Planning for Instruction

What does it mean to plan? ((to know where you are going and to show that you are a professional and know what you are doing)

Instructional planning is a key element for effective instruction, It determines how the teacher uses:
FAIL - Finding, Alternatives, In , Learning

1. Standards (content and adopted)
2. Content Area
3. Expectations (low, high, reasonable)
4. Contexts for Teaching (who are you teaching, where are you in the unit) ex. Bob Moses
5. Students' Needs (ask the students, pre-assessment, observation, talk to parents-context is important here, don't make assumptions)
6. Goal Setting (both long- term and short-term)
7. Evaluations and Assessments (how do we assess our goals? Be careful, sometimes the assessment becomes the driving factor as opposed to the goals)

How do we make this work? (Two videos)

Planning & feedback: teaching with bayley (Teaching Channel)

1. Delivered lots of information
2. No evaluation/Lack of assessment
3. Lack of student engagement
4. No consideration for differentiation
5. Teacher says he sees himself as an entertainer but, this leaves little participation for the student. A one dimensional lesson plan.
6. No evident goals or objectives.

Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences

Ask students, "how are we doing with..."

Being a better teacher: 

1. Transitions are not smooth
2. Emphasize teachable moments for engagement
3. Focused on just a few students
4. Did not provide wait time/ time for students to process information ( this brings up the concept of failure FAIL- finding, alternatives, in, learning

Were there any noticeable connections that can be made between the feedback the teacher was given
and what you read in chapter 5?

> How do you decide what questions to ask when we teach?
> Do you have critical thinks questions in your planning? When and how are you going to use it?
> What are missed opportunities?

Language Demands
Complete a task by using a minimum word requirement
Opportunities to compare results (whole group vs. small group)
Academic Language
Rephrase the language using academic language ... I hear you say...
Introducing vocabulary words  - academic language

Which comes first? Per assessment or goals?

1. Pre-assessment
2. Goals
3. Instruction
4. student practice
5. Assessment

Dr. Brown's goals:
No matter what planning process you use, there're still remains creating deliberate links that guide students

Unit thinking. What might threaded planning look like? Threaded skill us which are continually developed.
PIA - planning, instruction, assessment

Assignment
Organize a conceptual model for planning. Your model should illustrate a philosophy for the relationship between planning, instruction, and assessment.