Transcript Section 8 - Lesson planning

Instructional Planning
Instructional Planning
The goal of lesson planning is to create
learning opportunities within the
environment.
Advantages of a Written Plan
 Provides
a record
 Communicates
 Collect
with parents
and prepare materials
Effective Planning Begins With Areas
of Study That:
 Are
of interest to children
 Are
real and relevant
 Build
on what children already
know
 Can
be explored firsthand
Guidelines for Selecting an Area of
Study
Community and resources
 Allow children to do some research on their
own
 Explored over a period of time in different
ways
 Allow for all content areas to be addressed
 Accommodate learning in a variety of interest
areas

Guidelines for Selecting an Area of
Study
 Encourage
social interactions
 Facilitate communication with families
 Respectful of cultural differences
 Promote the acquisition of knowledge
and skills
 Should be worth studying
Webbing
Process that uses children’s interests to
develop study topic
Web Example
Web example
Web example
When Webbing Remember
 Just
the beginning
 Might not use every idea on the web
 Best done with a group
 Should include all ideas related to the
topic
 Goal at this stage is to generate ideas
Activity:
Area of Study
Brainstorm possible areas of study
Lesson Planning Exercise:
What materials will be added to each of the below interest centers to address the identified area of study?
Study/Project:
Blocks
Dramatic Play
Toys and Games
Art
Library
Discovery
Sand and Water
Outdoors
Other
Content Areas
Literacy
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
The Arts
Technology
Process Skills
Activity:
Process Skills and
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Go through the interest centers and
insure that the process skills are
included.