Millicent Atkins School of Education: Common Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Candidate Name: Ashley Schwarz

Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Subject: Language Arts and Technology
Date: September 9-13, 2019
PLANNING
List the Common Core/State Standard(s) to be addressed in this lesson.
• ISTE Empowered Learned 1a- Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies
leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning
outcomes.
• ISTE Knowledge Constructor 3a- Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate
information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
• ISTE Knowledge Constructor 3c- Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools
and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.
• W.3.4- With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization
are appropriate to task and purpose.

List the Rationale (cite theories or theorists):

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List the learning objective(s) to be addressed in this lesson (specific, measurable, attainable, timebound).
Use the following format: “Students will be able to…”
• Students will be able to research on an assigned topic using technological and written resources to create a
presentation that will presented in front of the class.
• Students will be able to demonstrate basic research skills.
• Students will be able to research information about sharks, write the information down, and create a
keynote presentation using the information.
• Students will be able to collaborate and communicate with a partner on a shared presentation.

Describe how the learning objective(s) and the learning outcomes is/are appropriate for the
age/developmental level of the students.

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Describe the Classroom Demographics: (e.g., ethnicities; gender ratios; special needs, including those of
gifted students, those of students’ physical needs, and those due to cultural characteristics).
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Describe your Knowledge of Students: (in terms of the whole class and individual students)
(e.g., language needs; approaches to learning; prior learning and experiences; academic
proficiencies/behavioral differences; areas of interest).
• The knowledge of the two students were very different and need quite a bit of assistance. One student was
ready and excite to get the project done, while the other student was more interested in the surroundings
and had man times where he was off topic.
List the materials/resources you will need to teach the lesson.

• iPad- online database through the library website

• Books from the school library
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Paper
• Envelope

Technology
Describe the instructional and/or assistive technology that you plan to incorporate into the lesson and explain how it
will enhance instruction and student learning.
• iPad-using the database on the library website and use the app Keynote to create the presentation.

Accommodations: Base this on the information you provided for Classroom Demographics and
Knowledge of Students above.
Describe the accommodations/differentiation/modifications you will use to meet the needs of all learners
and accommodate differences in students’ learning, culture, language, etc. *
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Pre-Assessment: Describe the instrument or process you will use to measure students’ level of
understanding toward the learning objective(s) prior to teaching the lesson.

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Pre-Assessment: Describe how the results of the pre-assessment (what the students have demonstrated
they know) will be used to design the lesson objectives, instruction, and post-assessment. (Include charts,
graphs if applicable)
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Classroom Management
Identify the management and motivational strategies you will use to meet student behavioral/developmental needs
in order to keep students on task and actively engaged throughout the lesson.

• Proximity
• Redirection

Implementation
“I Do”
(Teacher introduces lesson and models expected outcome(s) of learning objectives)
Describe what instructional strategies you will use to model/explain/demonstrate the knowledge and skills
required of the objective.
• 1- I found my student and introduced myself and tried to get to know my student.
• 6- I opened the app and showed the student how to start a new presentation
• 14- I showed the students how to record their voice for the presentation

“We Do”
(Teacher engages students in guided practice)
Describe the learning activities you will use to provide students multiple opportunities to practice the skills and
content needed to meet the learning objective(s).
• 4- We picked out the categories that we were going to put all the facts into and labeled the
envelopes
• 5- We organized their facts into the correct envelop so that all of the facts had a correct envelop
• 7- We picked the theme of the presentation and choose the first slides
• 8- We assisted in reading of the facts that are going into the project
• 10- We assisted the students in looking for pictures that were relevant to their topic.
• 12- Assisted in organizing all of the bibliographies
• 15- We assisted in recording the titles of all the slides on the presentation
• 17- We assisted in turning in the students finished presentation to the teacher

“You Do”
(Students engage in independent practice)
Describe what the students will do to independently practice the knowledge and skills required by the lesson
objectives?
• 2- The students researched on their own and wrote down all of the facts that the found.
• 3- The students then cut out all of the facts into strips.
• 9-The students read the facts to each other and typed them into the presentation.
• 11- The students entered the pictures into the presentation
• 13- The students read the bibliographies to each other and typed them into the resources page of
the presentation
• 16- The students took turns recording their voice saying the title of the slide to put onto each slide
of their presentation
Lesson Closing
Describe how you will reemphasize the lesson objective(s) and any skills/content that were taught in an
interactive manner (whole/small group, etc.).
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Post-Assessment: APPENDIX: Include a blank copy of the lesson post-assessment you will use to measure
students’ level of understanding toward the learning objectives after teaching the lesson.

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Analyze
Post Assessment: Based on the results of the Pre and Post-Assessment, to what extent did students achieve the
learning goals/objective of the lesson? Cite examples from the lesson plan, assessments, and/or video.
If applicable, insert a table/chart/graph before your explanation.

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Reflect
Reflect on your instructional strategies, interactions with students, and classroom management strategies. Describe
what went well and what areas you need to revise in the future. Cite examples (from video) that support your
conclusions.
Describe revisions that you could make if you were to teach this lesson again. Why would you make each revision?
Cite examples from the lesson plan, video and/or student work that would prompt revisions.
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