Planning and preparation of Lesson plan & Unit plan

Planning and preparation of Lesson plan & Unit plan

Learning how to plan effective lessons is one of the most important skills we will acquire. Having a good lesson plan is important for a whole host of reasons, not least in hopefully ensuring that learning will take place during the lesson. Not only is this because good planning results in lessons that are interesting, challenging and motivating for pupils, but also because planning is closely linked to the equally demanding (but often more overt) issue of effective classroom management. A good lesson plan, one that actively involves the class, helps to boost our confidence in the classroom and provides us with a sound basis for managing the class successfully. A good lesson plan goes a long way towards preventing classroom problems. Learning to plan good lessons needs work and effort, which takes time. This is because planning depends on our knowledge and understanding of a complex set of matters including: how pupils learn mathematics; the structure of the mathematics curriculum; the specific content, skills and concepts we are teaching; the prior knowledge of the pupils; ways of teaching mathematics; how lessons can be planned for maximum effectiveness. Devoting considerable time to planning is definitely worthwhile. It is a valuable investment for future years that, in the long term, reduces the demands of paperwork as planning becomes quicker and easier as experience grows.

Objective:

•Understand the relationship between the mathematics curriculum, a scheme of work, the choice of teaching strategies and your individual lesson plans.

 • Select appropriate teaching strategies and mathematical tasks and resources (including ICT).

• Plan mathematics lessons and units of work, identifying clear objectives and content.

• Set appropriate and demanding expectations for pupil learning.

• Plan assessment opportunities.

• Work as part of a team in your planning and plan for out-of-school learning.

Importance of lesson Planning :

• Requires our to articulate what you think will happen in a lesson.

• Helps we to ensure that our lessons begin interestingly, maintain a good pace throughout, and have a satisfying ending.;

• Provides a basis for negotiation, discussion and evaluation;

 • Creates a feeling of confidence.

• Provides a history of our thinking and development.

The  lesson plans help us to:

• structure our lessons.

• build on previous lessons and learning.

• share the objectives of the lesson with pupils.

• assess pupil achievements so that we can take these into account in future lessons.

• develop effective ‘assessment for learning’, so pupils receive feedback that helps them to improve.

• make lessons more inclusive and address a range of needs.

• make better use of classroom support and learning assistants.

 • make explicit the key teaching strategies.

 • address the key questions we need to ask.

• set homework.

UNIT PLAN

A unit plan is a comprehensive series of meaningful learning experiences built around a central theme or idea and organized in such a way as to result in appropriate behavioral change in pupils. It may extended from a minimum of 2-3days duration to one week or month or so depending on the content.

Characteristic of Unit plan:

1.      It should fit into content

2.      It should be reflect the abilities and interest of the students.

3.      It should include provision of the variety of methods of teaching.

4.      It should contain problem scope for evaluation.

5.      It should provide necessary resources.

Need a Unit Plan:

Unit planning provides us with a sense of direction and organization that again helps us and the class to achieve significant academic gains within a particular time period

1. A unit plan forces  to make difficult decisions about what to teach and how to teach it. After taking the time to develop a unit plan, we are less likely to be side-tracked by objectives,

lessons, or activities that do not advance our ultimate quest for academic achievement.

2.A unit plan keeps  on pace to reach our unit (and ultimately long-term) goals. our unit

plan, which should be referred to with almost daily frequency, is our point of reference when we

ask ourself, “Given where I want to be in two  or four or six weeks, am I where I need to be now? Am I spending too much time on certain skills and concepts given the other skills and concepts that must be included in these X weeks, or X days?” Given the limited number of weeks, days, and lessons in a unit, each moment becomes more precious, forcing  to pace our self appropriately in order to meet our end goals.

3.A unit plan provides an opportunity to stimulate student interest through overarching content that is relevant to students. When we design our unit plan, consider what content will engage our students given their interests and backgrounds. As Jere Brophy indicates in Tomorrow’s Teachers, “whether in textbooks or in teacher-led instruction, information is easier to learn to the extent that it is coherent (i.e., a sequence of ideas or events makes sense and the

relationships among ideas are made apparent).