I'm not sure if I did this right, all input would be appreciated.
Name Amber Hinkle Lesson Plan Title Balanced Literacy- Presidents
Target Learner 5th Grade Abilities _________________________
Stage 1 –Desired Results
Established Goals
| English Language Arts – “Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation” ISTE – “Standard 1: Basic operation and concepts “ “Standard 5: Technology research tools” ISTE – “Standard 2: Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.” ISTE – “Standard 5: Technology research tool” ISTE – “Standard 6: Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools” ISTE – “Standard 3 – Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.” |
Desired Understandings
| Students will understand that Presidents have played an important role in creating the foundation of our country. Students will also understand how to present findings from research in a clear and concise manner. |
Essential Questions to Consider
| Why study presidents? What is the value of studying presidents? What contributions have presidents made to our nation? What is the role a president? |
Desired Key Knowledge
| Students will know general information about various presidents. Students will know what big contributions presidents have made to our nation. Students will know the role that the president plays in our government. Students will know why it’s important to study about our presidents. |
Desired Key Skills
| Students will be able to write a three paragraph essay using three resources Students will be able to draw a picture representing the president they chose to research. Students will be able to present their findings using a flip chart |
Hi Amber. I like your backward design blog. I think a good big Question would be How have presidents contributed to improving and defending our way of life. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you have a lot of Goals listed. Do you think it might be better to focus on one or two? Just because you may be touching on another goal, doesn't mean it is the focus of the lesson.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the Design Checklist from the Stage 1 Prompts PDF, it says
"Only those goals or content standards that are directly relevant to the unit and assessed in Stage 2 are listed."
I guess the question is, will you be assessing each of the 7 goals you listed?
Thanks for the suggestions guys
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if the goals listed are being addressed in your desired understandings, key knowledge, key skills and essential questions. Although I like the idea of having a lesson driven by a topic, while they are learning the skill or content they need to learn, you will still want to be sure your desired understandings, key knowledge/skills and essential questions relate to the goals/objectives. They all help drive stages 2 and 3 where you are identifying what mastery of the goals/objectives looks like, how it will be done and what they will do to learn what is being offered in this unit.
ReplyDeleteYour goals and desired skills don't match up. Your foals are mainly technology driven and your skills are writing and drawing, I am assuming by hand. Is a flip chart hand drawn?? I am going to check mine out again to see if mine matched up. I really like your questions because they seem as though the students would want to know the answers.
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