Lesson Planning Checklist

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To use the Planner: Gather curriculum, content, and resources you will be using. Answer the questions in the Planner. Top of Form Step 1: Heading Bottom of Form
Date:
Teacher(s) Name:
Grade Level(s):
Title of Lesson:
Content Areas:
Description/Abstract of Lesson:
Timeline of Lesson:
Step 2: Goals/Content and Cognitive
Questions: What do you want students to know and be able to do? What knowledge, skills, strategies, and attitudes do you expect students to gain? What important content and concepts will students learn?
Links to Curriculum Standards
Questions: What local, state, or national standards will be addressed?
Step 3: Guiding Questions for This Lesson Why would your students care or want to know about this topic? What "big" questions will generate discussion about this topic? What questions will be asked to help students focus on important aspects of this topic?
Step 4: Assessment
Questions: How will you know your students have reached the lesson goal? What assessment tools will you use? How will students be involved in ongoing assessment? How will students assess themselves? How can technology support and/or enhance assessment?
Step 5: Learning Connections
Questions: What student needs, interests, and prior learning are a foundation for this lesson? What conceptual difficulties might students have? What curriculum connections will you make in this lesson with other topics you teach?
Step 6: Learning Activities or Tasks
Questions: What engaged and worthwhile learning activities and tasks will your students complete? How will they build knowledge and skills; learn independently and with others; demonstrate knowledge, ability, and creativity; and manage learning? In what ways is this lesson challenging, authentic, and multidisciplinary? How can the use of technology support student learning?
Step 7: Teaching Strategies
Questions: What instructional practices will you use with this lesson? How will your learning environment support these activities? What is your role? What are the students' roles in the lesson? How can the use of technology support your teaching?
Management
Questions: How and where will your students work? Classroom, lab, groups, etc.? How will you provide for students with special needs? How will you modify this lesson for individual learning needs? How will you use additional resources? How can the use of technology support classroom management?
Materials and Resources
Questions: What other support services and resources will you need? How can technology extend and enhance the lesson in ways that would not be possible without it? Will you need additional people to help with this lesson?
Step 8: Lesson Evaluation and Teacher Reflection
On your lesson plan, there will be reflective questions that you can use to evaluate the effectiveness of the lesson plan. Once you have completed the lesson you should write in your self-assessment of its strengths and weaknesses or include a student survey/evaluation. Bottom of Form

This checklist is generated from the NCRTEC Online Lesson Planning Form