Lesson Planning
Why is it important to create a Lesson Plan?
Creating a lesson plan is all about being prepared with back pocket prompt questions for students and knowing minute-by-minute what will happen when delivering your lesson to students. It all comes down to being prepared and knowing what misconceptions students might have during and after the lesson.
Lesson Planning Explained
A 5E Lesson plan contains Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate activities that will help deliver a complete lesson cycle.
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Engage
The Engage activity is also known as a do now, hook or bell ringer activity. This usually takes place within the first 5 minutes of class instruction. Students can either read a short excerpt, watch a short video or examine an image and assess their prior knowledge on the given topic. The engage activity is great to introduce the topic of the lesson or to connect the current lesson with past content.
Explore
An Explore activity is used to give students an opportunity to research the given topic prior to the teacher explaining the lesson of the day. This is also a great opportunity to work on guided handouts with students as they take notes. Students get to collaborate with one another and write down what they already know. An online simulation or teacher demonstration can be used for an explore activity. This can also look like a foldable or any type of graphic organizer.
Explain
The Explain portion of your lesson is the point where you, the teacher, will use PowerPoints, Nearpods, pictures, videos, etc. to explain terminology, theory, TEKS and standards. Students are taking notes and coming up with their own questions which they will later try and answer during the Elaborate portion of the lesson.
Elaborate
The Elaborate portion is where students work independently and use what they have learned to solve real world problems and create their own products. This can look like a Project-Based Learning Project.
Evaluate
Finally, during the Evaluate phase, students will assess their knowledge with a formative assessment. This can be either multiple choice questions, open-ended questions, fill-in-the blank or matching activities. This can look like an exit ticket, quiz or test.
Lesson Prep vs Lesson Plan
Once you have completed your lesson plan, you are now ready to lesson prep. This means that while you have already planned what your lesson will look like, now you need to prepare for any misconceptions that can arise during your lesson delivery.
How will your students participate in each activity?
Think-Pair Share
Silent Solo
Turn and Talk
What are some of the misconceptions your students might have during this lesson?
What will be your back-pocket questions?
How and Where will students access their lesson materials?
What will student final products and exemplars look like?
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