LESSON PLANNING GUIDE FOR 21ST CENTURY INSTRUCTION

Elements of A Lessons / Guiding Questions / Lesson Plan / Time Allocated / Teacher Strategies/Resources
Essential Questions /
  • After referencing curriculum map, develop essential question that asks students what you want them to learn (broad concepts, how/why questions, etc. Have you addressed any of the 21st Centuryskills or literacies?
/ Which of the following strategies and/or resources have you included in your lesson plan that will yield high student engagement and learning?
Collaboration with media coordinator
Collaboration within PLC
CRISS
Vocabulary Journal
Thinking Maps
Cooperative Learning
Balanced Literacy
DifferentiatedInstruction
ClassScape
Nine Instructional Strategies (Marzano)
  • Identifying similarities and differences
  • Summarizing and note taking
  • Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
  • Homework and practice
  • Nonlinguistic representation
  • Cooperative Learning
  • Setting objectives and providing feedback
  • Generating and testing hypotheses
  • Cues, questions, and advance organizers
SIOP Strategies
Technology Tools and Resources:______
Other:______
Goals and Objectivesfrom the NCSCOS:
Specific Skills: : (Which content skills are included? Which 21st Century skills are included?)
Vocabulary:
Focus and Review
(See Teacher Strategies/Res-sources) /
  • Have you planned a warm up?
  • How will you clear up any misconceptions?

Introduction of Information /
  • Activities

  • Strategies

  • Materials

Guided Practice /
  • Have you differentiated in content, process, and/or product?
  • Have you considered the students’ readiness levels, interests, and learning styles?
  • Is your lesson rigorous? Thought-provoking? Diverse? Authentic?

Independent Practice /
  • Have you differentiated in content, process, and/or product?
  • Have you considered the students’ readiness levels, interests, and learning styles?
  • Is your lesson rigorous? Thought-provoking? Diverse? Authentic?

Assessment /
  • Is the assessment formative? Or summative?
  • Is the assessment aligned to Marzano’s Thinking Skills or Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (CTE only)?
  • Is the assessment designed to give you quality feedback to measure mastery of skills?
  • Is ClassScape an appropriate assessment for this lesson?
  • What is an appropriate assessment for this lesson (open-ended, multiple choice, performance?)
  • Did the work demonstrate student mastery of aligned curriculum (SCOS), on grade level work, essential learning?
  • Did the student work connect to other disciplines and/or real life?
  • Did the work demonstrate the use of complex 21st Century thinking skills?
  • Was the student work product worth the time devoted to completion?
  • How will you reteach and retest for mastery?

New Learning Targets /
  • Have you established new learning goals based on assessment results?
  • What will you do next?