reteach and revisit when needed
Ask for a thumbs up, at their chests.
Show me on a score of 1 to 5, 5 being the highest, how much you feel you understand.
Walk around with a clipboard. Check off understanding-no test needed!

9. Practice Highly Structured Guided
Make sure the practice is very supervised! Keep the students on the right track. Remember, “I do, We do, You do”
Model, have a few try in front of class and then do the activity in groups or independently.

10. Closure Cue the students that the lesson is ending
Review the key points with the students
Students should be able to tell you the lesson and the skill learned
Closure can be at the end of each part of the lesson
Closure can help students organize and notice their progress and learning. Have students use an exit slip or share with a neighbor their learning. Older students can write what they learned on an exit ticket.

11. Independent Practice
Alone or in a group
Reinforce the lesson

12. What went well? What is your next step?
Make notes for yourself to remember what went well. Be prepared to have the next step ready. It can be another day or the same day.
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13. References
San Diego County Office of Educations: The Madeline Hunter Model of Mastery Learning.
Personal experience of 16 years teaching and being evaluated.