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When planning a successful lesson, I try to integrate the following items:
1. Learning objectives - Firstly, I strive to see the bigger picture and end goal of every unit. Doing so allows me to have a general sense of the direction I want to take when teaching, further plan lessons, and reflect on which topics may require more time and practice for students. For each lesson, I determine the concept that I want the students to learn and be able to apply/do at the end.
2. Activities - Secondly, my goal is to design and/or find a variety of activities that explains the content and supports learning, all while being engaging and beneficial for different learning styles. I take into consideration the time that will be allocated to each activity and determine whether more work periods will be required to complete all activities.
3. Checking for understanding - Lastly, I develop a strategy that I can use to check student understanding. This may include collecting work for review or having students perform certain tasks that demonstrate what they have learned. In addition, I like to plan specific questions that I can ask students during the lesson. These questions can serve as another indicator of student comprehension while also leading to a productive discussion where students can learn from one another.
My approach to instruction consists of being a facilitator, model, and resource for learning.
One of my main goals within the classroom is to facilitate and guide student learning, comprehension, exploration as well as independence. I first aim to lead by example. I want to model and demonstrate how students can apply and understand information. Overall, I strive to shift the dynamic and responsibility so that students are a partner in discovery. Evidently, as students move through the shared/guided practice stage toward independence, they are relying more on themselves and less on the teacher to complete the learning task. I think that it is very important for students to become independent at an early age. This will result in success in the future not only academically, but also in their day-to-day lives.
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