Preparation for Lesson Planning | Origin: ED109
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Preparing and Creating Lesson Plans --> Preparation for Lesson Planning
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Knowing course content an planing ahead of time for all your classes/courses is important and helps you with success
I've learned that establishing precise, quantifiable learning objectives, coordinating activities with curriculum standards, and preparing resources ahead of time are all necessary for efficient lesson planning. Determining the learning objective provides interesting activities, developing formative assessments to gauge comprehension; and preparing for differentiation to suit a range of learner needs are all crucial tasks.
Knowing your course content is important, how you are going to deliver it and how long. But equally important is to take the time and get to know your learners and let them get to know you as well
Effective teaching rarely happens by accident-it is the result of thoughtful preparation, well-structured lesson planning, and the intentional use of resources. preparing in advance allows an instructor to clearly define learning objectives, anticipate student needs, and organize content in a way that builds understanding step by step. Without preparation, lessons impactful, making it harder for students to stay engaged and achieve meaningful learning outcomes.
On the first day of class, I've always presented a questionnaire of sorts. I hand out blank 3x5 cards and ask about student history regarding woodworking, did they "elect" the course, what they want from the course... etc. I also have something on the ready to fill time gaps so that my students never perceive something as a gap.
From the module I learned about timing and evaluation. If you have a long class, take a few moments to take attendance. A shorter class, you might want to get right to it (teaching). For eval, you can grasp where students are in certain topics before starting the course. You can also create worksheets to grasp their knowledge at the topic.
understanding students needs, introduction of activities allowing time for each with advance planning while differentiating all the needs for your class
I really like the idea to implement ice breakers on the first day to get to know the students in class. Moving forward, I will implement ice breaker and pretest strategies shared in this course.
Pretests are a great way to get an overall understanding of the students' knowledge in the area of instruction. Having backup criteria and activities for learning is a great way to overcome the compression factor.
Time management and pre-assessing your students' knowledge level are both very important to lesson planning and keeping the students engaged.
Compression factor in teaching is when the instructional content you have prepared for last the entire class compresses into half the time and you still an hour to go in the class.
Have activities and content available to help you fill the time.
Lesson planning and design must be done with the knowledge of the student in mind. This must meet the need of the person who requires more attention but must not sit above the person who is most knowledgeable in the class. In so doing you do not run the risk of one becoming frustrated and the other becoming bored. Lesson planning and execution must also be drafted and executed with time in mind.
I've learned that time management is important!
Time Management. keeping the students engage and finding videos to watch on the lessons they are learning about.
Knowing how long the class is and having the righ amount of content to last the whole time period is very crucial so the student don't lose intest in the class. Also being prepared and doing ice breakers the first day of class to get to know your students will help to get to know them and for them to know each other.
Effective Lesson planning requires understanding what the students already know and building content in a logical way that helps them succeed. It is also important to manage time carefully, because sometimes material takes less or more time than expected during class. Using a variety of educational resources and activities can help keep students engaged and connect lessons to real world application.
I like the idea of giving my students a pre test to see what they already know
Time management plans a big part in preparing for class. Creating lesson plans provide a structured, but flexible guide for assisting instructors to deliver the course material in effective manner to engage their students and achieve the course objectives.
I like the idea of giving my students a pretest or something that enables me to know them better and their level of knowledge. This will help me better pitch the course to all students and get the level of the class correct.
