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Planning for Teaching Primary science Click to edit Master subtitle style
Learning Outcomes
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State the purpose of lesson planning. List the aspects to consider in lesson planning. Compare and contrast yearly, weekly and daily lesson plan
Course Overview
What is a Lesson?
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A planned set of learning experiences Designed to produce a specific learning outcome May be very brief or extend over several class periods
INTRODUCTION
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Teaching is more than telling. Effective teaching requires a great deal of thought, preparation, and design. At the beginning of the school term, you will need to do a yearly scheme of work to cover the entire science curriculum. Yearly scheme of work would specify the content for the duration. It also devise weekly table for the whole year. A good yearly scheme of work should contain the following headings: Semester, Number of weeks, Topic and Remarks. In order to plan out the yearly scheme of work you will need the Science syllabus, a calendar, a school calendar and your school time table.
Lesson Plan
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A lesson plan is a written description to teach academic content. An appropriate written lesson plan is a working document which the teacher will use as a guide in his or her work. It can also serve as an accurate communication channel to inform others about the progress made in pupils learning process.
Forces us to think through WHAT we want the students to learn. Forces us to think through HOW we will teach it. Allows us to decide in advance what equipment, supplies, and materials we will need to assemble for the class. Provides structure for both teacher and students. Increases likelihood that learning will occur.
Carefully prepared and written lesson plans show your students that you are a committed professional. Written and detailed lesson plans provide an important sense of security, which is especially useful to beginning teacher. Written lesson plans help you organize material and search for loopholes , loose ends, or incomplete content. Written lesson plans help other members of the teaching team understand what you are doing and how you are doing it. Written lesson plans also provide substitute teachers with a guide to follow if you are unable to carry out the lesson.
A plan is more likely to be carefully and thoughtfully plotted during the proactive phase of instruction when the plan is written out. Although not all teachers need elaborate written plans for all lessons, all effective teachers do have clearly defined goals and objectives in mind and a planned pattern of instruction for every lesson, whether that plan is written out or not. Beginning teachers need to prepare detailed written lesson plans failing to prepare is preparing to fail! The depth of knowledge a teacher has about a subject or topic influences the amount of planning necessary for the lessons. The diversity of students necessitates careful and thoughtful consideration about individualization the instruction. There is no particular pattern of format that all teachers need to follow when writing out plans however, teacher preparation programs have agreed on certain lesson plan format.
Know who your students are. Know ability levels; backgrounds; interest levels; attention spans; ability to work together in groups; prior knowledge and learning experiences; special needs or accommodations; and learning preferences.
YEARLY PLAN
WEEK/ DATE TOPIC STRATEGY/ ACTIVITY REMARK
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Plan and write a yearly lesson plan. From the yearly lesson plan, plan and write a weekly lesson plan. From the weekly lesson plan, discuss how to plan a daily lesson plan (details of writing a daily lesson plan will be discussed in week 4).
What are your considerations for writing the yearly and weekly lesson plan?