DSE Lesson Plan Format 1/05

Howard County Generic Lesson Plan Format Teaching Strategies

___Scaffolded Questioning
Unit: Our Earth
___ Independent Reading
Lesson Title: Geography Pen pals ___ Interpretation of Graphics
Essential Objective(s): The students will be able to collaborate with (maps, graphs, cartoons, tables…)
students outside of the class room and demonstrate their understanding ___ Concept Attainment
___ Cooperative Learning
of local geography in order to perform a presentation using flipgrid.
___ Think-Pair-Share
___ Roundtable
___ Jigsaw
Materials: ___ Pairs Check/Review
___ Independent/Group Project
The use of #Gridpals for finding other classes to collaborate with
___ Integration of Technology
Computers ___ Print alternatives, i.e., E-text
Local geography organizer ___ Use of Audio Clip/Music
Pre-Assessment ___ Interactive Student Notebook®
___ Formal Writing
None ___ Informal Writing
___ Graphic/Visual Organizers
___ Modeling/Demonstration
___Think Aloud
Anticipatory Set/Motivation: ___ Reciprocal Teaching
Warm-up: If you meet someone from far away, what is the first thing ___ Group Activities
___ Simulation
you would ask them?
___ Use of Video Clip
___ Cross-Curricular Connections
Other___________________
Lesson Development/Procedures:
Differentiation Strategies
___ Tiered assignments
The teacher will discuss how many things people want to know about are ___ Flexible grouping
related to geography. Then the teacher will explain how the class will be ___ Learning centers
___ Curriculum compacting
giving a recorded presentation to another class somewhere in the United
___ Varying questions
States or world. ___ Independent Projects
___ Brain Compatible Instruction
Students in the class room will be grouped up and assigned a different ___ Culture and Learning

aspect of their local geography. Some examples include climate, Learning Modalities
___ Visual
vegetation, physical features, and landmarks. The students will have two ___ Auditory
days to prepare their presentation and will record on the third day. ___Tactile/Kinesthetic
___ Multiple Intelligences
The presentations will be uploaded to Flipgrid and shared with the other General Accommodations to
class. The other class will do the same. Students will watch each other’s Access Curriculum
___Adapt the skill level
and provide feedback as well as ask any questions that weren’t
___ Adapt the number of items
addressed. Based on the feedback students will improve their ___ Adapt materials
presentation and submit a final on Flipgrid. ___ Provide learning strategy
___ Provide audio/video/digital access
___ Increase personal assistance
Co-Teaching Model
___ One lead/one support
___ Station Teaching
___ Two Groups
___ Alternative Teaching
___ Multiple Groups
___ Team Teaching
IEP Goals/Accommodations
(Based on Students’ IEP/504 Plan)
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Guided Practice: Reading Strategies

Text
___Literary
___Informational
The teacher will demonstrate how to record a video and upload it too Before
Flipgrid. ___ Purpose
___ Prior knowledge
___ Preview
___ Vocabulary/Concepts
___ Predict
During
___ Chunking
___ Self-monitoring through clarifying
questions and notations on text
___ Reread
___ Metacognitive conversation
After
___ Summarize or paraphrase
___ Write BCRs in answer to reading
Independent Practice:
Questions
___ Use rubrics
General Reading Processes
The students will complete research, the presentation, and uploading on ___ Decoding
their own. ___ Vocabulary
___ Fluency
___ Comprehension
(Clarifying, Visualizing, Questioning,
Predicting, Accessing Prior Knowledge,
Summarizing, Making Inferences, and
Determining Main Idea)
___ Reading Apprenticeship®
___ Other
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Summary/Closure: ASSESSMENT
Exit ticket: What did you learn about the other class’ geography and ___ Collect and Grade
___ Check for Completion
what did you learn about our geography? Why do you think there were ___ In-Class Check
some similarities or differences? ___ Rubric
___ Checklist
___ Peer/Self Assessment
___ Journal/Learning Log
Assessment: ___ Portfolio
Final presentation and exit ticket ___ Constructed Response
___ Quiz
___ Test
___ Presentation
___ Performance Assessment
___ Informal Assessment
___ Exit Slip
Homework/Enrichment:
___ Other
None

Notes for Future planning