A good lesson answers three key questions: What is it that I want my students to know and do? How do I know my students know and can do the learning objective for this lesson? How will I engage students in the learning process? These resources should help you to begin to answer these questions.
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A typical lesson template divided into the four main parts of a lesson with corresponding student activities for each section.
This course answers question #1. Unpack standards into concrete learning objectives.
This course answers question #2. Formative assessments can help keep students on track while they are teaching.
This course answers question #3. It is important to engage students during learning by ensuring the cognitive complexity of tasks is appropriate to their developmental level and by involving students in collaborative activities.