Tips For Lesson Planning

Creating the Big Picture of the Lesson

1. Central Focus

   • What is the functional health knowledge and skill being addressed in this lesson?

   • Give a brief overview of what expected outcome of this lesson

2. Guiding Question

   • This should be an open-ended question that stimulates critical thinking

3. Standards

   • What are the health education standards addressed in the lesson?

   • Utilize the documents and specific codes that support the lesson.

4. Student Learning Objectives

   • Follow the ABCCC or SMART

     • ABCCC: A=Audience; B=Desired Behavior; C=Content or Skill; C=Condition; C= Criteria for Assessment)

     • SMART approach: Specific, Measurable, Attainable/Adjustable, Realistic and Time-bound

   • Use Bloom’s Taxonomy

Creating a Learning Experience

• Do Now

  • What do you want the students to do upon entering the classroom?

  • This can be a mental health check, brain teaser, quick quiz, journal prompt, etc

  • Having a do now avoids losing the attention and focus of students

• Introducing the lesson

  • Have a hook

    • This should catch the students’ attention and emphasize the importance of the lesson

  • What is the big idea of the lesson?

  • Make the skill/FHK clear

• Instruction

  • What will you do to engage students in reaching the lesson objectives?

  • How will you link new content ( Skills, FHK, & Norms/beliefs) to students’ prior academic learning & their
    personal/cultural & community assets?

  • What will you say & do? What questions will you ask? How do you expect students to respond to your questions?

  • What will the students be asked to know and do (step-by-step instructions)?

  • How will you give students the opportunity to practice so you can provide coaching and feedback?

  • How will students apply and or personalize what they have learned?

  • How will you determine if students are meeting the intended learning objectives?

• Closure

  • How will you end the lesson and bridge to the next day? What will you say & do? What questions will you ask?

  • Have you assessed each of the lesson objectives? What data do you have to determine you have met the
    objectives?

  • How will you connect today’s lesson with prior and future learning? How will you help your students connect
    today’s lesson to their own lives outside the classroom?

• Differentiation/Planned Support/Cultural Responsive Practices

  • How will you provide access to learning based on individual and group needs?

  • How will you support students with gaps in the prior knowledge necessary to be successful?

  • Consider students with

    • IEPs or 504 plans,

    • students that are gifted/talented

    • students with language needs