ORIENTATION TO TEACHING UNI T 6: FOUNDAT IONS OF ED UCATION
Feb 24, 2016
ORIENTATION TO
TEACHING
U N I T 6
: FO U N D A T I O
N S OF E
D U C A T I ON
BELL RINGER:Think back about your school experience. Write the questions and
your responses on a clean sheet of paper• What was the most enjoyable way a teacher taught you a
concept? • What is the least enjoyable way a teacher taught you a concept?• What was the most creative use of technology in teaching a
concept?
Now I would like for you to stand and share your responses (without using teacher names) to the person sitting across from you.
Finally, large group share
TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
1.Reflect on teaching strategies2.Select a teaching strategy3.Explain knowledge of lesson topic
WHAT TO EXPECTStudent-Led Teaching Assignment
Choose a partner & reseat No open spaces (move to the front) This will be the seating chart for the rest of the
month Draw a number for your topic & date of lesson
GRADING RUBRICGrading Rubric
LESSON PLANS• Lesson Plan Template• Sample Lesson Plan & PowerPoint
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
TEACHING STRATEGIES• There are many different teaching strategies
to help students learn and synthesize the content of the class
• I’ve posted a list of strategies on Edmodo.• There are MANY more. • One strategy is a Gallery Walk• We will now use the Gallery Walk strategy to
learn about other teaching strategies.
GALLERY WALK• Walk around the room with your partner• Stop at each of the teaching strategy
methods posted on the walls• Read the strategy together and spend about
30 seconds discussing it• Pick your favorite three strategies that you
may choose to use in your lesson• Write the strategies on your bell ringer paper
and sit back down
ASSESSMENT• Teacher’s assess for many reasons• You will be preparing a five question assessment as a part of
your lesson• Could be multiple choice, T/F, fill in the blank, etc.• You must turn in your assessment along with answer key
prior to your day of teaching• Assessing must be accomplished within your 15 minute
lesson and assessment must be emailed in electronic format to Mrs. Becker
• Assessments will be combined to create Unit Test
IN CLASS RESEARCH• Use the next 15 minutes to research with your partner using
your textbook.• Keep notes to use for your lesson• Discuss some ideas you have about how to put together
your lesson• You will spend the majority of the next class period working
on the lesson plan• Rough draft of your lesson plan will be due by the end of the
next class period
SUMMARYToday we…1.Reflect on teaching strategies2.Select a teaching strategy3.Explain knowledge of lesson topic
EXIT SLIPPlease write two sentences about what you
know about your lesson topic. Write this on your bell ringer paper and please
turn it in to me as you exit
STUDENT L
ED TEACHING
DAY 2
P E E R RE V I E
W , LE S S O N R
E F L E C T I ON &
P L A N N I NG
BELL RINGER: (5 MINUTES)Working with your partner complete the following:• Pull out a piece of paper and a pen/pencil
(scratch paper is fine)• Partner explains how to draw a picture of their
room to the other partner• Where is your bed, closet, doorway, etc.? Are
there windows, furniture, clothing.• Once your partner has finished drawing it
switch roles and go through the exercise again.• How close were the drawings to the actual
space?
OBJECTIVES:• Evaluate a teaching experience• Reflect on a teaching experience• Create lesson plan rough draft
EVALUATE A TEACHING EXPERIENCEYou just taught someone to draw a
picture of your room. Did you realize you were teaching?
Peer Lesson Evaluation
Using the lesson evaluation sheet as a guide, please evaluate two domain areas of your partners teaching experience
LESSON REFLECTIONLesson ReflectionFinally, I would like for you to reflect on your teaching
experience. Use the feedback that your partner just created during their evaluation of your teaching experience.
Answer the following questions on your same paper.• To what extent did students learn what you intended? How
do you know?• If you were going to teach this class again to the same
students, what would you do differently? What would you do the same? Why?
LESSON PLANSThe remainder of the class you will work with your partner to
create your lesson plan rough draft. Everything should be completed on your lesson plan sheet and
turned in to me by the end of the period.I will review your lesson plan, make suggested changes (if
applicable) and return it to you Friday.Friday you will finalize your plans. Typed final version are due
to me by email by end of school on Friday.Hard copies should be turned in on date of your lesson
presentation.
SUMMARYToday we…
• Evaluated a teaching experience• Reflected on a teaching experience• Created a rough draft of a lesson plan