Missouri Pre-Service Teacher Assessment (MoPTA)

Lesson Plan Format

For the MoPTA, this Lesson Plan Format is an optional tool that can help a teacher
candidate develop well-planned and structured lessons. This format also can help a
teacher candidate better understand and design meaningful daily lessons that can
positively enhance his or her instructional practice and students learning. This
Lesson Plan Format is intended for use in con!unction with Tas"s #, $, and %, but
again, it is not a re&uired document.

Standards/Quality Indicators/Skills
Missouri and national standards, quality indicators, and skills addressed by
this lesson
Standard #2 Student Learning, Growth and Development he teacher
understands how students learn, develop and di!er in their approaches to
learning" he teacher provides learning opportunities that are adapted to
diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal
development o# all students"
Learning $%&ectives/Goals
The lessons objectives and learning outcomes appropriate for meeting
curricular and student needs
'#ter discussion and reading activities, the students will %e a%le to
read grade(level te)t orally with accuracy in an oral assessment"
*+","-%"
'ssessment .type/s0 o# assessment used throughout the lesson1
Assessment(s) before, during, and after the lesson
2e#ore3 4hecking #or understanding"
During3 'ssessment in activities"
'#ter3 *oute memori5ation o# 6ashcards"
Lesson Structure and 7rocedures
equence of events of the lesson elements!
(The before, during, and after the lesson, e!g!, "ngagement#$pening,
%rocedures, &uided %ractice, 'onclusion)
," Group discussion on what we are going to do today and what
today8s o%&ectives are"
2" Quick 6ashcard 9ui5"
:" +*; word go <sh=
-" +ry word %each %all game"
>" Discuss what we are going to do tomorrow"
Instructional Strategies
Teacher approach to helping students achieve the learning objectives and
meet their needs
," 'ctive Learning
2" 4ooperative Learning
:" Games
Learning 'ctivities
$pportunities provided for students to develop kno(ledge and skills of the
learning objectives
," +*; word Go <sh=
2" +*; word %each %all game"
:" +lashcard game"
*esources and ?aterials
)ist of materials used in the planning of and during the instruction of the
lesson
," +lashcards
2" +ry word cards
:" 2each %all
echnology
*nstructional and#or assistive technology incorporated into the lesson to
enhance instruction and student learning
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Di!erentiation/'ccommodations/?odi<cations/Increase in *igor
To help meet the needs of all learners, learning di+erences, cultural and
language di+erences, etc!
," I centered the lesson on playing games %ecause my students
still have pro%lems sitting still"
2" I allowed the students to work together to help those who
have more trou%le than the others"
4lassroom ?anagement
trategies consistent (ith the learning needs of the lesson that also meet
student behavior needs to help keep students on task and actively engaged
," I still have pro%lems with the students keeping the noise level
to a minimum" AIndoor voicesB is a hard concept=
2" 7laying games helps get their energy out"
:" 't one point, I had to stop the lesson and do a Awiggle it outB
segment"
-" I also have started giving the students choices on what they
would like to do that day" I %ring my A?ary 7oppinsB %ag #ull o#
activities to choose #rom" he students respond well to getting
to choose and they are more engaged in the activity"
C)tensions
Activities for early ,nishers that e-tend students understanding of and
thinking about the learning objectives by applying their ne( kno(ledge in a
di+erent (ay
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+ollow(up to oday8s Lesson
.uick activity for revie( or building on todays learning that (ill deepen
student understanding and interconnect concepts (may be incorporated
tomorro( or throughout the unit)
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'dditional In#ormation
Any area or lesson component that may not have been covered by this
format that you think is vital to include in this lesson
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