Annotated Lesson Template Guide

Goals:

What do you want the students to learn in this lesson?

*Think in terms of developmental goals/levels/outcomes

Rationale:

What is your reason for wanting the students to learn this?

*What are developmental needs for the age group?

DAP (Developmentally Appropriate)

How do you know this is DAP? According to what standards will you know this is developmentally appropriate?

*Provide specific examples of how this meets elements of developmentally appropriate practice.

*If you have specific state standards, you will include these here.

How will you assess the student’s prior knowledge in order to do this activity successfully?

What do students need to know in order to do this activity correctly?

*This portion should address key developmental abilities needed to successfully carry out the activity. These are not just academic skills; think in terms of developmental levels. You may need to include developmental concepts beyond the specific focus of the activity. For example, a lesson plan focusing on language development may also require social and emotional areas to be present.

Lesson Activities and Steps

In this column, you will tell the details of your plan

Materials & Resources

In this column, you will tell what materials you will use.

Assessment of Activity

How will you know that the students have met the goals that you have for them? What will you look for? How will you know it was a success?

*This is not a numerical score. Think about the outcome for your activity and what type of behaviors you would anticipate.

Assessment Tools

Is there a tool you will use to show how students did with this activity?

*Tools can be a variety of methods, including observations or a sample of the child’s work.

Procedures

Indicate, in great detail, how you will do this activity. *This should be a step-by-step guide to follow. If you were to pass this to another teacher, would the teacher be able to carry out the activity based on your directions?

Before you begin, you should think about:

· How will you start?

· How will you gain the children’s attention?

· What materials will you need to gather?

· What specific statements would you use to introduce the activity?

· What prep work will you need to do beforehand?

Main Activity

· Write step-by-step procedures of how you will do this activity. Be VERY specific.

· Indicate what the teacher should say and do.

· Indicate what you want the children to do.

· A good way to look at it is if you were sick and you had a sub, does that person have all the directions needed to do that activity?

Closing the Activity

· What will you do to let the children know the activity has ended? *Do you have specific words to use?

· Will the children have to help clean up?

· Do they need to transition to another activity? For example, if they will go outside, how will you keep them engaged while you wrap up the activity and move them to the next stage?

What resource or materials will you use?

*List the specific materials and resources you will use in this section. Think of this as a recipe and include the ingredients.

Response Required

How will you extend the learning after the activity has been completed?

*How can you connect this to another learning center or activity for children? How can you continue to promote the same developmental goals?

Response Required

Will other items be needed for the extension?

*List materials, resources, support needed to extend learning activity

Response Required

Evaluation and Reflection

Take time to reflect and evaluate your current lesson plan. Provide a substantial response to each of the following questions:

· How does this activity align with the developmental needs of children for your selected age group? Be specific in your response.

· How does this activity support the specified developmental domain?

· How could this activity be modified to meet the specific learning needs of individual children?