CLAIBORNE COUNTY SCHOOLS TEMPLATE

INSTRUCTION LESSON (Lesson Length)

(COMPLETE THIS SECTION FOR INSTRUCTION OBSERVATION ONLY)

(Please refer to the descriptors when completing each indicator below)

STANDARDS & OBJECTIVES

To what standard are the concepts and activities linked? How will the standard be communicated to students? How will mastery of the objective be measured?

MOTIVATING STUDENTS

How will the relevance of this lesson to students’ lives be communicated? What is your plan for reinforcing and rewarding student participation in discussions and response to questions, or for using student exemplars?

PRESENTING INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT

How will expectations for student performance be modeled or clearly explained? What visual(s) will be used in this lesson? How will the lesson’s agenda be shared with students?

LESSON STRUCTURE AND PACING

How will materials be distributed so that learning time is maximized? How will differentiated assistance be provided to students who progress at different rates? How will you close the lesson? How much time will be allowed for student work?

ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS

How will each activity promote rigorous thinking and elicit a variety of responses? Why are the chosen instructional strategies appropriate to the lesson goals? At what point will students interact with one another? How will technology be used to enhance instruction?

QUESTIONING

How will a variety of question styles and strategies (types of questions, use of wait time, response styles, calling on volunteers and non-volunteers) enhance instruction?

PLANNED QUESTIONS:
Knowledge/Comprehension

Application and Analysis

Creation and Evaluation

ACADEMIC FEEDBACK

How will you support engagement and monitor student work through your actions and responses during instruction? What feedback from students during the lesson will allow you to monitor and adjust instruction?

GROUPING STUDENTS

How will students be grouped for the learning? How is the grouping related to the intended concepts and student performance? How will group members be held accountable for individual work?

TEACHER CONTENT KNOWLEDGE

What instructional strategies will be used to enhance student content knowledge?

TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENTS

What difficulties or misunderstanding might students have? How will differentiated assistance be provided to students? How will students’ interest be incorporated?

THINKING

During which portion of the lesson will students be explicitly taught to utilize thinking skills? Choose the type of thinking involved in the lesson and include pertinent information.
Analytical
Practical
Creative
Research-Based
PROBLEM SOLVING

In what two or more ways will the students be assessed by the teacher and by each other?
What type of problem solving will student be asked to perform?

Abstraction

Categorization

Drawing Conclusions/Justifying Solutions

Predicting Outcomes

Observing and Experimenting

Improving Solutions

Identifying Relevant/Irrelevant Information

Generating Ideas

Creating and Designing
Comments/Concerns:

Georgia Rush

2011-09-07

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