The CSU Early Childhood Program
Teacher-Initiated Lesson Plan
1) Overview
a) one-sentence overview of the lesson
b) age(s) and/or grade level(s), developmental levels, and any special needs of children
2) Objectives/Goal
a) knowledge objective (and list the related standard, benchmark, & indicator)
b) skill objective (and list the related standard, benchmark, & indicator)
(For the knowledge and skill objectives, indicate level in Bloom's taxonomy.)
c) disposition goal (and list the related standard, benchmark, & indicator)
(This is a longer term goal addressed in some way in this lesson.)
d) feeling/emotion objective
3) Procedures
a) teaching procedures
i.
physical setting
ii.
materials needed
iii.
time allotted for the lesson
iv.
prior knowledge and skills that children need
v.
opening (how you will start the lesson and elicit children's interest)
vi.
development of the lesson (i.e., what you & children do during body of the lesson)
vii.
closure and transition to next activity
b) guidance expectations and methods
i.
two expectations for children's behavior (e.g., students will take turns. share, etc.)
ii.
when and how you will communicate your expectations to the children
iii.
what you will do to foster your two expectations using a guidance strategy such as
modeling, reasoning, encouragement, or problem-solving, rather than punishment,
rewards, or praise
c) adaptations (content, materials, methods) for children with varying abilities/backgrounds
4) Assessment of child outcomes
a) for each objective/goal:
i.
describe exactly what you'll do to collect data that will help you know whether or not
children achieved this objective/goal
ii.
describe in specific detail what children would say or do that would be evidence that
they reached this objective/goal
b) for each objective/goal. describe in specific detail if the children reached or made progress toward
or did not reach it (Complete after implementation.)
5) Evaluation of the lesson (Complete after implementation.)
a) describe what worked, what didn't work, and why
b) describe what you will do differently next time
c) describe insight(s) you gained about yourself as a teacher