This document discusses lesson planning and effective teaching. It provides guidelines for creating good lesson plans, including having clear, student-oriented objectives that describe observable learning outcomes. It also lists different templates and models that can be used for lesson and unit planning, such as Madeline Hunter's model. The document emphasizes engaging students through interactive learning and feedback. Quotes highlight making lessons relevant, learning by doing, and preparing students for their future rather than just tests.

1. Topic #3: The Art of Teaching
Part A: Planning

2. Why do we teach the subjects we do?
A Student’s Opinion

3. Quality Teaching in Alberta….
Discussion: Types of Planning

4. Lesson Planning
Where do you start?

7. Lesson Planning: Key Concepts

13. A Good Lesson Plan Should…
#1. be based on instructional objectives which are student
oriented. This objective places the emphasis on what the student
is expected to do, not on what the teacher will do.
Example:
Students should be able to list five punctuation rules discussed in the
textbook
Exercise:
Which of the following objectives are “student-oriented”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
To lecture on the basic steps in the scientific method
To maintain positive discipline in my
class
To write a unified paragraph on a single
topic
To divide two digit numbers

14. A Good Lesson Plan Should…
#2. have instructional objectives which describe learning
outcomes. In other words, what the student will learn to do is
more important than the learning activities that lead to that
outcome.

15. A Good Lesson Plan Should…
#3. be based on instructional objectives which are clear and
understandable. They are explicit and contain a clearly stated
verb that describes a definite action or behavior.

16. A Good Lesson Plan Should…
#4. be based on instructional objectives which are observable.
The verb must describe an observable action or an action which
results in an observable product.

17. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Think ACTION

19. Planning Templates
• Madeline Hunter Lesson Design
• Lesson Plan Template
• IDA E
• Concept Map
• Cooperative Learning Lesson Plan
• Multiple Intelligence Planner
• Differentiated Lesson Plan
• Unit Planning

20. Tuesday’s Teacher Thoughts:
How do we plan to engage today’s students?
“The person who does the talking,
does the learning”
“"The quality of learning rarely exceeds
the quality of teaching"
***Dr. David Sousa
The most powerful single influence on
student achievement is feedback.”
John Hattie
“If we want to have engaged brains in the
classroom, we have to have an interactive
environment”
***Spencer Kagan
“People learn by what they do, not by
what they are told”
…Pat Wolfe
“ Learn by Doing “
4H Motto
“The best technology is questions”
**Jamie McKenzie
“The brain holds onto information that is
„relevant‟. Thus, when teaching new
information, „hook‟ it onto prior learning and
experiences”
"We Are Not Preparing Children For Our
…Marian Diamond
Future, We are Preparing Them for Their
Future”
***David Warlick
“Are we training students to write tests for life,
or are we training students for the tests of life”
….Art Costa