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