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3.1: Planning Lessons

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    Why planning and preparing are important

    • To be clear about what your students need in order to make progress
    • To decide how you are going to teach in a way that students will understand 
    • To look back on how well the lesson went and what your students have learned in order to plan for the future

    Plan a lesson

    Here are some questions to help guide you in planning a lesson.

    • What do you want the students to learn?
    • How you will introduce that learning?
    • What students will have to do and why?

    Prepare a lesson

    Lessons should include these three main parts.

    1 – Introduction

    2 – The lesson

    3 – Assessment


    Review Your Lesson

    After teaching, take time to review your lesson.

    • Be okay with changing or varying the activities
    • Consider having a follow-up session with students who need extra support
    • Respond to what you discover about your students' learning
    • Consider what you can do to make the lesson better

     


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