UCSD Teacher Education Program - Reflective Lesson Plan

Secondary Reflective Lesson Plan

Apprentice/Intern Teacher UCSD Supervisor Date Submitted Date Reviewed

Class Information School Site Cooperating Teacher Course Unit Grade Level

Planning Prior to the Lesson I. Learning Objectives 1. What are your objectives for student learning for this lesson? What should the students be able to do at the end of the lesson?

2. How do the objectives of this lesson connect to the students' lives?

3. What have you previously taught (in the everyday curriculum) to make these connections?

4. Where do you plan to go in the curriculum after this lesson?

5. What subject matter content standards does this lesson address? Reflection 1. Were these objectives appropriate for the students? Explain.

2. Did your students achieve your objectives? What evidence supports this view?

3. How do you know that the students connected this lesson to their lives?

Delivering the Lesson II. Instructional Strategies 1. What is your "Introductory Activity" to grab the students' interest?

2. How will the students be introduced to the new material?

3. How will the students practice with the new material?

4. How will you assess whether the students met your learning objectives?

5. What is the closure activity for this lesson? Reflection 1. What is your assessment of the instructional strategies used in this lesson?

2. What strategies would you use again the future and what would you change about this lesson?

III. Configuration and Group Dynamics 1. What classroom configuration will you use for this lesson? (pairs, small groups, whole class …)

2. How will this configuration help to achieve your lesson objectives?

Reflection 1. How effective was the class configuration for your lesson? What evidence supports this view?

IV. Lesson Timeline 1. Activity Time Allocated Reflection 1. Were your time allocations realistic? Explain.

V. Materials and Resources 1. What instructional materials and resources will be used (if any)?

2. Why have you chosen these materials and resources?

Reflection 1. In what ways were your materials either effective or ineffective?

2. What materials and resources would you use in the future? Summary Reflections VI. Reflection on the Teaching of This Lesson 1. Summarize your thoughts about the effectiveness of this lesson?

VII. Reflection on Student Engagement During This Lesson 1. What evidence did you see that the students were engaged and interested in the lesson?

2. During which activities, if any, were students not engaged? What would you do differently next time?