Teaching Writing Lesson Plans
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Marcus Said:
How much lesson planning do high school teachers do?We Answered:
I aid for several of my teachers and i can tell you sometimes they make things up as they go. As for math teachers, the lesson plans they use are basicly teach what the textbook says.Your girlfriend can't give you a proper understandin of lesson planning. Think about how different a high school aged kid is from a fifth grader. They learn differently, and they are less mature. So yeah, she needs to obsessivly prepare her lessons because she has more difficult children to work with.
As a high school math teacher, you will have a designated text book for each class. The units in each text book are generally designed to flow and build on what the students learned in the units prior. All you need to do is understand the subject yourself, find the most straightforward way to teach it, and prepare either a worksheet or a selection of problems for the students to learn out of the text book. Then leave time for the students to get started on the homework, if they don't understand something you can see to them and work with them for they're personal needs. The most complex thing you might need to do is prepare quizes and tests, and the things i've seen are:
Quizes
-Selected answers from the homework to prove you did it
-A handful of similar problems to do
-XEROX out of the text book
Tests
-Selection of problems that the entire class or many students had problems with and throw it at them again
-A list of problems that werent in the homework selection but cover the same ideas
-A XEROX from the text book.
Math teachers have it easy. The lesson plan is the text book and the units within it. Teach one unit at a time, one section at a time, do a quiz or two, a day of review, and a test.
If that doesnt show you enough, my period 5 teachers aid is my old math teacher and he often has me write the lessons myself, and teach the freshmen for him while he runs around cleaning since i still know the material.
Amber Said:
Where can I find pre-written lesson plans for the text books I use in school?We Answered:
Most lesson plans are available through the publisher and can be downloaded from the publishers website assuming you have your password. You may also request a DVD with lesson plans, test banks, and PowerPoint presentations to go along with your text.Wesley Said:
Where can I learn to write lesson plans?We Answered:
Why don't you find a local public school teacher and see if they would be willing to talk with you. Since you didn't say an age range. not much I can tell you here. You could also look up in Google, teaching ideas Spanish, or a variety of other search terms.Leslie Said:
I am writing my first lesson plans..how do I adjust the difficulty for grade level?We Answered:
Well, try to pretend you the child. Make sure they already know everything they will need to know before you assign the report.In your first year or two, you will have be a little lenient with your plans. You will have a time of trail and error. Some ideas you have wont be as great as others the first time you try it.
Have your basic assignment, and keep the things your worried that they wont be able to accomplish, in an on the fence state.
If they are doing really well, dont change your plans
If they arent catching on as quickly as expented, you can make changes without anything being really last minute.
Add: Then your going to have to act like a real teacher and either drop by thier class for a quick recap before you assign anything, or talk to thier previous teacher.
Jesse Said:
Should I be writing IEP's during my student teaching?We Answered:
I'm going to disagree slightly with the others.... On the one hand, they're right that you definitely shouldn't be left to write one solo. And, you do need to trust your mentor teacher (and university supervisor) that she/they know what you need.On the other hand, I also know that in a few months, you're going to be left to write them ALL yourself....without the supervision of a mentor teacher. And that is going to be a daunting, rude awakening (especially, like someone else said...there's a ton of legality that comes with it). The BEST time to get that practice is when you've got the safety net of another teacher looking over your shoulder. She is not going to let you implement an IEP that she's/parents are not okay with (especially since, like the others said, THEY will be the ones working on those goals next year).
Plus, you should really have an example IEP or two that you've written for your portfolio/resume (obviously, without any identifyable information).
Bottom line, keep doing what you're doing----asking to take part. Ask to help with the present levels, or ask to have them explain how they arrived at their goals, and definitely ask to sit in on some meetings (perhaps you can even share some of their present levels that you see in the classroom). BUT, as a student teacher, just take cues from them. You can't help what they won't permit.
GOOD LUCK! I'm sure you're a great intervention specialist. Just the fact that you're taking this initiative and WANT to learn more says a lot. :-)