Writing a lesson plan

Many of you may have some professional educational background and actually are
teaching or working in a school now. Some of you may be entering into the teaching
profession, and some of you may have no formal professional background at all. Given
this diversity, I offer some direction below. First, please see the section titled Standards.
This section lists web sites you might go to check for standards in teaching reading.
Using this information will help you complete thee second section, the lesson plan
outline. Use the outline as a guide to creating your lesson plan for this assignment. You
may modify it as you see fit, but make sure you do at least address the items in the
outline.

Standards
Professional organizations such as the International Reading Association (IRA), the
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and state and local educational
agencies have published standards to guide instruction. Teachers should become
familiar with standards to plan effective lessons and to monitor student progress.
International Reading Association/National Council of Teachers of English
Standards (NCTE/IRA Standards)
available online:
http://www.reading.org/advocacy/elastandards/standards.html
McREL Standards
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to improve education through applied research, product
development, and service. McREL has compiled a list of standards and benchmarks that
are used by teachers in many subject areas.
available online:
www.mcrel.org/
State Standards
The standards for Idaho are on the state's department of education website.
http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/content_standards/

Lesson Plan Outline

Instructional Area (history, social science, etc.): Language Arts
Grade level: 5th Grade
Time needed to complete this lesson: Two days for 25 minutes
Whole Class Instruction or Small Group Instruction? List strategies: Small Group
Instruction, six kids.
Objective: Standards (list the IRA/NCTE or state standards addressed by this lesson.)
Standards the Assessment of Reading and Writing, whom must recognize and reflect the
intellectually and socially complex nature of reading and writing and the important roles
of schools, home, and society in literacy development.
Materials: Booklets on the Bill of Rights, paper and pencils, tablets
Briefly describe each Instructional Procedure:
1. Introduction- Students will review vocabulary words in books and have a group
discussion afterwards.
2. Developmental Activities- Students will work to respond questions about the
vocabulary terms the booklet which I will ask, for example:
What are some committees you have at your school?
Why might a person hold a convention? What is discussed in a convention?
How many states were needed to vote yes for the United States to have a set of
laws and a government?
The group will also define and discuss Expository Text. The group also discussed the
timeline found on page ten.
3. Closure- Students were asked to define terms using the tablets and write the definition
in their own word. I asked them to hand me their papers so I could grade them. The
students than proceeded to reading time where they read a book of their choice.
Evaluation of student learning: Students were give one point for each question and an
additional two points for vocabulary term and the definition.