On Day 2, we learned about the Lesson Plan Cycle created by Madeline Hunter. Using the basic seven steps, a teacher can execute a lesson with efficiency and effectiveness. The basic steps are:
* Remember to begin with a diagnosis of the problem using data which guides you to the objective(s) you need to teach.
1. Anticipatory Set - FOCUS! Use a hook and value statement to engage the kids.
2. Objective - Relate the objective to the kid's lives.
3. Input - This is the new learning. Remember, that you need to link new learning to prior learning. This steps includes process steps and the critical attributes that students need to learn.
4. Model - Show the students what you are teaching.
5. Check for understanding
6. Guided Practice - The teacher facilitates and guides the practice of the new learning.
7. Independent Practice - Students show you what they have learned on their own.
Remember that you need to assess student's learning. This can be through a test, quiz, presentation, portfolio, activity, etc. You should also have a closure that helps tie up the learning for students which focuses on the objective again.
Any questions?
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ReplyDeleteI liked Hunter's method. Very practical. I could tell she developed it from her classroom experience.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if a theoretical approach could be applied to it.
ACCESS provides an environment that is persuasive, yet concentric in that we are taught to teach using the manner in which we are to teach. In other words, we're instructed using Madeline Hunter's model to teach Madeline Hunter's model. As long as the concept doesn't become convoluted or redundant, the method is actually pretty brilliant. I'm humbled that pyschomotor activities during independent practice like drawing a rainforest are still fun. I made a pretty decent rainforest. It has a monkey in it.
ReplyDeleteI thought about classification of animals on the way in today ..... remember yesterdays group lesson plan. What about having the gifted students create their own new animal with a new classification that they have invented. They could include imaged facts about said animal along with drawings!
ReplyDeleteFor teachers to be effective and efficient they need to research data to diagnsis a problem of where the student(s) need help with and keep the seven steps of the lesson cycle in mind for every lesson. I think Hunter's lesson cycle includes each learning method to allow individual students to retain knowledge at the best to their ability.
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