Understanding Lesson Plans

The THREE MAJOR Parts

1)Learning Objective2)Learning Activities3)Assessment

LEARNING OBJECTIVEObjectives come from curriculum.

LEARNING ACTIVITIESActivities that guide students in

understanding the objective concept.

ASSESSMENTA final test to see if students have

mastered the objective.

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The OBJECTIVE

The Learning Objective

• Objective refers to expected or intended student outcomes.

• Objectives are specific knowledge, skills, or attitudes that students are expected to achieve by the end of a lesson.

• Objectives are measurable.

AN OBJECTIVE MUST HAVE THREE SPECIFIC PARTS:

1) An OBSERVABLE behavior• Behavior or activity to be performed by the student• What students will be able to do

2) A CONDITION• Describe conditions under which the student will perform the

behavior. • How they will be able to do it

3) An ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE• The evaluation; the test• Degree of accuracy observed

The Objective – Part 1~ an OBSERVABLE behavior ~

• States the purpose of the lesson – including a verb that shows how learning is going to take place The teacher will be able to actually JUDGE if

students are meeting/demonstrating the verb. DOK (Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge: 4 part

circle of understanding) Bloom’s Taxonomy Chart (Benjamin Bloom’s Chart: 6

part chart of thinking levels)

Behavior What students will beable to do

Students will create a time line ofthe main events at Gettysburg,

• Explain HOW the behavior will be performed. • Think of circumstances, commands, materials,

and directions that the student will be given to perform the behavior.

• Examples: HOW will students be working? “working independently” “in a small group” “without a calculator” “within 10-minutes”

The Objective – Part 2~ the condition ~

Condition How they will be able todo it

after generating a graphicorganizer on Chapter 5: ADecisive Battle,

• What degree of accuracy should be observed?• Examples of accuracy:– within two inches of accuracy.– to the nearest whole number.– with no more than two incorrect entries in the log.

The Objective – Part 3~ an acceptable level of performance ~

Criterion Degree of accuracyobserved

with a rubric rating of 3 (out of 5)or better.

Behavior What students will beable to do

Students will create a time line ofthe main events at Gettysburg,

Condition How they will be able todo it

after generating a graphicorganizer on Chapter 5: ADecisive Battle,

Criterion Degree of accuracyobserved

with a rubric rating of 3 (out of 5)or better.

AN OBJECTIVE MUST HAVE THREE SPECIFIC PARTS:

When writing objective statements, ask yourself these questions:

• Does the objective focus on student performance?

• Is the task measurable or observable?

• What criteria will I use to establish that the objective has been reached?

~ Good to Know ~

• Avoid words like understand, learn, and know. They are not measurable because there is no product involved.

• Sometimes the degree of accuracy is implied by words such as correctly and successfully.

• Not all lessons result in a tangible product. Therefore, when students verbally demonstrate their learning, the measurable action involves telling, explaining, or discussing.

• Given a list of vowels, tsw will say the correct sounds at 30 sounds per minute with no more than 2 errors.

• Given pictures of clock faces with the hands in any position, tsw will accurately state the correct time in “minutes after the hour” in 9 of 10 trials.

• Given a two-step direction, tsw will promptly follow both directions 4 out of 5 times.

Sample Objectives

Sample Objectives

• Given four works of short fiction of contrasting genres, the student will analyze and match each work with its correct genre.

Behavior Condition Criterion

Sample Objectives

• Given four works of short fiction of contrasting genres, the student will analyze and match each work with its correct genre.

Behavior Condition Criterion

the student will analyze and match

Given four works of short fiction of contrasting genres

each work with its correct genre

Sample Objectives

• Using the washingtonpost.com Web site, the student will correctly identify and print out two examples each of a news article and an editorial regarding a topical new item.

Behavior Condition Criterion

Sample Objectives

• Using the washingtonpost.com Web site, the student will correctly identify and print out two examples each of a news article and an editorial regarding a topical new item.

Behavior Condition Criterion the student will correctly identify and print out

Using the washingtonpost.com Web site

two examples each of a news article and an editorial regarding a topical new item

Sample Objectives

• Given twenty examples of incorrect verb tense usage, the student will identify and correct a minimum of sixteen instances.

Behavior Condition Criterion

Sample Objectives

• Given twenty examples of incorrect verb tense usage, the student will identify and correct a minimum of sixteen instances.

Behavior Condition Criterion the student will identify and correct

Given twenty examples of incorrect verb tense usage

a minimum of sixteen instances.

Write a three part objective using the topic beside each number with 95 percent accuracy.

1. Adding two digit numbers, any grade2. A kindergarten reading skill3. A third grade science skill4. A second grade social studies skill