EDUC 450: Professional Clinical PracticeReflective Lesson Plan Model

Name: Stevee Scott Date: 3-18-2014

PART I: PLANNING

Title of LessonMy Neighborhood

Source

Is this lesson original idea? If not, from what source did I borrow this lesson?

This lesson comes from the Kindergarten team at Sheridan Elementary.

Subject Area (s)Social Studies

Grade Level Kindergarten

Curriculum Standards

K.1.1- Identify the location of his or her home, school, neighborhood, and city or town on a map.

Description and Background Information

Describe the lesson’s activities and content to provide a clear overview of the lesson.

This lesson focuses on helping students learn about their home. Students will discuss what they know about neighborhoods, neighbors, and home. Students will begin to learn and practice their addresses.

Lesson Objectives What will students be able to do at the conclusion of this lesson? Make sure that your objective(s) are measurable.

Students will learn the importance of being able to identify the location of his/her home, school, neighborhood, and city or town on a map.

Varying Objectives for Individuals Needs

How will I vary these objectives for students who do not understand the material?How will I vary these objectives for students who have already mastered the concept?How will I vary these objectives for students who are presently learning English?

For students who do not understand the material, the TA or the teacher will work with them in small groups or independently.

For students who have already mastered the concept, the teacher will allow them to work with students who may need more help, provide them with another activity that will increase their understanding of the lesson, or allow them to work in one of the learning centers.

For students who are ELL, the teacher will work with them in small groups or independently. The teacher will seek advice from the TESOL teacher, educational programs, and websites on how to better assist students with this lesson. For instance, modeling, a peer mentor, and visual aids can be useful tools

Statement of Purpose

Why is it important for the students to learn this content?

This lesson is important for the students to learn because they need to know this information if they are lost.

Materials and Resources

What materials and supplies are needed to help your students achieve the stated objectives? What will the teacher need? What will the students need? What other resources are needed? Will you use resource speakers?

www.mapquest.com, www.google.com, www.freesongforkids.com, pencils, crayons, activity sheets, promethean board, My Neighborhood: Places and Faces by Lisa Bullard.

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Anticipatory Set What will you do to motivate the students and get their attention? What is the “hook” that will serve as a focus for the lesson’s activities?

The teacher will play “How to Read a Map” on www.freesongsforkids.com

Part II: IMPLEMENTATION

Pre-assessmentHow will I find out what students already know about this topic?

The teacher will ask students what they know about neighbors, neighborhoods, and home. Students will have to provide examples and a definition.

Teacher Modeling or Demonstration

What will I do to show students what is expected?

The teacher will display and model different key things about neighbors, neighborhoods, and home on the promethean board.

Guided PracticeWhat will we do together as they learn how to succeed at the new task?

Teacher will practice student addresses with students. Teacher will read “My Neighborhood: Places and Faces” by Lisa Bullard. Teacher will check for understanding after reading the book to students.

Checking for UnderstandingWhat questions will you ask to determine if students understand so far? What techniques or strategies will be used to determine if students understand so far?

What is a neighborhood?How does your neighborhood look?What is a neighbor?Tell me one thing about one of your neighbor.What is your address?Describe your home or where you live to the class.Why is it important to know your address?

Independent Practice

What will students do by themselves to show that they have internalized the knowledge?

Students will draw a picture of their home.

ClosureHow will I conclude the lesson and relate it to future experiences? How will you wrap up the lesson to reinforce concepts taught during the lesson?

Teacher will end lesson by explaining to students the importance of learning their address and other important landmarks in their community. Students need to learn this if ever they become lost or missing.

Assessment(attach to lesson plan)

What will students do to demonstrate what they have learned?

Extension ActivitiesWhat can students do at home or in the classroom to apply the knowledge or skills? How could you use your colleagues or community agencies to improve student performance?

Students can make a map of their bedroom from a bird’s eye view with help from their parent or guardian.

Technology

How will you use technology to assist students with learning the concepts? What technology will you use to enhance the delivery and comprehension of your content?

Students will be able to use the promethean board to view videos and look at different neighborhoods, find their neighborhoods, and homes.

Connection Across the Curriculum

How will you connect this lesson with other content areas across the curriculum?

The Arts Students can use construction paper and/or small cardboard boxes to make a 3-D figure of their home.Health: Students can learn how they keep their neighborhood and home clean by recycling and cleaning up.Physical Education: Students can create a map of the school playground. They can then use the map to find different parts on the playground. Students can skip to the swings, jump to the jungle gyms, etc.

PART III: REFLECTION

Strengths

Describe the strengths of your instructional techniques, strategies and classroom management.Describe the strengths of student engagement.

The lesson catered to diverse learning styles which kept all students engaged. The examples, visual aid, and activities aligned with the standards. I have improved my classroom management and transitioning skills from one activity to the next.

Weaknesses

Describe the weaknesses of your instructional techniques, strategies and classroom management. Describe the weaknesses of student engagement.

I experienced some technical difficulties for one of the websites. It took me a few minutes to find an alternate way to present the concept while trying to keep the students from getting antsy.

Suggestions forImprovement

What would you change when teaching this lesson again?

I would have back up plans just in case I experience technical difficulties.

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REFLECTIVE LESSON PLAN MODEL RUBRIC

Candidate____________________________________ Title of Lesson ________________________________________________ Date:________________

Target(5 Points)

Highly Acceptable (4 Points)

Acceptable(3 Points)

Moderately Acceptable(2 Points)

Unacceptable(1 Point) Score

INTRODUCTION(Title, Source, Subject

Area, Grade Level)ACEI .1.0

The candidate includes all introductory components and all components are

appropriate to the lesson

The candidate includes most introductory

components that are appropriate to the lesson

The candidate includes some introductory

components that are appropriate to the lesson

The candidate includes only one introductory

component that is appropriate to the

lesson

The candidate fails to include the

Introductory components

CURRICULUMSTANDARDS

2.1-2.7

The candidate identifies all appropriate standards for

the lesson.

The candidate identifies some of the standards that

are appropriate for the lesson.

The candidate identifies some appropriate

standards and some inappropriate standards

for the lesson.

The candidate lists standards, but standards are inappropriate for the

lesson.

The candidate fails to identify curriculum

standards.

DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION

ACEI 1.0; 3.1

The candidate describes the lesson’s activities and

content in a detailed manner.

The candidate describes the lesson’s activities and content in a manner that

provides a clear overview of the lesson

The candidate identifies the lesson’s activities

and content but fails to provide a clear overview

of the lesson

The candidate identifies the lesson’s activities or

the lesson’s content

The candidate fails to identify the lesson’s activities and content

LESSON OBJECTIVES

2.1-2.7

The candidate includes concise, clearly written, measurable performance

objectives for all standards

The candidate includes measurable performance objectives, but objectives

are not clearly or concisely written for the lesson

The candidate includes clearly written

objectives that are not measurable

The candidate includes objectives that are not measurable or clearly

written

The candidate fails to include objectives for

the lesson

DIFFERENTIATION OF OBJECTIVES

ACEI 3.2

The candidate varies all objectives to promote rigor and challenge for all students, including diverse students, , and identifies

The candidate varies most of the objectives to promote rigor and a challenge for all students, including diverse students,

The candidate varies some of the objectives to address diverse students’ needs and includes some

teacher actions that

The candidate does not vary the objectives, but the candidate identifies teacher actions that accommodate diverse

The candidate fails to differentiate objectives

teacher actions that accommodate diverse students’ needs

and identifies teacher actions that accommodate diverse students’ needs

accommodate those needs

students’ needs.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The candidate clearly explains the importance of the content for the student.

The candidate appropriately explains the importance of the content for the student, but more information is needed.

The candidate makes an adequate attempt to

explain the importance of the content to for the

student..

The candidate does not explain the relevance of the content for the student.

The candidate makes no attempt to explain the relevance of the

content for the student

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

ACEI 1.0

The candidate provides comprehensive lists of lesson materials and

resources with explanations of how they

will be used by the teacher and students

The candidate provides comprehensive lists of lesson materials and

resources to be used by the teacher and the students,

but no explanations

The candidate provides lists of some of the

materials and resources to be used by the teacher and the students for the

lesson

The candidate provides a list of lesson materials and resources to be used by the teacher or the students, but not both

The candidate fails to provide a list of

materials and resources for the lesson

LESSON DESIGN3.1-3.5

The candidate clearly describes a well-organized student centered lesson that reflects all organizational issues: pre-assessment, motivation (anticipatory

set), purpose, modeling/demonstration, guided and independent

practice, closure, extension activities and

other instructional strategies. The lesson plan

reflects differentiated instruction

The candidate clearly describes a student-centered lesson that reflects most of the organizational issues:pre-assessment, motivation, purpose, modeling/demonstration, guided and independent practice, closure, extension activities and other instructional strategies. The lesson plan reflects differentiated instruction

The candidate clearly describes a student-centered lesson that contains few of the

organizational issues, and addresses some

differentiated instruction.

The candidate describes a lesson that is

somewhat student-centered with few of the

organizational issues, with no differentiated

instruction

The candidate describes an ill-planned

lesson that is not student-centered or the

candidate fails to describe the lesson

KEY ASSESSMENTS

ACEI 4.0

The candidate describes specific assessments that correlate to all of the objectives and lesson

The candidate describes assessments that correlate to some of the objectives and the lesson

The candidate includes assessments that correlate to the

objectives and the lesson, but do not

describe them

The candidate includes assessments that do not

correlate to the objectives and the

lesson

The candidate fails to include assessments

CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING

ACEI 3.1-3.5

The candidate describes and lists specific strategies and techniques and/or lists

questions to be asked to check for understanding

The candidate describes and lists several strategies/ techniques and questions to

be asked to check for understanding

The candidate lists and describes strategies/techniques, but does not list any questions

The candidate lists questions, but fails to

describe or list strategies and

techniques

The candidate does not list or describe any

strategies/techniques or asks questions to check

for understanding

TECHNOLOGY3.1-3.5

The candidate meaningfully incorporates and describes student used technology in the lesson or explains why technology cannot be meaningfully

incorporated

The candidate meaningfully incorporates and describes teacher used technology in the lesson

The candidate incorporates and

describes technology in the lesson in superficial

ways.

The candidate incorporates technology

in the lesson in superficial ways;

candidate does not describe the use of

technology

The candidate fails to address the issue of

technology

PRESENTATIONS & CONVENTIONS

ACEI 5.1

The candidate demonstrates a high level of competence in spelling,

grammar and typing

The candidate demonstrates competence in spelling, grammar and typing, but exhibits few

errors

The candidate demonstrates sufficient competence in spelling, grammar and typing, but

exhibits several errors

The candidate demonstrates little

competence in spelling, grammar and typing, through many errors

The candidate demonstrates little

competence in spelling, grammar and typing through a significant

number of errors

EXTENSION ACTIVITIESACEI 5.3-5.4

The candidate provides more than one extension activity to connect the lesson with the home,

community and community agencies

The candidate provides at least one extension activity to connect the lesson with the home and community, but not community agencies

The candidate provides extension activities that connect the home, but not the community and community agencies

The candidate provides extension activities that

do not connect the home, community and community agencies

The candidate fails to provide extension

activities

CONNECTION ACROSS THE

CURRICULUMACEI 2.8

The candidate includes connections to all of the curriculum content areas

during the lesson.

The candidate includes connections to at least 5 of the 7 curriculum areas in

the lesson

The candidate includes connections to the four

core content areas in the lesson

The candidate connects the lesson to at least

two curriculum content areas

The candidate fails to connect the lesson to

other curriculum content areas

REFLECTIONSACEI 5.1

The candidate provides thorough information that shows an understanding of

the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of the

lesson; gives information regarding changes for

future implementation of the lesson

The candidate somewhat provides information that

shows an understanding of the effectiveness of the

lesson; gives information regarding changes for

future implementation of the lesson

The candidate provides information regarding the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of the lesson, but gives no

information regarding future implementation

The candidate provides superficial information

regarding the effectiveness and the ineffectiveness of the lesson, and gives no

information regarding future implementation

of the lesson.

The candidate fails to provide information regarding reflections

from the implementation of the

lesson

T OT A L

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