Dr. George Aramath led a Sunday school teachers training for the Chicago region. It was an eye opening look at preparing for class by creating effective lesson plans. Above you can view the video from the training.
Handouts & Slides
Brief Notes:
- Step 1 - Goal Setting
- Student Centered, Specific, Observable
- Focused
- Step 2 - Warm Up
- 5-10 minutes
- Interesting + Connected to lesson
- Simple enough that kids can do on their own
- Strategy 1 - hook question
- not factual-based
- personal + tied to life
- Strategy 2 - jot thoughts
- Kids write anything related to topic (1 idea per sheet)
- Try to cover table with ideas
- Extend with "Find-a-Frame"
- Organize thoughts into categries (places, people, name, numbers, etc..)
- Graphic organizers / mind map
- Strategy 3 - Image/Object
- See - what do you see
- Think - what do you think is going on
- Wonder - What does it make you wonder
- Maybe leave explanation till end
- images.google.com / icon
- Step 3 - Guided Practice
- Student Centered = Active Learning
- Longest Section of lesson plan
- Jigsaw Groups
- Divide lesson into different segments (chronological, categorical, etc)
- Assign one or more segmnet to group of students
- Give student time to read/study their segment ( maybe provide extra material )
- Teacher faciliting
- students presest their segment to the group
- Give a assessment or quiz on the material
- www.jigsaw.org
- Step 4 - Wrap Up
- Strategy 1 - reflection worksheet
- Give choice on what to fill in
- Keep in class/journal
- Strategy 2 - headlines
- Students are to write a headline that expresses core of the lesson
- Students share headlines with reason behind their choice
- Find common theme between them
- Strategy 1 - reflection worksheet