Instructions: Integrated Standards Based Lesson Plan To be credentialed in California, teacher cand ...
Instructions: Integrated Standards Based Lesson Plan To be credentialed in California, teacher candidates must successfully create one Standards Based Lesson Plan that incorporates health education. With growing budget concerns, it is essential to be able to teach health across the spectrum of subject areas. For this assignment, you are to create a health education lesson that is tailored to a specific grade, or range (lower or upper elementary grades, middle school, 9th grade, or high school) and a specific instructional area (e.g. art, history, chemistry, music, English, etc). Your plan must be clear and concise enough to be utilized by a substitute in your classroom. You will need to open the “Lesson Plan Template Actions ,” create your own word document, then reattach your lesson plan to submit it. Points to consider: Instructional time period or block How long will it take to complete your lesson? It might be one class period or several. How many minutes is your class period? Is this a “stand alone” lesson you would use with kindergartners for 20 minutes? Or a more in-depth study with high school science students? Related subject-specific California Common Core standards Specify the subject (must be a subject other than health) Cite the standard number(s) Quote the standard(s) applicable to your lesson plan If you are an elementary school teacher, choose the subject(s) you want to cover. Math, English, History, Visual/Performing Arts, and Science for all grade levels are available at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/Links to an external site. Foreign Language and Physical Activity “Frameworks” available at: (use these in place of standards for these subjects) http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/allfwks.aspLinks to an external site. Only standards from the California Department of Education website will be accepted. Caution: If using PE Standards, make sure to also use a health standard. Related California health education content standards Quote the overarching standard(s) and include the standard number Quote the content area(s) for your grade Quote the specific standard(s) applicable to your lesson plan. For example: Health Education Standard 1: All students will comprehend essential concepts related to enhancing health. Content area: Growth and Development K.1.G.2. Name ways in which people are similar and ways in which they are different K.1.G.5. Name body parts and their functions These new health standards were approved on March 12, 2008 for all grades and are available at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/healthstandmar08.pdfLinks to an external site. You must use California health standards from the California Department of Education website, not educational codes or national health standards. A minimum of 2 instructional/performance objectives What will your students learn from your lesson? At least one objective needs to be health-related, and one needs to be subject-specific related. Example of a health-related objective: “Students will describe the ways that the flu virus can be spread.” These objectives should relate directly to the standards. Learning Activity/Procedure What are you going to do with your students? Be specific!! This is usually the longest section of the lesson plan. Each objective must be reflected in an activity or procedure. List of materials/resources What materials do you need to teach your lesson? (May include scissors and paper for an art class, a calculator for a math class, etc). Do not attach the materials, just list what materials you would use Strategies to help English language learners meet objectives How will you help English language learners with your lesson? Hint: a translator is not always available, so be creative in ways to overcome this barrier! You should also consider that there could be different languages spoken in your classroom. For some great ideas, check out the following link: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/teaching_ell.phtmlLinks to an external site. Evaluation of student learning How will you measure if students met the objectives you set at the beginning of your lesson plan? Be specific and assess each objective! Some methods of student evaluation may include: pre-test and post-test of material, student presentations, an exam, group discussion or project, teacher-class question and answer session. If you will grade students on their work, how will you grade them objectively? Context Where and how does this particular lesson fit in with a larger instructional unit. For example, you may have an integrated health lesson on communicable diseases (such as plague or influenza) that you would include during a unit on the Middle Ages of Europe. Use the Lesson Plan Template provided This is NOT an essay and it is not a fully fleshed out lesson plan that student teachers use. There are several examples of completed lesson plans posted with the template. Lesson Plan Template & Samples Your lesson plans is expected to be professional document. Proofread your completed plan for grammatical and spelling errors. Don’t rely on word processing programs to proofread your work. 10% of your grade could be lost due to grammatical or spelling errors!
