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Rater: Date:
Directions: Use this checklist to analyze written lesson plans and/or to observe a lesson in a classroom. Indicate for each Lesson Component if the plan
Met Expectation (Y) or Did Not Meet Expectation (N) or if the item was Not Applicable (N/A) because it was not observable by the rater.
The objectives were designed Objectives addressed the Objectives were missing,
to answer the essential essential question and not relevant, or did not
question and clearly stated matched what was taught and match what was taught or
what students would be able assessed. assessed.
Objectives
to do at the end of the lesson Objectives were missing or
Objectives included active
(versus what the teacher did not define what
verbs that defined what
would do or what the students students would be able to
students would be able do.
should know). do.
Lesson Met Did Not Meet Met?
Component
Expectation Notes
Expectation Expectation Y/N or N/A
Lesson started with a warm- Provided an activity which Activity was missing or did
up activity that helped activated prior knowledge by not review previous
Warm-up/
students review any previous reviewing previous learning. learning.
Review/
instruction and make
Make Activity was missing or did
connections to what they Made connections to previous
Connections not connect students to
already knew or believed experiences.
about the new topic. their own experiences.
No grouping strategies
Effectively organized students
were employed that
into differentiated groups
effectively allowed for
and/or created an interactive
differentiation and/or
setting.
Communicative/ interaction.
New skills were practiced Students were not given the
Collaborative Set up tasks that required
allowing student interaction opportunity to interact and
Concrete participants to communicate
and cooperation. operate in pairs or small
Practice and collaborate.
groups.
The instructor did not
Monitored students' use of
effectively monitor groups
skills during activities.
during activities.
Lesson Activity Plan