Since I have all 5 year olds who are Kindergarten age, and many of them have average intelligence, my main goal will be to get them ready for regular Kindergarten. It is likely to change the way I teach literacy and the schedule of my day. I love their work in elementary balanced literacy and was so excited to see they had written a preschool book. I just ordered a new book by Fountas and Pinnell entitled Literacy Beginnings: A Pre-Kindergarten Handbook. I do the following themes which are more related to our social studies and science objectives, but also based upon what the children need to know, their skill levels, IEP objectives, and frankly – things I love to teach. Theme: I am not someone who sticks to a theme for every lesson. I have a fairly detailed template that I have created on the computer which has the following components:Ī. Before I do them, I have thoroughly brainstormed my topic.ģ.

In college we were taught to write one or two page lesson plans for every lesson -this is not going to happen in the real world however, there are ways to incorporate most if not all of the requirements in a good lesson plan.Īctually writing my lesson plans takes me probably less than 15 – 30 minutes per week because of the following:ġ. In my opinion they are definitely needed, and just part of good teaching practice.

Some principals will required detailed plans some won’t require any at all. Lesson plan requirements will vary by district, building and principal. As I explained in my posts on the box lesson and the washcloth lesson, some of my best lessons were not planned, but came out of a teachable moment. I’m a big planner, even though I frequently go off on one of my “whims” or teachable moments. I’ve been asked to post ideas for how I actually do my lesson plans.

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