LESSON PLAN FORMAT
MSSPED PROGRAM
Topic/Subject Area:
Learning Target #1 (primary):
Lesson Objective (clearly defined, measurable):
Learning Target #2 (supporting):
Lesson Objective (clearly defined, measurable):
Illinois Learning Standard or Common Core State Standard:
Key Vocabulary learner will use or need to understand to engage in learning tasks:
Expressive/receptive
communication skill (related to
the primary learning target):
Describe how learner will
understand or use vocabulary
(and/or symbols) in lesson:
Describe how learner will
demonstrate learning through
use or understanding of syntax
and/or social communication:
Describe plans to support learner’s use of language/communication given the identified language
demands toward the primary learning target:
Relevant IEP Goals or Benchmarks:
Special Considerations/Accommodations and Modifications:
Lesson Specific Planned Supports:
Groupings used during the lesson (Whole group, small group, one-on-one):
Materials needed to support student learning:
Instruction
Time
Teacher Activity
Describe, for each section, the
Approximate
teacher’s role, behaviors, activity
number of
minutes
with some detail.
needed to
complete each
section
Lesson opening (advance organizer
etc.)
How will you start this lesson? (Consider
building interest, prior knowledge, links to
previous learning, etc. Consider student
performance during previous lesson, feedback
provided to students, and opportunities to
apply that feedback.)
How will you introduce the new learning?
Body of lesson
What steps will you follow to help students
Student Activity
For each section, in coordination with
the teacher behavior, describe expected
student roles, behaviors, responding,
etc. with some detail.
What will students be doing?
(Expected student roles, responding and
behaviors
What activities will students be engaged in?
learn? What specific method(s) or strategies
will you be using to help learners achieve
the lesson objectives? How will you keep
students engaged and provide motivation to
participate in learning tasks? What supports
will you provide? What materials will you
select to support learning? How will you
provide students with feedback related to
their performance?
(Provide information on the teacher and
student roles and behaviors which may
include: teacher modeling, prompting,
explaining, feedback and support and student
mode of participation, expected interaction,
expected responding (verbal, written, haptic).
CLOSURE
How will you, as the teacher, end this
lesson? Sum up what was learned? Provide
feedback to students related to achieving the
lesson objectives?
(How will the goals and activities of the lesson
be summarized?)
Debriefing Questions?
The teacher must have an active part in the
closure of the lesson.
What do you want your student knowledge and
skill “take-aways” to be?
Evaluation/Assessment: (How will you evaluate student progress in meeting the lesson objectives
and making progress towards the learning targets? How will you monitor student responses in
applying new learning related to the lesson objectives during the lesson? Provide a means to evaluate
each objective.)
Maintenance and Generalization: Identify methods to assist students in monitoring their progress
toward achieving the lesson objectives. How will students apply learning to new situations?
Reflection:
What changes can be made to this lesson to improve learner outcomes?
What patterns do you see in terms of learner strengths and errors?
What types of supports were successful in helping the learner achieve the lesson objectives?
Describe the feedback provided to learners:
Describe how learners will be given opportunities to apply the feedback: