TENTH BLOG ENTRY

Lesson Plan

A lesson plan is the instructor’s road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Every teacher must write a lesson class before any class because as it is said the lesson plan is the road in which teacher will teach and students will learn.

Before you plan your lesson, you will first need to identify the learning objectives for the class.  Then, you can design appropriate learning activities and develop strategies to obtain feedback on student learning. A successful lesson plan addresses and integrates these three key components:

• Objectives for student learning
• Teaching/learning activities
• Strategies to check student understanding

Ways to diffirentiate a lesson plan

·         Learning by Pace

This involves the time on task that best accommodates learners. While some learners need a good deal of time to complete an assignment, others may require less time, or a small extension of time, in order to address the material presented. Your lessons need to take this into consideration by providing some students the opportunity to work for longer, shorter, or intermediate periods of time on the same assignment.

·         Learning by Ability Level

This refers to the general expectation of student performance and competency at a given grade and/or age. Student learners may function at what has been determined as above, at, or below grade level. More specifically, achievement level may vary from one discipline to another, so that grade or age level is acceptable.

·         Learners’ Interests

This refers to the areas where students are focused on concern, curiosity, importance, consequence, and variations of thinking or feeling regarding learning fields. Some learners may want to gain information about sports, while others are not even mildly concerned.

·         Learners’ Needs

While some students’ needs are obvious, others require an amplification system in the classroom, or students need enrichment activities to stimulate them. Student needs vary as much as individuals themselves at any given time.

·         Learning Styles

This is attention to the way individuals process and retain information. Brain dominance with respect to one’s being field-dependent or field-independent, and emotional, sociological, psychological, and physiological factors are taken a account when it comes to learn.