Preparing for the Lesson Planning Projects

PREPARING FOR THE LESSON PLANNING PROJECTS

As you begin the next three projects, 700.3, 700.4, and 700.5, it is important that you know the purpose and goals of the projects.

The projects are designed to evaluate your knowledge and skills in lesson planning. The three projects are comprehensive, but each project scores a different aspect of the lesson plan. Please allow 3 – 5 business days for scoring.

700.3 (this project) evaluates your knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Using the state standard to write learning objectives
• Aligning the rigor of the state standard to the rigor of the learning objective
• Developing a performance measure that is aligned to the state standard and is included in the learning objective
• Recognizing the basic elements of lesson planning

For 700.3, you will write two complete lesson plans and submit each one for evaluation and feedback. You will find the TEKS by subject area here (Links to an external site.). Please select the tab that best describes your certification preference to understand the requirements for submission. Certification areas that include the Science of Teaching Reading standards have different requirements than the other certification areas. For all certification areas, lesson planning templates and rubrics for scoring are available for download in the tabs. You must use the appropriate lesson plan template

• Lesson Plan 1: Because you are certifying or hoping to certify in a content area that includes the Science of Teaching Reading standards, you must provide evidence through your lesson planning projects that you know and are able to apply the STR standards. Therefore, you must do the following:1. Lesson Plan 1 MUST be a lesson plan that uses an English/Reading/Language Arts TEKS that addresses one of the following literacy domains: Phonics; Phonemic Awareness; Comprehension; or Fluency. Vocabulary instruction must be embedded in the plan as well. You must use this lesson plan format .
• Lesson Plan 2 may also be literacy, or you may choose any other standard in any other content area you wish. Vocabulary instruction must also be embedded in the plan, regardless of the content area and standard you choose. You may use the traditional Texas Teachers’ Lesson Plan document downloadf or this plan if you wish, or use the literacy plan template from Lesson Plan 1 above.