lesson planning | Imamother

acccdac ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2011, 2:52 pm

I am planning on having my long term lesson plans done before the summer.

my question is daily lesson plans, I never really did that before because I was teaching math, and it was just teach the next section, I didnt need to work out the problems I knew what was for homework so it wasnt hard.

I now need daily lesson plans.

How far in advance can you really make them.
my issues is just cause you want to complete something in that day doesnt mean you will and doesnt mean you can go on to the next lesson just cause it says so on the lesson plan.

do you plan lessons based on Day 1, Day 2, etc instead of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday?

Fox

Tue, Jul 26 2011, 6:02 pm

A lot depends on what subject you're teaching as well as the age group; however, I'll make some general suggestions.

Hatzlacha!

apple24 ↓

Tue, Jul 26 2011, 8:36 pm

Fox wrote:

A lot depends on what subject you're teaching as well as the age group; however, I'll make some general suggestions.

Hatzlacha!

Fox, this is right on the mark, you sound like a great teacher!
One thing I have done, which has been very helpful, is to, like fox said think of where you want to be by the end of the year.
1. Write down you yearly goal and then list the skills/concepts/units that you plan (or need) to cover.
2. Then next to each skill/unit write down about how long you think it will take to finish it.
3. Then take out a calander, the school calender is ideal, bc it will have all the "days off" written in already Make up goals, based on your units for each month. For example, in September, my goal is to have the students able to identify shorashim of most words.
4. Then make a "weekly" goal. This week, the students will learn what a prefix is.
5. Then you can "fill in" the days with the activities/lessons you will do that will lead you to that goal.

If this is your first time teaching a new subject, expect to not be so accurate. Once you've taught something before, you have better idea of how long it will REALLY take, so be prepared to be flexible.

Hatzlacha!

↑ acccdac

Tue, Jul 26 2011, 10:16 pm

right so I get all of this

but I'm asking for daily lesson planning.

lets say you use the "Letter K" example.

ON monday work on words starting with k
ON tuesday work on the sound of K
on wednesday work on C vs. K

However, you cant move on to tuesday until you know monday's goal got accomplished. So how far in advance do you really plan in detail, only a week? only a day?

you cant prepare each night for the next day because then you waste your time and you're not organized.

is my question a bit clearer?

↑ apple24

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 8:27 pm

I did get your question the first time, and the answer was that you CANT make detailed daily lesson plans on a whole year worth of material when you never taught it before (and even if you did teach it before, I dont think you really could, as each class is different)

Thats why you should for with the yearly/monthly/weekly goal thing. It kind of keeps you on track, even if you need and extra day here or there, or finish a day early. You still, more or less, have your goals, monthly or weekly to keep you on track.

Do you want these daily lesson plans done in the summer for yourslef, or is the school asking for them? I think it is quite an unreasonable request if they are. Also, if you set yourslef up to finish daily goals, you will get stressed about completing them when you are unable to.

nicole81

Wed, Jul 27 2011, 8:40 pm

acccdac wrote:

However, you cant move on to tuesday until you know monday's goal got accomplished. So how far in advance do you really plan in detail, only a week? only a day?

you cant prepare each night for the next day because then you waste your time and you're not organized.

of course you can prepare each night for the next day. and no this does not mean you're wasting time and unorganized, it usually means your lessons will address the exact needs of your students for each given day, and you will be a better teacher!

I don't really understand the need to have a day by day plan. Some lessons take less than a period, and some lesson plans can go over a number of days. Stick with the unit planning, and then break your units up into individual lessons-- but don't get hung up on assigning days to the lessons.

Good teaching includes ongoing assessment and revision, and that's why it's oftentimes the best practice to create each lesson plan from scratch. If you have the unit plan and the goals/standards you want to reach for the unit, creating the lesson plan shouldn't take more than 30 minutes time (and that's a stretch.)

BTW my unit plans are extremely detailed. they start with the overall standards and goals. then I decide on a time frame (say 2 weeks) and then outline let's say 7 lessons. the outline includes the topic of study, important questions to be asked, activities, and assessments. but having 7 lessons outlined for a 2 week period gives me room to readdress topics, or to modify lessons or add things as needed. because I have my outlines done and my activities already thought out, the actual lesson writing goes extremely quickly for me.