Model Classroom Lessons

I visited the Technology Applications Network website and discovered a lesson plan for second grade level. Here is the link: http://www.techappsnetwork.org/. The lesson was very detailed without unnecessary information included. The learning objectives and standards are expressed in the beginning of the lesson. To have a successful or good lesson, the lesson must be engaging to students. Secondly lessons must be learner-centered, in other words the learner must be thought of and considered on every level of the lesson. Lessons must have activities that develop the necessary skills that are to be taught. For example, there should be activities and not a majority of teacher directed instruction. Students need the opportunity to use their creativity to develop their problem solving skills. What also made the insect lesson good was the organization. Lastly, the creator also included a rubric to help the student and the teacher assess learning and keep track of it.
Therefore the things that make a good lesson plan are as follows:

• Detailed, not confusing
• Objectives, goals, and standards are clearly stated
• Learner centered
• Activities. Plenty of opportunities for students to develop skills
• Rubrics and Accountable Assessments
• Organized

The next lesson plan that I viewed was about Letter Writing by Toad and Frog. The link is included:http://www.techappsnetwork.org/lib/multimed/file/lesnplan/14/495/Letters_to_Frog_and_Toad.pdf

What made this a great lesson is that it was detailed, objectives were clearly stated, learner centered, activities, rubrics, and it was organized. But what made this an even better lesson was that it was a breakdown of activities to be covered day by day. The previous lesson only stated how long the lesson would be, but did not include what days that activities should be on each day.

I discovered a lesson about story problem writing. Here is the link: http://www.techappsnetwork.org/lib/multimed/file/lesnplan/15/551/Lesson%20Plan.pdf This lesson was:

Detailed, not confusing
Objectives, goals, and standards are clearly stated
Learner centered
Activities. Plenty of opportunities for students to develop skills
Rubrics and Accountable Assessments
Organized

Although this lesson consisted all the above necessesities, it lacked depth. Students were just told to log onto Kid Pix and create a story problem. The problem is that students need modeling.

I then remebered that to have an excellent lesson plan is to also include:

• Modeling
• Guided Practice
• Independent Practice

The second lesson included it levels of practice. But, the first and third lesson did not include as much depth.