Lesson planning is one of the most challenging and important part of teaching. This week I learned that thinking of a lesson plan as s concept rather than a checklist is a great, simple idea that helps me keep the objective in mind while planning and teaching.
We have spent a great deal of time in school learning how to create lesson plans using specific templates and formats. I think this is helpful to make sure nothing is left out and has given me the tools to think and work through the process of planning lessons. However, upon reflection, I have been presenting lessons as if they were checklists and they lacked excitement and engagement and probably learning. I was so concerned about checking off everything on my lesson plan, that my students' quality learning took a back seat.
Using unit tests to plan lessons from is great for keeping the end in mind and developing a concept. It is helping me simplify planning and I feel this will bring more life into future lessons. I do still wonder though, how to figure out what it is that students of various ages will relate to. One way of figure this out is by watching movies that my students watch and reading their books.
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